Transcripts For BBCNEWS Breakfast 20171216

First, our main story. Emergency services are expecting this weekend to be one of the busiest of the year as towns and city centres are packed with christmas revellers. Extra ambulance crews were brought in ahead of last night amid concerns that so called mad friday, the most popular day for works christmas parties, would see a surge of alcohol fuelled incidents. Michael cowan reports. It is one of the busiest nights of the year for our Emergency Services, so much so that londons Ambulance Service are bringing in an extra 30 crews. Were going to be incredibly busy this weekend, and we will take lots of 999 calls to patients that have suffered the effects of alcohol. That puts a massive strain on our system. It means that we will divert ambulance resources away from patients, perhaps an elderly patient on the floor with a broken hip or a baby with a broken arm, in order to attend those patients that present as immediately life threatened. The pubs are packed and the pints are poured, but with many of us drinking to excess over the festive period, Ambulance Services across the country have to bring in scores of extra staff, and that puts huge pressure on our Emergency Services. In bath, locals have banded together on volunteer boat patrols along the river avon to support the stretched Emergency Services. And they are saving lives. We asked him, how did you get in there . Not sure. I have been drinking. We whisked him away to hospital. After that we are not sure what happened in terms of, did he need further treatment. And if you had not been here . Probably dead. In scotlands Party Capital of glasgow, pastors have been patrolling the streets. It is the volume of people coming into town, it is the fact that some people, this is their annual night out in glasgow, theyre not used to the city centre, drinking, the temperature. And with tonight set to be busy again, Emergency Services are asking people to drink responsibly. As they deal with one of the most difficult periods of the year. The future of south africa will be decided this weekend as the countrys ruling party chooses a new leader to replace jacob zuma, who faced numerous allegations of corruption during his decade in charge. The tense leadership battle has raised fears the anc could split before the general election in 2019. Virginia langeberg reports. With jacob zuma stepping down as leader of the anc, south africa is left at a virtual crossroad. Ever since 1994, the first election where people of every race were allowed to vote, the anc has won overwhelmingly. But now, for the first time in more than two decades, there is the possibility south africans could turn their back on the party that led their country towards liberation. Jacob zumas presidency has been plagued with allegations of corruption, since he took office in 2009. Public protests have been held over his handling of the economy, and he has survived eight no confidence votes in parliament. The incoming anc leader will not only need to regain the trust of voters, but also unite the party. We have called on all our members and delegates to ensure that unity prevails ahead of the conference. The anc and the country must emerge as the winners. Whoever comes out on top of the anc leadership battle in the coming days will be well placed to become the countrys president in 2019. It is at a time when south africa has faced two economic recessions in less than a decade, unemployment stands at more than 27 , and Gross National debt at 150 billion. Wildfires in Southern California are continuing to burn out of control, scorching an area larger than new york city and paris combined. Firefighters are now preparing to defend towns along the pacific coast, as fierce winds are forecast to whip up the flames, which have so far burned 400 square miles in 12 days. 0ur correspondent james cook is in the town of fillmore, which is under threat from the fire. 12 days on and still it burns. More than 8,000 men and women are now battling this blaze, saving homes one by one. Not far from here, the fire claimed the life of 32 year old cory iverson, a firefighter, a father and a husband. He is survived by his wife, ashley, his two year old daughter, evie. Cory and ashley are expecting a second daughter this spring. The fire has destroyed homes, too. More than 700 of them and another 18,000 buildings remain at risk. This is one of five homes in this tiny neighbourhood which was destroyed when the flames swept through here so fast that firefighters had to abandon the area. Which ones survived and which were destroyed was a matter of pure luck. Adam lawson and his family were among the lucky ones. Their home was scorched, but it survived, thanks in part to neighbours who lost everything but stayed to fight the fire. The most rewarding thing is seeing them, some of the guys who lost their houses, working with us, side by her side, to keep our houses safe those first few days. All week, they have been racing to contain the fire, and with fierce winds forecast again tonight, that battle you the billionaire founder of a Pharmaceuticals Company and his wife have been found dead at their home in canada. Barry sherman set up his company, apotex, in the 1970s, and was a prominent philanthropist. Police have described the couples deaths as suspicious but say theyre area not searching for anyone in connection to the incident. Austria is set to become the only country in western europe to have a far right party in government. The conservative peoples party, which won the parliamentary election two months ago but failed to secure a majority, has struck a Coalition Deal with an anti immigration group. The result means sebastian kurz, whos 31, will be the Youngest National leader in the world. Former Prime Minister David Cameron is taking on a new government linked role, as the uk and china step up cooperation on investment. The statement from the chancellor, phillip hammond, who is in beijing for a second day of talks, says mr cameron will be involved in a new 1 billion fund which will invest in the uk, china and other countries. 