Like, walked into mangle that night. More than 9,000 people are sleeping rough on the streets of england. Mps describe the situation as a national crisis. Its been quite the year for the Airlines Industry, with strikes and businesses going bust. This morning im looking at whether passengers rights are protected enough when things go wrong. In sport, bravo for Manchester City, the keeper saves the penalty that takes them into the semi finals of the league cup. And carol has the weather. Could singing help mums combat post natal depression . New Research Suggests it could be an effective alternative to medicine. And carol has the weather. Good morning from the roof of new broadcasting house in london, where its fairly drizzly. The forecast for many today is cloudy, some fog, especially in the south, which is dense and a weather front in scotla nd dense and a weather front in scotland and Northern Ireland producing some rain as it continues to sink south. But behind that, brighter skies mawae. More details, though, inis brighter skies mawae. More details, though, in 15 minutes brighter skies on the way. Good morning. First, our main story. The metropolitan police is launching a review of all its current sex offence investigations after the collapse of a second rape case in a week. Scotland yard says that in both cases, the same officer failed to disclose evidence useful to the defence during the early stages of the inquiry. 0ur reporter keith doyle has more. The rape case against 22 year old liam allen collapsed last week after it emerged baikal evidence that helped his case had not been released by the prosecution. For two yea rs released by the prosecution. For two years he faced a trial that ended only after thousands of texts the prosecution had from his accuser we re prosecution had from his accuser were finally disclosed. No one was really investigating, how can we show he was innocent . People were investigating, how can we prove hes guilty instead and maybe that was what was wrong. Under the british legal system the prosecution must hand over any evidence it holds that may help a person on trial. Now a second case, that of 22 year old isaac, who was charged with rape and other Sexual Offences, has collapsed for similar reasons. As a result Scotland Yard has said its reviewing every current sex crime case. In a statement it said its also emerged that the same detective is involved in both cases and is still working on full duty in the mets Sexual Offences investigation unit. Its not known exactly how many cases are being reviewed. Keith doyle, bbc news. A man who threw acid over people in a crowded nightclub in london in april has beenjailed a crowded nightclub in london in april has been jailed for 20 years. 25 year old Arthur Collins injured 22 people at the venue in east london. Thejudge called his actions deliberate and calculated. Some of the victims were temporarily blinded, others were left with permanent scars. Tom burrage reports. Acid hurled across a crowded dance floor. Look closer on the cctv and you can see Arthur Collins arm throwing the liquid a second and a third time. Young people, like lauren trent, suffered severe burns and scars for life. I think that night ijust remembered the sheer panic. The fear, the pain, more importantly, the pain. The smell, the smell of the chemicals and your skin blistering, and theres absolutely nothing you can do about it. I remember looking at the Police Officers and the people around us at the time when they arrived. Was almost, like, disbelief that Something Like this had happened in a nightclub. Collins had caused severe burns to 14 people. His actions in the mangle nightclub has caused physical and mental scars. When you are out and someone splashes a drink on you it causes problems. I knowl splashes a drink on you it causes problems. I know i will never be the girl that went into mangle matt knight. Earlier that evening collins argued with two of his victims, but the judge said his indiscriminate attack, which affected so many young people, was unprovoked. He sentenced him to 20 years. It sends out the right message that it will not be tolerated, it will not be tolerated by the criminal justice system. Anyone carrying acid needs to look at the offence and be aware that a strong sentence will be passed. Collins showed no morse in court for what was described as despicable act. Remorse. 0ne what was described as despicable act. Remorse. One of his victims said her old life had been taken from her on that night. Tom burridge, bbc news. The government is being accused of abject failure in its attempt to tackle homelessness in england. A damning report by the all Party Public Accounts Committee says the issue has become a national crisis. However, the government says its investing more than £1 billion pounds to reduce homelessness and rough sleeping, alongside new legislation to ensure people get support more quickly. Andy moore reports. This report says the problem of homelessness has been growing for yea rs, homelessness has been growing for years, with a number of people in short Term Accommodation up by 60 since 2010. The mps say there is an unacceptable shortage of realistic housing options. There are estimated to be 9000 people sleeping rough on the streets every night, thats more than doubled the number in 2011. There are a further 78,000 families living in temporary accommodation, often of a poor standard, and that includes 120,000 children. The committee has described the situation as shameful. Its called on the government to focus on the supply and affordability of decent housing. You need to stop being complacent about this. It is not enough also to just throw money at it, it needs to be money that is fixing the core root of the problem, that looks at why people are homeless in the first place. Critically you need to be building more houses, yes, but they need to be truly affordable houses. The committee now wants the government to come up with a strategy for tackling the issue by the middle of next year. Labour said this report showed the conservatives had caused the crisis of rapidly rising homelessness but had no plans to fix it. The government said homelessness was a complex problem and it was providing over £1 billion over the next few years to help deal with the issue. Andy moore, bbc news. Police will continue searching two properties, including a Community Centre, this morning, following anti terror raids in sheffield and chesterfield. Four men have been arrested and held over an alleged islamist terror plot that officers say could have been carried out this christmas. People forced to evacuate their homes to allow the bomb squad to investigate have now been allowed to return. Local authorities in england will be able to increase council