0ur china correspondent, robin brant, has been at the talks and joins us from beijing now. Aaaaship a a a a ship between you can china. It is not something the uk can afford to not be part of a . Is massively important. China is the worlds second biggest economy and as the uk begins to move towards life outside of the european union, its trade relationship expanding that, making it closer, is massively important for the uk. That is why Philip Hammond was here today with the energy secretary, greg clark, and some other junior the energy secretary, greg clark, and some otherjunior ministers. It was a meeting at the bilateral level. Essentially what it was about is trying to show fresh evidence of the uks commitment to this big china idea, this initiative. It is about big Infrastructure Investment to the west of china. Trying to help those economies develop as far as europe. In return, what the uk holds it gets its further investment from china in things like civil, nuclear, and things like civil, nuclear, and things like civil, nuclear, and things like hs2. David camerons rolan this is endorsed by the government, to lead a new investment fund, about 1 billion, £750 million spent on these projects in china, the uk and other countries. Whats keeping an eye on that one. Thank you. Worth keeping an eye. Severn trent water has apologised to customers in tewksbury, who are still without water due to a burst main. The company said a wide area has been affected, and it was a complicated job to get the system back to normal. Severn trent has been handing out water to around 10,000 homes and businesses. It is the second major leak to hit the utility in recent months. Something to make you smile. The winner of the comedy wildlife photography competition has been announced, and we just had to show you the pictures this morning. Some quirky things happening with animals. It is always those moments that you do not expect. All of a sudden they almost have human traits. This photo of an owl losing its footing on a branch won the overall prize. The winner in the land category was this laughing dormouse. It is cute. You could see cartoon characters made from those. A photobombing sea turtle won the award for the under the sea category. And other highlights include these two cheeky monkeys. You can see the attraction. It is fun. They look like a couple of hooligans. And a baby polar bear and these seals it is like a caption competition, bad one. Those are the pictures. We are about to have the weather shortly. It is becoming milder outside. Mike busheu becoming milder outside. Mike bushell will have the sport. In the days after the Grenfell Tower fire, the response from the local community was huge, with help and support quickly given to the families who were affected. That support continues, and later today, one group, kids on the green, has organised a Christmas Party for the children and their families. Will wiles has helped organise it. Hejoins us now from london. Thank you for your time. I assume your invocation getting ready for todays party. That is right. Give us an todays party. That is right. Give us an idea of what the event will be like, what will happen . Well, we have got a kids disco and we will be playing games. Shortly, we will have 20 Christmas Trees delivered so we will be decorating those as a community. We have eric lee skateboarding dogs who will be making an appearance, a couple of reindeer and a visit from father christmas. Give us a sense of how people have responded to the idea of holding this event . Well, especially in this community at this time, after the fire, it is especially important to have a special christmas and to spend time together as a community. I think that is the response. Everyone is eager to do things as a group. People will be mindful of the fight, and we have done many stories on it, that not only are people still dealing with grief and the shock of the event itself, but lots of families are still living with the practicalities of everyday life, the practicalities of everyday life, the accommodation, and the confusing chaos that has surrounded daily lives. Having an event like this is presumably extra important because peopleslive survey complicated and have not settled yet . Particularly where people, the vast majority of people, have not been rehoused, people, have not been rehoused, people who live in Grenfell Tower. Holding events like this in the community is important because it gives people a chance to get together in the same place. Lots of the hotels where people are living are quite far away. It seems it will ta ke are quite far away. It seems it will take far longer than any man would like for this to be resolved, for people to be back where they are from, back where they live, in the North Kensington area. From, back where they live, in the North Kensington arealj from, back where they live, in the North Kensington area. I do not know how much inside you having to this, but people often say that young people, children, responding lots of different ways to situations, grief, loss of family members, trauma, and thatis loss of family members, trauma, and that is one of the things you will be mindful of today, presumably . Well, for the duration of the project, we always have specialised family counsellors on site, so we run an activities projects or kids get to do all sorts of fun things while theyre here, but creativity often opens the doors to experiences and emotions. We have people on site who are trained to talk to you if you want, if people find they have something they want to say, then, yes, there is a space for them to go and speak about it. One of the important thing is i know, and we saw that at the service at st pauls this week, for lots of people, it is very important that people are mindful that the problems people are facing a run going. There can be a danger that people get forgotten, the world moves on, people get busy leading their lives. Some of the things you have been doing is making sure there is continuity. One of the things we discovered is that the consistency is an important pa rt that the consistency is an important part of this. So many social services and provisions have been closed in the run up to the fire. You know, having things that are there, just nice Events People do is one thing. Especially with children, theres so much more from having that kind of sense of dependability and stability from coming to a place, you know, all the time, with it still being there months after. Soi it still being there months after. So i think when so much has changed round here, having things that stay the same is especially important. Its the same is especially important. Its going to be a very special day for a lot of people there. Looking at the room behind you, im assuming thatis at the room behind you, im assuming that is the room. My sense is that youve got a bit of work to do to com plete youve got a bit of work to do to complete the decorations and stuff, would that be fair . Well, im hoping that when we get 20 Christmas Trees and a couple of reindeer in here its going to be remarkably more festive, for sure. Yeah, weve got some more decorations to hang. Theres a whole another room next door which we spent all night on. We have a forest to install in the next hour. We wish you well. Im sure youll have a wonderful day. Thank youll have a wonderful day. Thank you very much for your time this morning. Thank you very much. Time now is 8. 