tax byjust under 6 next year without triggering a local referendum. The move would add about £95 to the average annual bill for a band d property. Currently a raise of 5 or more must be put to local voters. Ministers say it will ease pressure on local services. The local Government Association says councils will still be at financial breaking point. The bbc is to broaden its coverage of religions, devoting more time to non Christian Faiths. The decision follows a review of the corporations output in response to claims it was out of step with its audience. Heres more from our media correspondent, david sillito. For some its the best part of the bbcs output but new research has also shown the traditional religious programmes are, for large parts of the audience, ernest, worthy and a tv turnoff. Welcome to. Theres also concern that too often religious on tv is reduced to an argument or a debate. The once more stories about real peoples lives and theirfaith stories about real peoples lives and their faith and less studio based confrontation. You going to come and see . Going to be in it later. There will be more religion reflected in mainstream programming. Its all part of a review as to how the bbc treats religion after criticism it was out of step with its audience. The latest Research Suggests the long decline in christianity in the uk has, over the last few years, levelled off. Nearly half of us believe in life after death, one in four believe in angels. The bbcs says there will be more christianity but also coverage and explanation of other faiths. The big but also coverage and explanation of otherfaiths. The big calendar events of the worlds main faiths will get more coverage. Rather than being in decline, religion is actually growing globally. The number of people affiliated with a religion is forecast to increase from 84 to 90 . David sillito, bbc news. The post Office Network is to get £370 million of new funding. Almost half of the money will be used to protect Village Community branches, according to the business secretary greg clark. The three year funding deal, which will run from next april, comes as the post office announced it had moved into profit for the first time in 16 years. Pictures emerged of a Massive Volcanic eruption in ecuador. They were taken earlier this month by a british photographer, they show the volcanos first major activity in more than a decade. It caused significant damage to pipelines and a nearby valley, but posed no threat to any local communities. That doesnt look real, does it . Amazing. Looks like a graphic. 0bviously amazing. Looks like a graphic. Obviously the picture is fed up, alaba doesnt travel that quickly, but still pretty impressive sped up but still pretty impressive sped up lather. But still pretty impressive sped up lather. Magister city, its becoming a theme. Everyday we sit on the sofa and say another win for Manchester City, this time in the league cup, which pep wasnt really focusing on, he put a Second String of players out and he said he was so, so, so, so, so happy that they won five sos. He wasnt expecting it. Phil foden, who won young Sports Personality of the year on sunday night, he was playing as well, brilliant performance from him. City are through but it took penalties so are through but it took penalties so a dramatic win. Manchester city manager Pep Guardiola dismissed talk of a quadruple of all three domestic titles plus the Champions League, but they are going well in all four, theyre through to the semi finals of the league cup after beating Leicester City on penalties. Arsenaljoin city in tonights draw, after beating west ham 1 0. Danny wellbeck the scorer. Five time champion Raymond Van Barneveld is into the second round of the pdc world darts championship after beating former bricklayer richard north 3 0 at alexandra palace. And Marion Bartoli has announced her return to tennis. She retired straight after winning wimbledon four years ago but says shell be back for the miami open in march. Imean, i mean, that is my favourite story of the morning. Favourite story of the week i think, Marion Bartoli, she won wimbledon and everyone said this is brilliant, maybe she will win more grand slams. She said she would stop there and i cant do any better, but four years later she wa nts to better, but four years later she wants to carry on. Whenever we have spoken to her she seems so lovely. Such a smiley, bubbly, bonkers person. So lovely the year of the comeback in womens tennis who else . Serena williams. Of course arena is back thank you we will look at the papers in a moment but first, carol with the weather. Who did you upset to be put on that rainy ruth . I was beginning to wonder that myself it is fairly drizzly here. This morning it was quite mild. There we re morning it was quite mild. There were one or two exceptions. 0ne thing to watch out for is fog. Some of that is dance. More all less the forecast is a cloudy one and a mild one. That is certainly how we are starting off. We have a weather front crossing scotland and Northern Ireland producing cloud and rain and through the day it will move into Northern England and northern wales asa Northern England and northern wales as a weakening feature. In the east there will not be much rain at all. So ahead of the weather front as you can see on the charts there is a lot of cloud, it will break and the fault will lift into the hills and then we will see some brightness coming in. Fog. For most it will be cloudy and grey. Behind that in scotla nd be cloudy and grey. Behind that in scotland it will brighten up. Showers in the north and west. It will be breezy with highs of 90 degrees. South, we run into the weather front of us Northern England and the nine degrees. The east of england will see something brighter at times. From the midlands to the south coast there is a fair bit of cloud around. One or two brighter brea ks cloud around. One or two brighter breaks here and there and still in the mild category. We are into double figures. Across wales, south wales will see something drier, and north wales has a weather front, which is sinking south through the day. By then it will be out of Northern Ireland and back into bright skies with some sunny spells. It will feel a bit cooler. Through this evening and overnight weather front this evening and overnight weather fro nt m oves this evening and overnight weather front moves south, and you can see it here on the chart. At the end of the night it will turn around at it. In the north east. So tomorrow morning we will have an across the south east, heading up to Northern Ireland, england and moving into southern scotland. It is a cool night before it, not as cold behind it, and where we have breaks, there will be some fog. Through the day the weather front will continue to move north east, taking cloud and ran with it. Some bright skies potentially for a moment across the north east. And then behind the weather front we have bright skies returned to parts of the south west and the midlands, for example, with the occasional glimmer of sunshine. 0n the occasional glimmer of sunshine. On friday, High Pressure is across us, so it is more settled and much more dry. There will be showers in the west. The Channel Islands will have outbreaks of rain. Windy in the north and temperatures not too shabby for the time of year. As we lea p shabby for the time of year. As we leap into the christmas period, it looks like it will become a little more unsettled. But somewhere in the uk on Christmas Day you might see some snow and you wont be surprised to hear it is probably going to be in scotland. As long as it stays there, we will be grateful. We certainly will. We are going to have a look through some of the papers. Steph and cat with us now. Sorry, good morning. It is lovely to see you. The front pages first. The front of the times, the lead story, the investigation of the met police, they say that they will look at all current rape and sex abuse cases because of the collapsed abuse cases in one week and we will talk on that this morning. The front of the sun, christmas terror foil. This morning. The front of the sun, christmas terrorfoil. Four this morning. The front of the sun, christmas terror foil. Four people arrested in an operation. Police say this could have happened around christmas time. Arrests were made and people were held in sheffield and people were held in sheffield and chesterfield in derbyshire. That is on the front of some of the papers, and the mirror as well. On the fun of the daily mail, potential rises in council tax bills. And you can see the figures. Millions of families facing rises. And two stories on breakfast, the met police will review rape cases after a trial error, so we have had two in one week. Scores of Sexual Assault cases will be reviewed after the end has led to the collapse of a second case. And also the picture you have seen here is the man, Arthur Collins, who in a london nightclub carry out an asset attack, injuring 22 people acid attack. A clear mark on how people view the acid attacks in the course at the moment. I know that you talk about trus, so i know that you talk about trus, so there is analysis of that toysrus mps are demanding an explanation as to why the retailer, which has been struggling for some time, handed a pay increase to the bosses over those years despite falling sales and growing losses. So the working Pensions Committee wrote to the boss to ask what is going on. And just in case youre wondering what is happening, since it was announced, well, are in talks, so they are locked intense negotiations to try to work out what it will mean for the stores and also the 3200 people who work there. And what about the business itself . People might have bought things. No, when it goes into administration it is run as a business. Behind the scenes that they are working out whether the stores will close or not and whether it will continue. Lots in the telegraph today, breaking late on monday night about Justin Gatlins former coach and an athletics agent. Sorry to interrupt. Yesterday it was the front page of the telegraph. Interrupt. Yesterday it was the front page of the telegraphm interrupt. Yesterday it was the front page of the telegraph. It is a massive story with the potential to get even bigger because of questions being asked, if you are gatlin, why have someone who has tested positive to coach you. Gatlin says he has not been taking any banned substances. And i think both the coach and the agent denied the charges as well. The story today has moved on to say lots of people are coming out, including darren campbell, olympic gold medallist, and tony miniccelo, saying it should not be the athletes, people should look at the agents and coaches as well, the people getting the drugs to the athletes toni minichiello. And Dennis Mitchell served a doping ban in the 1990s. Why was he allowed to get into a position where he is coaching . It is something that confounds people. If you have been found guilty you can still be in the sport. How can that remain the case . There are questions about justin gatlin. He served two doping bans, one for taking adhd medication, which he says he suffers from adhd, and that was why he had that. There are always questions over exactly why athletes have a reason why they have been taking the drug. Talking about maria sharapova. She says she has a heart problem and that is why she took those drugs. It is not straightforward. It is guaranteed to white wind straightforward. It is guaranteed to wind people up. £16,000 a day in fines in its first week and do you wa nt to fines in its first week and do you want to know where it is . Yes. Lancashire, 164 yards of road has seen 19,200 drivers caught in seven days since it started operating. So you have an automatic £60 fine, £30 if you pay it early. It is a lot of money. This is the problem. People need to get into the left hand lane. So they are going in early and not realising. 164 yards of bus lane. On the upside, lancashire was ordered to switch off cameras on a section in their borough after two months and everyone who was fined got their money back. That is the talking point, it will be a talking point this morning. If you have a bus lane that you think is pointless, or if you have had a fine that you have got back, because people like winning those appeals. Thank you. Even the most reluctant singer probably knows some Nursery Rhymes and lullabies, and its long been thought music has a calming effect on babies. Now, Research Suggests its not only children who benefit, their parents do, too, and it could even be an effective way of treating post natal depression. Breakfasts Jayne Mccubbin has been finding out more. This kind of moment is being shared by more and more mums and babies but today we can Reveal Research which shows this isnt just today we can Reveal Research which shows this isntjust fun, it could provide fundamental help for a problem that affects one in eight mothers. Like native and baby either. Like claire and elsie. Like cecilia and boadicea. Either. Like claire and elsie. Like cecilia and boadicealj either. Like claire and elsie. Like cecilia and boadicea. I never blamed him. He is amazing. He is wonderful. But motherhood. If you are you feel shocking. Feel guilty, and it is meant to be a happy time. Sitting on the sofa in the evening and you are still like, what am i going to do . High alert. Everyone is like, relax, do something you enjoy and i cant do that. That doesnt help me relax because i have severe anxiety. These women