16am. Lets find time now is 8. 16am. Lets find out whats happening with the weather. Its whats happening with the weather. Its getting milder. Its getting milder. It is turning milderfor its getting milder. It is turning milder for the second half of the weekend and into next week as well. Its solid out there at the moment. White with frost. Weve had minus six celsius in northern scotland. Minus two in leek. Relatively mild or less cold across the south west of england, into Northern Ireland. Thats because theres more cloud. There its a cold, frosty start for much of the country. There is plenty of sunshine out there. Well start across the south west. A few showers, bits of cloud around. Thats why its a little less cold here. Same too for parts of wales, certainly north wales an area rain pushing in here and into north west england. An ice risk here. Eastern coast areas as well. Elsewhere across england it is a sunny, cold start. Northern ireland, showers and more cloud around. For northern scotla nd more cloud around. For northern scotland wintry showers and an ice risk. This rain across north wales into north west england slips southwards, affecting much of wales, maybe into south west fwlaen and the West Midlands too. A few showers for Northern Ireland. But elsewhere its going to be dry, sunny and cold. Where we have the cloud here and the rainfor where we have the cloud here and the rain for the south west, seven or eight degrees. Heres todays blue colours, the cold air, slowly ebbing away into the near continent. We have milder air being drawn up from the south west off the atlantic. It will be brought in to our shores by an area of low pressure tonight. It arrives across Northern Ireland, much of scotland, pretty heavy rain, strong winds here. Elsewhere a quiet night, a cold one to come. Clear skies and widespread frost in the east and mist and fog. Less cold across the west. The change continues to take place during sunday. This weather system brings strong winds and heavy rain. A dry start across the eastern and south east. A bit of fog around to watch out for. It will be quite frosty. The temperatures rising slowly as this weather front eventually reaches southern and eastern areas. Behind it brighter, a windy day. Blustery showers, but also some sunshine. Double figures for belfast and glasgow, birmingham and also into the south west. Its still quite cool across the east. The mild rare is with us through much of next week mild air is with us through much of next week. A lot of cloud around, grey skies. Some of that cloud could be thick enough for light rain and drizzle across western hills. It really will be quite mild around the middle of next week. We could be looking at 14, next week. We could be looking at 1a, maybe 15 degrees in one or two places. You shared the weather with us, well share a picture with you now. The outside of our building. This is looking outside the building. Im not sure, the picture has gone a little odd. A moment ago there was a red sun rise in the distance. What do you think . Yeah, it looks gorgeous. Its quite bright on my screen. I can see the sun coming up, though. It looks very cold, i must say. Thats what it does look like. But 14, 15 next week, thats what it does look like. But 14,15 next week, its all change. Thanks very much. Six firms, which gave advice to steelworkers in port talbot about leaving the British Steel Pension Scheme and moving the money into a personal pension, have voluntarily agreed to cease giving pension transfer advice, after discussions with the regulator. The Financial Conduct Authority has named all six, after concerns had been expressed that more than 2,000 steelworkers had been advised to transfer their guaranteed pension to a personal pension that had no guarantees and in some cases high charges. Paul lewis from radio 4s money Box Programme is in our london newsroom. So, paul, it sounds a little complicated. 0bviously so, paul, it sounds a little complicated. Obviously there have been a series of events that have led to this decision to be made, morning. Yes, it can seem complicated. Thats one of the problems. This is the old British Steel plant in port talbot. Its taken over steel plant in port talbot. Its ta ken over by steel plant in port talbot. Its taken over by tata steel. Tata said it was going to close it, but part ofa it was going to close it, but part of a rescue deal, the Pension Scheme has been put up for grabs. The original British Steel Pension Scheme, an ex nationalised industry, its a very generous scheme. Its being replaced by a new British Steel Pension Scheme which is not quite so good, but 0k. Most people should transfer into that. Because the pension is in the air, there have been advisors going down to port talbot and persuading people, as they can now, to transfer the value of their good, guaranteed British Steel pension into a personal person, which are not guaranteed and in many cases, have very high charges and according to some, ifas we have talked to, were unsuitable investments. Thats the concern that people are being tempted by the huge value in cash terms of these guaranteed pensions for life, taking the cash, moving it to another pension and perhaps paying very high charges and then at some point, they may run out of money. What are they supposed to do then . Well they should take good financial advice. Its interesting really, theres a team of what i would call very highly qualified and well thought of Financial Advisors have gone to port talbot to give free help and guidance as to what they should do. There was a session last week which money box did recording at. Theres another session next week. Theres a help line from the pensions advisory service. Anyone who is in the process of or thinking of transferring money, the general advice is think very carefully about it. Because youre giving up a guaranteed pension for life, index linked with inflation for all the uncertainty of a personal pension. Although the sums of money may seem very large, its possible that at some point you will run out of money, if its eaten away by charges and poor investment performance. Its and poor investment performance. Its guarantee versus risk. Most of these workers probably shouldnt be taking that risk. Youre going to give much more detail on this in money box later. Yes, we have an interview from the head of supervision at the Financial Conduct Authority. Shes been to port talbot. And on the programme she will name the six firms who have voluntarily given up giving this tra nsfer voluntarily given up giving this transfer advice in the area and well be listing those on the website today. People should get advice from the good people visiting, high cornwalled ifas in the high qualified ifas in the area. youre watching breakfast from bbc news. Now for a look at the newspapers. Writer and broadcaster paul vallely is here to tell us whats caught his eye. Good morning. Well speak to him in a minute, first lets look at the front pages. Its its a mixed bag. Daily mail dwelling with issues that the Royal Wedding clashes with cup final day. The times looking at a rape case scanned arrest. This is the case a student put on trial for rape because police had evidence that had been withheld and this evidence has come out. The case has collapsed. But liam allen, aged 2 2, spent almost two years on bail and was on trial for almost two years on bail and was on trialfor a series of almost two years on bail and was on trial for a series of alleged rapes before police handed over these text mess sajs which scron rated him. The guardian with a story about housing chiefs. This is about bonuses, one of the big issues at the moment. A chair of the House Builders resigned because of orchestrating a bonus for a chief executive. The Daily Telegraph eight in ten rural homes are mobile black spots. They cant get good 4g signal. Something weve discussed here. People in the countryside being left behind when it comes to technology. Youre starting with the announcement yesterday. Yes, Everybody Loves a Royal Wedding. Even people who dont love a Royal Wedding love moaning about a Royal Wedding. It brings out everything in the English National character i think. If you look at the front page of the mail and the sun, same story but entirely different takes on it. The mail say its an own goal. They hadnt thought that it was the same day as the cup final. Whereas the sun is cup tying the knot. The two approaches are really interesting. The mail says perhaps everybody forgot it was cup final day and a clash could have been avoided. They quote a lot of mps who immediately say this is terrible, an outrage, how could people mess this up outrage, how could people mess this up in this way. Its later when you get into the story, you find out there wont be a clash. The sun actually out a time table for the day that you can follow. A heavy breakfast at 9am, to line your stomach. Start watching the telly and drinking strong lager from the picture there. The timings are not a clash. No, the wedding is thought to be about 11am. The football is at 5. 30pm. William, the president of the fa, would want to be at both. The chances of this being a cock up are very, very small. Theyre going to coordinate it. Interesting that the two papers take entirely different approaches to it. Its far more interesting to talk about it as a cock up than to talk about it as a neatly scheduled thing. Indeed. It tells you something about the way the sun and daily mail approaches life, looking on the dark side. I should say the sun pointed out that the wedding will take place on the day that ann bowlyn was beheaded. She was held in windsorjust before being taken to the tower. Giving a warning to meghan there. The guardian . Yes, page three of the guardian, interesting analysis of strictly. Theyve shown that in strictly. Theyve shown that in strictly and in other competitions as well, where the viewers vote, big brother and so forth, theres an unintended bias against black candidates and particularly against black women. The analysis they have done have shown if youre an ethnic minority celebrity, your chances of being in the bottom two in the public vote are increased by 71 . If youre a woman as well, theyre increased by 83 . Poor old alexandra, in the final tonight, and has put some fantastic performances m, has put some fantastic performances in, that tina turner number and charleston number, despite being lauded by the judges, charleston number, despite being lauded by thejudges, doesnt charleston number, despite being lauded by the judges, doesnt get very good votes. Theres interesting comments at the end, which just gives us all pause for thought as to how we vote and what are our unconscious prejudices doing that. To counter these numbers. 0re was a winner last year. And of the four finalists, three are women. Yes, but the that titical analysis that theyve done show that overall, the chances of your coming near the bottom are increased by that factor. Theyre talking about the kind of unconscious stereotyping, you know, the comments in big brother about the comments in big brother about the woman having a big bum or being aggressive, stereotypes which sometimes theyre, kind of, one of the candidates was an articulate, well educated nurse, but she was still stereotyped in this way. Theyre pointing this out. It does give pause for thought when were voting for things. Are there any unacknowledged factors exercising our factors. The strictly final is tonight. 0ne our factors. The strictly final is tonight. One other story, which would you like to go for . The ft magazine, ive got a feature on banksy, the street artist, going to bethlehem. Its got some fantastic images in it, a couple of cherubs from botticelli style pictures, trying to force open the wall that separates israel from palestine. Trying to force open the wall that separates israel from palestinelj like separates israel from palestine. like this piece of art. Isnt it beautiful. Its fantastic. Hes got hes very good at inverting the way that you look at the world. Hes got a picture in the next page a girl searching a soldier, instead of the other way round. Theres a very christmas cardy peace on earth in a doorway on the page opposite. If you look in small letters underneath, it says peace in earth, terms and conditions apply. Says peace in earth, terms and conditions apply. Its says peace in earth, terms and conditions apply. Its a very clever trick for an artist to get involved in a situation like that without it becoming political. Its political in a clever way because it makes