are part of a Singing Group in london studied by academics. Mums who had experienced post natal depression and baby blues. They discovered singing really helps. Weve taken 150 mothers with symptoms of post natal depression and randomised them into ten weeks of social groups, social ca re ten weeks of social groups, social care orSinging Groups ten weeks of social groups, social care or Singing Groups and those in the social Singing Groups had significantly faster improvements in post natal depression across the ten weeks. And in fact three quarters of them had recovered from their symptoms why the end of the 10 week project and this was about one month earlier than either of the other two groups. A more intense the more intense the symptoms, the more intense the symptoms, the more intense the symptoms, the more intense the impact. Singing made recovery faster. You dont have to think about anything but singing and cuddling your baby and having fun. You know you are in a bad moment together. You dont have to be like, how bad is your moment and your moment, you arejust singing communally together so it is really nice. Would you recommend it . 10096. I got nice. Would you recommend it . 10096. Igota nice. Would you recommend it . 10096. I got a little kick. I hope you enjoy singing today. It is an endorsement they are happy to share in bristol at the womb sisters Singing Group. They are singing in the knowledge that babies can hear in the womb from 15 weeks. When the babyis in the womb from 15 weeks. When the baby is born they recognised a song and they respond to it. There is a comfort. Yes. It is a really nice way to connect. These are the songs you will sing when she is born. Way to connect. These are the songs you will sing when she is bornm way to connect. These are the songs you will sing when she is born. If i can remember. Of course you will. For mothers struggling after birth, medication isnt always welcome. Talking therapies take up rate is very low, so the findings that this could take up in the most serious cases is all the more important. Real help that could not be simpler. It doesnt matter if you are a good ora it doesnt matter if you are a good or a bad thing at all it isjust literally about finding a way to communicate. I have made up loads and loads of songs just everyday stuff. I have a song about changing his nappy that my mum thinks is a little bit rude. Can you share . , on. Mr poo pants, he did a poo and he wears pants. It doesnt matter what you seem all way you sing it, singing helps you to bond and helps mums feel. Everyone should do it. Yes. Thank you for sharing. That is something to share on national tv. Very brave. Why not. I like that song. There is loads coming up on the programme this morning. Youre watching breakfast. Still to come this morning christmas dog jumpers, paw secco and turkey dinners well be finding out how the uks pampered pet market has turned into seriously big business. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning. Im asad ahmad. Two men who died in a fire at a luxury hotel on the banks of loch lomond in scotland on monday are believed to have been from london. Simon midgley and Richard Dyson were staying at the Cameron House hotel near glasgow when the fire broke out. Police scotland have yet to formerly confirm the identities of the two men. The cause of the fire is being investigated. An a level student from north london who was left shocked at the number of women who cant afford sanitary items is taking her campaign to theresa may this afternoon. Amika george founded the freeperiods campaign, calling on the government to provide free menstruation products for all girls already receiving free school meals. The school girl says so called period poverty must be tackled as a matter of urgency. A Lottery Winner from slough who works as a care worker says shell still do her 12 hour shift on Christmas Day because she loves herjob caring for the elderly. Patricia aldridge and her partner robert won £1 million in the lotto raffle but they wont give up their dayjobs. I was already wrote it to work Christmas Day so i am just going to carry on doing my shift, you know, soi carry on doing my shift, you know, so i have no plans, i love what i do. You never think you are going to win it, but, yeah, we won it and, whoa, its gonna be nice. Lets have a look at the travel situation now. There are severe delays on the piccadilly line. We will let you know. 0n the roads, the a1 remains closed between highbury corner and digswell street for major works on the bridge outside Highbury Islington station. Expect delays around highbury corner. In west london, Chelsea Embankment remains closed between chelsea and battersea bridge for gas works until april. In catford, there are temporary traffic lights on the south circular near ravensbourne park for emergency repairs to the railway bridge. Lets have a check on the weather now with kate. Good morning. It is a rather misty and murky start out there this morning, dense patches of mist and fog lifting gradually into cloud but it is fielding milder, less cold air this time yesterday morning. The mist and fog taking time to lift, and when it does it will lift into low cloud and that cloud stays put, in fact, it stays put for the next few days. The tablet is mild, back up few days. The tablet is mild, back up into double figures at around 10 degrees. Overnight tonight the cloud stays with us. Mist and fog likely to reform, so quite a murky night. Outbreaks of light rain and drizzle pushing through, especially toward sta u nto n pushing through, especially toward staunton mahbub evra to belly dropping towards dawn. But that average belly dropping. Mist and fog, which will take time to lift. Staying rather gloomy and great tomorrow. Temperatures up to around 12 degrees barely. Through the week we hang on to the cloud, the mild temperatures as well as we had into christmas eve. Temperatures will reach 12 celsius. Nine timetable to is as well way above zero. Not a White Christmas. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Hello, this is breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. Well bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning as Arthur Collins starts a 20 year jail sentence for this horrific nightclub attack, well be asking why acid crimes are on the rise. New mums and dads are entitled to share parental leave now, but when it comes to pay, the dads lag well behind. Well be asking if its time to make sure parents get equal pay for staying at home with their baby. Its christmas in the nations Favourite Corner shop. Yes, still open all hours is back for a festive special. Well be talking to two of the cast just after 9am. Good morning, heres a summary of this mornings main stories from bbc news. The metropolitan police is launching a review of all current sex offence investigation is after the collapse ofa investigation is after the collapse of a second rape case in a week. The prosecutions were halted because of the late disclosure of evidence. Scotland yard confirmed the same officer was involved in both investigations. 