you ask questions, whatever your position is, presumably donald trump would say terms and conditions apply too. Its just subversive because it approaches it from a sideways angle. Youre back in an hour. See you then. Headlines are coming up. See you shortly. Could hello. This is breakfast with Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. Coming up before nine, stav will have the weather. Mike bushell will have a court in sport. Will have the sport. But first, a summary of this mornings main news. Emergency services are expecting this weekend to be one of the busiest of the year as towns and city centres are packed with christmas revellers. Extra ambulance crews were brought in ahead of last night, amid concerns that so called mad friday, the most popular day for works christmas parties, would see a surge of alcohol fuelled incidents. Paramedics say there can be serious consequences. Sometimes these are people perhaps doing daft things that they would never dream of doing, standing on top of bins, trying to jump off things, running around, getting on peoples shoulders, things you normally would not do. This is a busy time of year for us, so any extra pressure on the Ambulance Service or the police, or the nhs as a whole is an extra pressure we could well do without. South africas political future will be decided this weekend as the governing party will choose a new leader to succeed president jacob zuma. Hes faced numerous allegations of corruption during his decade in charge and now a tense leadership battle has raised fears the anc could split before the general election in 2019. President zuma has urged the party to unite behind the winner. Former Prime Minister David Cameron is taking on a new government linked role, as the uk and china step up cooperation on investment. The statement from the chancellor, phillip hammond, who is in beijing for a second day of talks, says mr cameron will be involved in a new 1 billion fund which will invest in the uk, china and other countries. Forecasters are warning strong winds could make the wildfires in Southern California even worse. Its already scorched more than 400 square miles, which is the size of new york city and paris combined. More than 8,000 firefighters are now tackling the flames. Austria is set to become the only country in western europe to have a far right party in government. The conservative peoples party, which won the parliamentary you are election two months ago, but failed to secure a majority, has struck a Coalition Deal with an anti immigration group. The result means sebastian kurz, whos 31, will be the Youngest National leader in the world. A stealing its technology. The company says it has not substantiated all of the claims. The new leadership wants to compete honestly and fairly on the strength of our ideas and technology. Those are our main stories. There is one main story on the other side of the world. It has been a massive day in the momentum of how the whole ashes series will go. It is very much with australia. If it continues like this in the next couple of days, the ashes will be in the hands of australia once more. It is getting to that critical moment the way today has gone. It is all down to the australian captain. They look to be batting themselves into a winning position in the 3rd test and that would enough to win the series. There are just two matches to go. This has been the story of the day, smith hitting englands bowlers to the boundary, and another century for the captain. England have just taken one wicket all day and it was claimed by moeen ali to send shaun marsh back to the pavilion. The trouble is he has a brother, mitchell marsh, and he was the next to score a century, as australia eased past englands total into a lead. And that lead is becoming a dominant one, with steve smith now past 200, a double ton and psychologically that will weigh so heavily on englands sagging shoulders. It in the last few minutes, marsh has moved past 150. The hosts 493 4, they have six wickets in hand and they have six wickets in hand and they by 90. Lets talk about football. Apologies if i said wales instead of wolverhampton. I had other things on my mind. Championship leaders wolves havent lost since the end of october and they took another step closer to the premier league with victory over Sheffield Wednesday last night. The divisions top scorer, ruben neves, with the goal that put them seven points clear at the top of the table. Dan walker said yesterday on twitter that he would not move from his so far until steve smith is out. Hopefully that was going to get the dismissal of smith but it did not work. It was a good try. It was a good commitment to make. Id give it a long time and i thought, this is perhaps one of my worst ideas ever so perhaps one of my worst ideas ever soi perhaps one of my worst ideas ever so i had to move. It made no difference anyway. I know this is a slightly dull cricket statistic, but in all the times he has been in, hes has only played and missed four times. What do you mean . A way that batsmen will quite often get out is they will play a ball that is outside the off stump. They will try to play it and it will catch the edge and be caught. He is not playing at those balls, he is wise enough to choose. 0ften playing at those balls, he is wise enough to choose. Often you will see a ball throw often you will see the ball throw the ball and batsmen will just the ball throw the ball and batsmen willjust miss. The ball throw the ball and batsmen will just miss. That the ball throw the ball and batsmen willjust miss. That is a sign that they are lacking confidence, not picking the line of the ball correctly. His ability to read the bowls are incredible. Four times . Yes. That is machine like. Bowls are incredible. Four times . Yes. That is machinelike. He is very good. Sorry you had to explain it. That is part of the magic of sport, is all right. Alan shearer sing the current Manchester City tea m sing the current Manchester City team are the best ever, talking of dominance. They are pretty much unbeatable. I will go to the game later, when they take on spurs in the 5 30pm kick off. We have got an interview with Raheem Sterling. He is talking to garth crooks. You get the impression that guardiola has been working on him physically and mental. Have you given any thought to just how good you can be . Mental. Have you given any thought tojust how good you can be . mental. Have you given any thought to just how good you can be . I have been thinking about that since i have been 17. Every season, every time something happens, i always go, what can i do better, what can i do differently this year, i am always analysing myself. Cristiano ronaldo is not getting any younger. analysing myself. Cristiano ronaldo is not getting any younger. I have been watching him for many years. He is someone i look up to. We have more from Raheem Sterling and also from jack cork at burnley. Jordon ibe, he will bejoining us. We have a great chat with kieran tierney, celtic and that unbelievable unbeaten run, he has been footballer of the year. He is a big part of that. People say he has a big future in the game. He is already playing toa high in the game. He is already playing to a High Standard for his country. Last weekend you were talking about bristol citys goal celebrations. Then they change them. We have a piece on bristol city. You mentioned wolverhampton, bristol city third in the championship. We have leon 0sman on the silver, and john cena, the wrestler, he is taking on mark lawrenson. He calls bournemouth by a different name. I cannot explain. It is like when we had robert de niro, he knows nothing about football and he knows nothing about football and he predicted 52 0 in most of the game. We all like a singsong. That has been this week. People have yet to see that. We join the choirfor people have yet to see that. We join the choir for the christmas special. You know about the importance of singing in sport. In lots of places it is part of the management way of thinking. They could do with that in the ashes now. Yes, they are led by the barmy army who are renowned for their singing quality. But the country that has led the way in the singing is wales. That is where it started historically. I have been with one of the welsh choirs as they get ready to face new zealand. You fill up my senses like a night in the forest. This is where it all begins, a lone voice on match day. Byron young has been singing on his country since 1972. His one voice soon becomes part of many on the bus to the stadium, and then has the power of 150, when several hours before kick off, his choirjoins the others chosen from around wales in the tunnel for a dress rehearsal. Everybody in sync, everybodys got a voice, and thats the way they do it. It happens in football. You see it at liverpool, in the kop, the national anthems, you see people crying because of the opportunity to sing out what youre feeling inside. Singing in sport has come such a long way since it was originally given a voice in the modern era by welshman called tom williams back in 1905. Now, it is such an official part of match day that, for the first time, the teams as they come off their buses are being greeted by a couple of hymns. And again on the pitch, ahead of kick off, and for one night only they are allowed another voice. Why, why, why, delilah . Thankfully lost in the crowd. With the welsh Team Training just a few yards away, this choir can bring together this whole stadium of 76,000 people with music. And you can feel the power of the mass, the power of the gathering, helping to inspire those 15 individuals. There are many historians, musical historians, who will tell you that the welsh were renowned for their ability tojust sing spontaneously. I think it goes way back to the chapels. The chapels, really, in wales, were the first to sing spontaneously in harmony. And i think that led into the stadiums singing in harmony as well. And it can help the harmony in a team. This man was hired by the british and irish lions to bond the team on their visit to new zealand. And did the singing here, led by byron and his choir, help inspire wales to a second try against new zealand . It was the singing that did it when we were five metres out, you could hear the crowd singing, and stuff, and that lifts you that extra 10 . When the going gets tough, and they start the song and it goes around the stadium, it just lifts you up. In the end, wales lost the match, but that didnt stop the singing. You can see the singing continues well into the night, in this land of the song. We lost the game, but we won a lot. This typifies it. This is the spirit, wales together. Really fantastic. Wonderful, the power of singing. So many examples, not just wonderful, the power of singing. So many examples, notjust in wales. 1995, sorry, 2005, liverpool and istanbul in the european cup final, 30 istanbul in the european cup final, 3 0 down, the crowd played a part in bringing them back into the game. England and tonga in the Rugby League World cup. There were 19 points down. It definitely has a major impact and is now part of Team Management in lots of places. Thank you very much we will see you later on. Time for the weather. Good morning. Smartening yourself up there. Just buttoning himself up nicely ready for action. It makes me wonder what you were wearing before you came on to do the weather forecast. Just the shirt, i ta ke weather forecast. Just the shirt, i take the jacket of when i am sitting at the desk. I get too hot. It is good, it looks crease free. What is happening . It is a cold start, quite a hard frost, widespread. Temperatures fell to minus six celsius in the highlands. For Northern Ireland we are looking at milder air. We have more cloud around. Saturdays cold, sunday is mild. The male bear will be moving across the country as we head to the course of sunday. My old air. Look at this amazing picture from aberdeen shara. It is cold, though. But it looks like a summer morning. The cloud bricking up across the south west. Temperatures around four degrees on saturday morning. Rain pushing into the north of wales, into the north west of england. Sleet and snow to lower levels, certainly on high ground and that will push into the west of wales in the West Midlands. A few showers for Northern Ireland and the west of scotla nd Northern Ireland and the west of scotland and there is a risk of ice until 11 oclock in the morning. Central and eastern areas will be dry through the day with lots of sunshine but it will be cold. There it is the area of rain affecting wales, the West Midlands, pushing into devon and somerset. It will be another cold one. The changes moving in from the west. We are heading through the overnight period, and an area of low pressure is bringing wet and windy weather. Central and eastern parts, another cold night, light winds, a recipe for a late frost. Some fog around and it could be dense. The isobars are tightly packed so it will be windy for the northern half of the uk. Greasy in the south, and that should help clear the fog across south eastern areas. It will move south east to the afternoon. In the afternoon, scotla nd afternoon. In the afternoon, scotland and Northern Ireland should see the sunshine. Temperatures in double figures across the western pa rt double figures across the western part of the country. It will be mostly dry into next week, but lots of cloud around. Sunshine limited. They were thought to be lost forever, but now tv shows starring cilla black and Pete Postlethwaite will be seen for the first time in decades today, at an exhibition in london. The event by the British Film Institute celebrates the discovery of programmes which were believed to have disappeared from the archives. 