0ur reporter keith doyle has more. The rape case against 22 year old liam allen collapsed last week after it emerged vital evidence that helped his case had not been released by the prosecution. For two years hed faced a trial that ended only after thousands of texts the prosecution had from his accuser were finally disclosed. No one was really investigating, how can we show he was innocent . People were investigating, how can we prove hes guilty instead and maybe that was what was wrong. Under the british legal system the prosecution must hand over any evidence it holds that may help a person on trial. Now a second case, that of 22 year old isaac itiary, who was charged with rape and other Sexual Offences, has collapsed for similar reasons. As a result Scotland Yard has said its reviewing every current sex crime case. In a statement it said its also emerged that the same detective is involved in both cases and is still working on full duty in the mets Sexual Offences investigation unit. Its not known exactly how many cases are being reviewed. Keith doyle, bbc news. A man who threw acid over people in a crowded nightclub in april has been jailed a crowded nightclub in april has beenjailed for 20 years. A crowded nightclub in april has been jailed for 20 years. He a crowded nightclub in april has beenjailed for 20 years. He injured 20 ina beenjailed for 20 years. He injured 20 in a venue in east london. The judge called his actions deliberate and calculated. Some victims were temporary blinded and others were left with permanent scars. I think that night ijust remember the sheer panic. The fear, the pain, more importantly, the pain. The smell, the smell of the chemicals and your skin blistering, and theres absolutely nothing you can do about it. I remember looking at the Police Officers and the people around us at the time when they arrived. It was almost like disbelief that Something Like this had ever happened in a nightclub. The government is being accused of abject failure in its attempt to tackle homelessness in england. A damning report by the all Party Public Accounts Committee says the issue has become a national crisis. The government says its investing more than £1 billion to help make more Affordable Housing available. You need to stop being complacent about this. It is not enough also to just throw money at it, it needs to be money that is fixing the core root of the problem, that looks at why people are homeless in the first place. Critically you need to be building more houses, yes, but they need to be truly affordable houses. Police will continue searching to properties including a Community Centre this morning after anti terror raids in sheffield and chester. Four men have been arrested and held over an alleged islamist terror plot that could have been carried out this christmas. People had to evacuate their homes to allow the bomb squad to investigate and they have been allowed to return. Local authorities. Are to be allowed to raise council tax by up to 6 next year after a further relaxation of the government imposed cap to address shortfalls in funding for social care. Families across the uk could see bills rising by up to £100 a year as a result. The local Government Association says councils will still be at financial breaking point. The European Court ofjustice is due to decide this morning whether the taxi hailing app, uber, should legally be considered a transport company or a Digital Services provider. The ruling will determine whether the firm should be subject to local licensing laws in the countries in which it operates. The post office will receive £370 million of new funding and almost half the money will be used to protect Village Community branches according to business secretary greg clark. The deal, which runs until next april, announces, comes as the post office says it has run into profit for the first time in 16 yea rs. The bbc has said it will spend more time looking at Christian Faith based programming. There will be more religion reflected in mainstream programming. These days many motorists are going green, buying electric or hybrid cars, but how about this for going back to basics . Frank rothwell has modified his vehicle so its powered by coal. It took him more than 1,000 hours to perfect and he says its passed its mot and been declared legal to drive. The emissions from that, it looks charming, but they would be horrendous. And refuelling would be tricky work. Essentially isnt it a steam train on the road . Except it isnt staying, it is coal. You cantjust burn coal and drive a car. Isnt stea m. Burn coal and drive a car. Isnt steam. Im not really the expert, i dont really know. He was just shuffling along quite happily in his coal driven car. He has made a steam train, hasnt he . I dont understand how that has passed its mot. More on that in the next half an hour. Were talking about Manchester City, we love a bit of hype in sports journalism, we like to look at these teams and say theyre the best team ever and now theyre going to go on and win the quadruple, all three domestic titles and the Champions League and in the current form Manchester City are in and with these players, nothing is impossible. But pep said forget about it when talking about the quadruple. Manchester citys magnificent season continued last night as they reached the League Cup Semi finals with a penalty shootout win at Leicester City. Jamie vardy to scored a controversial 97th minute penalty to take the game to extra time. But there were no goals and in the shootout both vardy and riyadh mahrez missed. The other quarterfinal of the night saw arsenal reach the last four as they beat west ham 1 0. It was Danny Welbeck with the only goal of the game, tapping home, mathieu debuchys header across goal. This a trophy Arsene Wenger has never won in his 21 years managing arsenal. Tonight bristol city are playing Manchester United and the bristol city manager hopes that theJose Mourinho comes by after the game. Ive got a really expensive bottle of wine. Ive had to read my little girls biggie bank. I will be disappointed if he doesnt turn up because you have to pour it specially. Its that nice Chocolate Orange as well as the wine i wonder if he likes a chocolate 0range everyone does england have lost the ashes, and theyre 3 0 down in the series, its looking rather gloomy over in aus but bowler craig 0verton says he Still Believes england are not far off winning games. Hes suffering