0ur entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, has had a preview. I could learn a lot of things from you. You shine at every single thing you do. Cilla black and dudley moore together on her bbc one variety show. This episode of cilla has not been seen since it was first transmitted in march, 1968. Youre the one whos really versatile. A copy has turned up in the house of a former fairground worker near blackpool, whose dad was a film collector. Today it will be shown in full at the Bfi Southbank as part of their missing believed wiped series, where rediscovered tv is showcased, including a crackly recording of the first ever tv appearance by Pete Postlethwaite at the age of 29. I still like you, sometimes. Come on. Local loony hears voices from outer space, get on with it. Lets get it over with. One was a half hour bbc play broadcast in 1975, from which he played a journalist investigating a possible arrival of an alien spaceship. The original was wiped, but the director held onto the video of the first edit, which has been restored. 0ther discoveries include the only surviving episode of late night horror from 1968, which was cancelled by the bbc after a 16 part series, due to the number of complaints after one six part series, due to the number of complaints about it being too scary. And an episode of itv police drama no hiding place has turned up in australia. In the 1960s it had audiences of seven million, but only 20 of the 236 episodes survived. This one is from 1960 and features a guest appearance by Patrick Troughton as a grumpy prisoner, six years before hejoined dr who. They dont release nutcases you know, they dont release nutcases you know, not even after seven years good conduct. You will do another seven, in a straitjacket its hoped events like this will encourage more people to come forward with their own tv treasures. We can talk to dick fiddy whos a tv consultant at the bfi and involved in the project. Very good morning to you. Well talk about some of the programmes in a moment, part of the delight in this is the notion that people have a reel of tapes stashed away that they dig out at these moments. Talk to us about the search for the material first. Yeah materialturns about the search for the material first. Yeah material turns up in all sorts of places in archives abroad, in archives here, in facility houses. 0ne abroad, in archives here, in facility houses. One of the most common ways is turning up in the homes of people who worked on the programmes or in the hands of private collectors. You have situations where someone may be involved in the project literally at the end of the filming took the tape away with them at a time when things werent akiefd in a formal way werent akiefd in a formal way werent archived in a formal way as they are now. Thats right. There are certain reasons why people keep material, sometimes for their own cv, sometimes for continuity purposes, maybe you want to know what people were wearing. The technology meant they could use the official tapes again. Very often those copies are the only ones that survive. Lets talk about some of the specifics, the one called late night horror. It dates to 1968. That clip did look genuinely terrifying, tell us about that. Its wonderful to find this, because no other exa m ples of late to find this, because no other examples of late night horror, that series from the 60s, survived. The fa ct series from the 60s, survived. The fact weve found one means we have a flavour of what the series was about and we can see, youre right, its genuinely creepy and ear yet thats quite good. Theres something about the black and white and the early horror or some of those kind of things that is particular, makes particular impact. The fact that this one involves children, just adds, ups the ante a bit. It taps into your own memories of ache child and the darkness. Im guessing maybe as well in that era, i dont know, maybe it was pretty controversial, was it, because it was so scary . The series as a whole proved controversial. The bbc were getting a reputation for pushing the boundary back. Doctor who was often criticised for being too horrific. In the following decade they had the ghost stories for christmas, although a well considered part of the seasonal treats, were also considered pretty scary. Whats the stuff that you are still searching for . Is there a series or an episode of something that you are just looking for constantly and its the holy grail, if you like . There used to be things i would say definitely we re to be things i would say definitely were the number one choices. Theres a play called mad house on castle street that stars bob dylan. 0ver the years i realise almost anything that comes back holds interest. Television was a good mirror of its time. It was quicker to react than film was showing you what society was like. Everything we get back is just another part of the jigsaw puzzle, building up the picture of what television was like. Lovely to talk to you this morning. Thank you very much. There you go, look in the cupboard somewhere, if someone in the family was involved in tv production, you never know. You can see some of these old tv classics at the missing believed wiped sessions today at the bfi in london. Tonights the night millions of viewers have been waiting for the strictly come dancing final. If youve been waiting to find out who will lift the demriter ball, tonight is the night. For 12 weeks fans have watched the dancers twirl and tango their way to the final but who will be the winner . Lets take a look at whos in the running. Everything that weve put ourselves through the last 12 weeks, this is worth it. This makes it all worthwhile. Just being here and being with these amazing women is it feels like job donein amazing women is it feels like job done ina amazing women is it feels like job done in a way. Itsjust a massive its just a massive achievement because i didnt think wed get this far. Not that i didnt have belief in us, but you dont ever think that farahead. It means everything and we cant believe that everyones voted for us, can we . Absolutely. Really happy to be here. Theres no elimination after the first two dances. Slightly different format. Everyone is doing three dances. Theyve been working hard this week. Someone who knows exactly how the final four will be feeling is former strictly winner, chris hollins. Good morning how are you . Im absolutely thrilled to be up at 8. 