from a cracked a rib, and remains a major doubt for the next test in melbourne. Were still confident we have competed in this series and were not that far of winning games. Theyve just performed for better and longer periods than us and we know what weve got to do in those last two games and thats score more ru ns last two games and thats score more runs and take a few more wickets, as simple as that. Former wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli has come out of retirement and announced she will return to the wta tour next year. Bartoli, who is now 33, quit tennis in august 2013 less than six weeks after winning her only grand slam title at the all england club, citing ongoing injury problems. The french player, who reached a career high world ranking of seventh, intends to make her comeback at the miami open in march. That is a remarkable story. She was so ill for a while as well, she feared for her life, she had a virus, she lost loads of weight, eve ryo ne virus, she lost loads of weight, everyone was asking why she was so skinny and she said she had this terrible illness and now shes going to be back playing. All she needs to do now is win another grand slam and well have another amazing story. City with the quadruple and Marion Bartoli winning grand slams and then we can make the film scared, traumatised and suicidal, the words used by victims of an acid attack at a nightclub in london. 22 people were injured and many left with permanent scars. Yesterday, the man responsible was jailed for 20 years. Some of the victims of that nightclub attack share their experience. I think that night ijust remember the sheer panic. The fear, the pain, more importantly, the pain. The smell, the smell of the chemicals and your skin blistering, and theres absolutely nothing you can do about it. I remember looking at the Police Officers and the people around us i consider myself lucky, my scars may be small to some, they may be hidden but they are used to me, they are something i have to wake up and look at everyday in the mirror. Its not just my look at everyday in the mirror. Its notjust my physical look at everyday in the mirror. Its not just my physical appearance, that may look ok and it may look like im getting on with life. Because i am, i wouldnt want to let that defeat me. When you are out, like, just a splash of somebodys drink on your arm, like, brings the worst things through your head. So its just very hard to deal with and try and carry on like normal, because i know im never going to be the same girl that, like, walked into mangle that night, but just trying to get as close back to that as possible. Joining us from birmingham now is professorjames treadwell, a criminologist at staffordshire university. This sentence is sending a clear message about how acid attacks are seen . Thats the case, its a lengthy sentence but when you look at the number of victims involved, the offence is serious, causing grievous bodily harm, it is no surprise in some ways that in this case the sentence has been very high. Wm case the sentence has been very high. Will the sentence have the desired effect in terms of making clear to people that this is not acceptable, its been put up there in terms of severity with knife crime. Yeah. I think the evidence for that, though, is a bit more questionable. What we tend to know is deterrent effects are very difficult to see when it comes to sentencing. What tends to have more ofan sentencing. What tends to have more of an effect actually is when people are caught, detected and the offences prosecuted and what weve seen with acid attacks, and people like the acid Survivors TrustInternational Shows this, the uk has a high number of them and often theyd only to the offender being brought tojustice. Theyd only to the offender being brought to justice. The offender may serve as a deterrent to those carrying acid, but Arthur Collins was caught, and prosecuted, but some arent. As a professor of criminology you must have seen a rise in these attacks and some of the evidence points to young men using these as weapons as part of a gang, in prisons or in this case, generally in anger, someone with a grudge, why is this . Theres a lot of reasons. The concealable to you and availability of acid, the fact offenders are making calculator choses to move to it rather than carrying knives. Its very difficult to know at the moment because the Evidence Base to understand why that is very limited. We need more research looking at why those offenders who are using acid are using it. And the term acid is very broad and all encompassing in some ways. To talk offending with corrosive substances might give us a better idea of what types of su bsta nces better idea of what types of substances are being used, how they are being obtained, and where the offenders are making those decisions. I know you have witnessed this in prisons . You get a similar thing happening in prisons, which offenders will describe as napalming, mixing sugar with boiling hot water into another prisoners face, that happens with young prisoners and it tends to go through spikes. You get offenders copying one another and there maybe some of that to acid attacks as are given publicity. 0ther offenders in similar settings are beginning to move towards selecting acid as a weapon. James, interesting to talk to you, thanks very much. Time to have a look at the weather and look at the cameras you cant really tell from that image, but it is close to carols perch near Central London, but i believe it is raining rather heavily. We certainly have wet weather here. Yes, it is quite drizzly, cloudy and mild. For many parts it is a mild start, temperatures generally between 7 12 degrees at the moment, with one or two exceptions and today it will be a mild and fairly cloudy day, and there are a couple of exceptions to that rule. So this morning we have a weather front moving part of scotland, across the borders into Northern England, heading to the Northern England, heading to the north of wales through the morning. For eastern areas it really is staying largely dry. There is a lot of cloud around. We have fog at the moment, and it will lift into the hills. As the weather from sinks south, scotland and Northern Ireland will be under some bright skies and sunny spells, with showers across the north and west, where it is likely to be breezy. For north west england, you have a murky afternoon, because the weather front will be across you , so because the weather front will be across you, so there will be patchy rain. North east england and the sheltered pennines, something dry and bright. Into east anglia and southern counties of england, fairly cloudy with one or two bright breaks. In the shelter of the hills, thatis breaks. In the shelter of