30am ona absolutely thrilled to be up at 8. 30am on a saturday islam oh, youve missed it, admit it. Lovely to catch up missed it, admit it. Lovely to catch up with you. You know, we had to bring mike back on the sofa to dispel a myth. Not a day goes by where someone says, oh, i saw you this morning, mike, doing those silly sports. Exactly the same for me. All those people have to apologise serve, eight times a week, ask for a selfie, come up and say congratulations on strictly. Sometimes i dont have the heart to tell them, sorry it wasnt me. Even someone high up on the strictly casting staff said you will have to come back on the show. I said it wasnt me. You won it, you fool nice to see you. Weve done a public duty by separating the two. These are two different people. Chris, talk us through what youre seeing looking ahead to the line up tonight. I cant say ive seen a lot. But i have been behind the scenes and ive caught up with lots of people. Ive seen the odd with lots of people. Ive seen the odd i with lots of people. Ive seen the odd i know whats going on. Its a very tight one to predict. Its not like previous years where you might have one outstanding favourite and you just think its going to be a good final. I thinkjoe is a hot favourite, obviously, because he hasnt been in a dance off. A lot will do i think it will all come down to the showdance, because you cant split them and its whether the audience really embrace the music, the style of the dance. If i think of someone like grehan gree. Shes gone for a very debbie mcgee. Shes got a slow and moving dance. That might not appeal. Alexandra is going for a show stopper. It should be very interesting. The thing that struck me, when you won it, you thought outside the box. You did something so different. A lot of things that entertained, jumping on the table, is that what it takes at this stage to have that winning edge . is that what it takes at this stage to have that winning edge . I thought out of the box . Look, i couldnt dance. The talent that is out there now, they just have dance. The talent that is out there now, theyjust have to come up with bigger and better dances. Whereas 0la my partner, was trying to hide me somewhere. So if mejumping on the table and doing a swimming move was something that didnt involve steps if they can find a dance or a performance tonight thats a bit different that people at home go wow that will get the votes. Different that people at home go wow that will get the votes. You obviously follow strictly, a big fan, youve been on the programme, fond memories. You have seen the way its changed. The way the audience reacts to the programme now and the criticism that comes in for the people that are on, like you said, 0k, people that are on, like you said, ok, you couldnt dance neither could i, by the way. Ok, you couldnt dance neither could i, by the way. You were robbed of course, everyone knew that. People do criticise the idea that. People do criticise the idea that its not, you know youre not being taken that its not, you know youre not being ta ken necessarily that its not, you know youre not being taken necessarily from point zero. The style of the shows very much changed. It changed after my year. We had a whole lot of people that had never danced before. Maybe it didnt make a spectacular show on saturday. A lot of people now, if you knew that you were going to do strictly youre going to have some lessons, whether its just little reminder lessons, whether its just little reminder we were told we couldnt. Maybe just a little taste of whats to come. Most people would say, well, oftening you would. Of course you would. That happened even before i took part. All the social media reaction has always happened. Maybe we didnt have facebook and twitter when i was doing it, but i remember doing a radio show straight after the semifinals and i was put through to the programme, welcome chris being strictly come dancing finalist. Mace is in wherever it was. She said, chris. Isaid, good morning, how are you . She said, you have just ruined the best programme on television, how dare you get through to the final. People get that passionate. Thats great, people interact with the programme. It will never change. But social media, it gets bigger and bigger. dont want to make it an age issue, but is it the case that debbie mcgee, if she won, she would be the old est mcgee, if she won, she would be the oldest winner . Is that right . Whos the oldest winner at the moment, chris . Something tells me chris is sorting out his ear piece. I think chris is up till this point. There have been older dancers but not in the final and have. A young winner as well, 38, when he won that. U nfortu nately, as well, 38, when he won that. Unfortunately, weve lost chris. There are two big differences between chris and myself. Chris can dance and he is good at sport. Hes a brilliant sportsman and dantser. You can dancer. You can sing. A brilliant sportsman and dantser. You can dancer. You can sing. We didnt get the chance to say goodbye properly. Because he knows these things. It all went wrong. Hell be back at 9. 30 on the sofa with the sport. It is funny im off. Headlines are coming up. See you soon. Good morning. First, our main story. Emergency services are expecting this weekend to be one of the busiest of the year as towns and city centres are packed with christmas revellers. Extra ambulance crews were brought in ahead of last night amid concerns good morning. Its saturday the 16th december. Also this morning a country at a crossroads. The ruling party in south africa prepares to pick a new leader amid allegations of bribery, infighting and corruption. More than 400 square miles of california has now been burned by wildfires. At least 8,000 firefighters are still fighting the blaze. In sport, the ashes are slipping away from england. Captain steve smith hits a double century to raise australias hopes