the hills, that is where you are most likely to see them. We are also likely to see 12 degrees. Then it will move southwards, it wont be very heavy. For Northern Ireland, as the fund will clear is at 3pm in the afternoon, you will have some bright skies and sunny spells front. Through this evening and overnight rain continues travelling down to the south east. Any changes direction and moves north east as we go through the course of tonight. And you will find some of it will be heavy as it moves across south east england into Northern England, once again we will see some fog forming, but ahead of it it will be cold with a touch of frost. Through the day tomorrow, the weather front moves north east was, taking rain with it. Behind it there will be some cloud around but also some bright breaks. Temperatures still quite good in double figures for most. That is except for the north east of scotland, where they will be a bit lower. For friday, every drop eye pressure develops, so things fairly dry and settled with showers in the west and the Channel Islands will have some rain High Pressure. And if you are wondering about the lead up if you are wondering about the lead up to christmas, it is going to turn a little more unsettled and it looks like there is the potential for somewhere in the uk to see some snow on Christmas Day and the likelihood is, you wont be surprised to hear this, that its going to be scotland. No, not surprised, but we shall see when that day comes. Thank you. Christmas jumpers, prosecco, perfume all good gifts to find under the tree on the big day. Even, it seems, for dogs. I thought you were talking about your gifts for me. What . Presents. More and more owners are splashing out on luxury items for their four legged friends. And with supermarkets and high Street Stores getting in on the action, its big business too. As fiona lamdin has been finding out. More and more are dressing dogs in christmas costumes. Just last week 300 dogs in jumpers christmas costumes. Just last week 300 dogs injumpers smashed a world record in london. The weather outside is a frightful, but the fire is so delightful. Not hugely surprising we are spending a lot more on them. Just a couple of miles across town, much thought and planning has gone in to sukis wardrobe. 0n planning has gone in to sukis wardrobe. On Christmas Day she will have three changes of clothes. When i was have three changes of clothes. When iwasa have three changes of clothes. When i was a kid my parents got me clothes for christmas and i was excited to wear the clothes, going to see my family on christmas dinner, so it is kind of the same thing. She is like my daughter. I am like, whoa, she is. It is notjust clothes. She will have a small mountain of presence under the tree. I think we spend more money on her than on each other. If you come to the kitchen, there is a section for her in the fridge. So you can start the day with a mince pie, and your christmas dinner. And it seems suki isnt a loan. Around the corner at the local groomers. We have given her a lovely warm bath. I cant keep the stock on the shelves long enough. Sometimes i come in and wonder what i am going to fill them with. Lets look around for things to get in quickly because we cant keep up. I have to admit it is a whole new world. I adore my dog, mouse, but i have never bought him a Christmas Present before. There are so many things i could get him. A raincoat, socks, or even boots. Uk consumers are spending more every year on accessories for pets. Just over £900 million is expected to be spent in 2017, that is up 16 since 2012. This is an ongoing shift towards treating pets much more like people. This really comes from the really strong pa rent people. This really comes from the really strong parent bond between owners and pets. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. It is nice to have a jacket when it is cold. It snow, let it snow. It is nice to have a jacket when it is coldlj it snow, let it snow. It is nice to have a jacket when it is cold. I am buy in friends dogs present. Buying. The more that you treat your dog like a human, the more likely they are to develop behavioural problems. Shall we take your stocking . Many dogs across the country will have something under the tree, though i am not so sure how many of us will be in matching attire. Brace yourself, we have some pictures. Have a look. Ogi and yogi from aberystwyth. Both of the dogs promised to be good so they can have some turkey on Christmas Day. And tina has sent in this picture. It is her staffordshire bull terriers, kitted out in costumes. They look over the moon. That is literally an entire costume. And notjust the dogs get into the christmas spirit. Here is indie, the cat, looking angry ina here is indie, the cat, looking angry in a santa hat. Beautiful, but slightly miffed. If you have bought a dog present, if you have bought the dog. If you have bought a Christmas Present for your dog and you have taken a picture, send it in. Do you think the dog asked for the present . Almost certainly. Whatever send them in. A little bit baffled. Never mind. Did you like those pictures . They re baffled. Never mind. Did you like those pictures . Theyre amazing. You know how they treat them like humans and then you see that they are humiliated in their santa outfit, you are like, yeah, bless. What are you are like, yeah, bless. What are you talking about, holidays . Yes, protection when you fly. It has been quite chaotic this year for the Airline Industry with all of the strikes and businesses going under and all of that. Morning, everyone. Ive spent a lot of this year talking about issues in the Airlines Industry four big names have gone bust, plus strikes and weather have grounded planes. So how can passengers protect themselves . Youre probably used to seeing this, atol protection, when booking your holiday. Its a mandetory insurance policy if a travel company gost bust, but even though Companies Pay into it when you book, its worth remembering it only covers packages where travel and accomodation are booked together. Atol is run by the Civil Aviation authority. And we can now talk to the boss of the caa, andrew haines. Good morning. You are making a specific announcement this morning around all of this. What are you telling the nation about in terms of protection for travellers . Amazingly next week is notjust christmas, the busiest week for people to book holidays this year. We expect 3 million holidays will be booked next year. We have three aaas we want people to think about, the first is atol protection. 26 million holidays we re atol protection. 26 million holidays were protected by this cold standard. If you book a flight and something else, a car, cruise or hotel, then atol protection will give you absolute guaranteed protection of financial failure. Look out for your company to sign up to the alternative dispute resolution scheme. If you get a problem and you want compensation, then an independent company will adjudicate and their decision will be binding. And thirdly, avoid surprises. A lot of airlines tend to put additional charges in late in the process. We are investigating those practices. In the meantime we think that is something consumers should be aware of when they are booking. Can i ask about atol protection because you say it guarantees if you book more than just raval. Why cant itjust before travel as well . Travel. It is a european requirement. And the smc is that it european requirement. And the smc is thatitis european requirement. And the smc is that it is part of a package and the essence is that it is part of a package and the vast majority travelling on an airline dont need protection but the long standing policy is if you are on holiday stranded without accommodation, or youre stranded on your cruise ship, or your cruise liner has gone bust, thatis or your cruise liner has gone bust, that is extra complexity and the requirement is a package. Can i talk about some of the specifics weve seen this year. Obviously, there we re seen this year. Obviously, there were problems with monarch, of course, which meant you had to repatriate lots of people back to the uk. Did it go to plan, were there he cups . It went phenomenally well. Hiccups . The largest peacetime repatriation in uk history. We plan for 110,000 people, close to 90,000 people repatriated. Weve had phenomenally good feedback. For some people it was quite hairy. 99 of passengers got back on the day that they were due to get back and we think that is a phenomenal achievement and people can take phenomenal achievement and people ca n ta ke comfort phenomenal achievement and people can take comfort that there are arrangements in place if the really awful thing happens and an airline goes bust. What about ryanair, we have seen strikes and people dont know whats going on. Aru happy with whats going on at ryanair . know whats going on. Aru happy with whats going on at ryanair . I always have a close eye on ryanair are you happy. They have given us some promises and we have seen Good Progress on that. Consumers are still book with ryanair. They are still book with ryanair. They are still the Largest Airline in europe. People are now a little more cautious about ensuring they get what they are entitled to with ryanair. So are you happy with them . Iam not ryanair. So are you happy with them . I am not yet happy. I am satisfied they are making progress. Ok, thank you. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning. Im asad ahmad. Two men who died in a fire at a luxury hotel on the banks of loch lomond in scotland on monday are believed to have been from london. Simon midgley and Richard Dyson were staying at the Cameron House hotel near glasgow when the fire broke out. Police scotland have yet to formerly confirm the identities of the two men. The cause of the fire is being investigated. An a level student from north london who was left shocked at the number of women who cant afford sanitary items is taking her campaign to theresa may this afternoon. Amika george founded the freeperiods campaign, calling on the government to provide free menstruation products for all girls already receiving free school meals. The problem of period poverty is estimated to affect one in ten girls. A Lottery Winner from slough who works as a care worker says shell still do her 12 hour shift on Christmas Day because she loves herjob caring for the elderly. Patricia aldridge and her partner robert won £1 million in the lotto raffle but they wont give up their dayjobs. I was already rostered to work Christmas Day, so im just going to carry on doing my shift, you know, so i have no plans. I love what i do. You never think you are going to win it, but, yeah, we won it and, whoa, its gonna be nice. Good for them. Lets have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube board, piccadilly line is part suspended between acton town and heathrow due to a signal failures, which have taken place this morning. 0n the roads, the a1 remains closed between highbury corner and digswell street for major works on the bridge outside Highbury Islington station. Do expect delays around highbury corner. And in west london, Chelsea Embankment remains closed between chelsea and battersea bridge for gas works until april. Finally, in catford, there are temporary traffic lights on the south circular near ravensbourne park for emergency repairs to the railway bridge. Now, lets have a check on the weather now with kate. Good morning. Its a rather misty and murky start out there this morning, dense patches of mist and fog lifting gradually into cloud but it is fielding milder, certainly less cold than this time yesterday morning. The mist and fog taking time to lift. When it does it will lift into low cloud and that cloud stays put, in fact, it stays put for the next few days. The temperatures mild, back up into double figures at around 10 degrees. Overnight tonight the cloud stays with us. Mist and fog likely to reform, so quite a murky night. Outbreaks of light rain and drizzle pushing through, especially towards dawn. But the temperature barely dropping. Mist and fog, which will take time to lift. Staying rather gloomy and grey tomorrow. Temperatures up to around 12 degrees. Through the week we hang on to the cloud, the mild temperatures as well as we head into christmas eve. Temperatures will reach 12 celsius. Hello, this is breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. Scotland yard launches a review of all its sex crime investigations after the collapse of two rape prosecutions in one week. The metropolitan Police Confirms the same detective was involved in both cases and begins re examining the way it handles evidence. Good morning, its wednesday the 20th of december. Also this morning the start of a 20 yearjail sentence for the man who threw acid across a packed london nightclub injuring 22 people. Victims told the court how his actions have changed their lives. Its just very hard to deal with, you just try and carry on like normal because i know im never going to be the same girl that, like, walked into mangle that night. More than 9,000 people are sleeping rough on the streets of england. Mps describe the situation as a national crisis. Getting your cash out of a machine for free could get tougher, theres a dispute at the moment of the fees. Are all be talking to the boss of link network what happens next. Link network what happens next. Link network. In sport, bravo for Manchester City, the keeper saves the penalty that takes them into the semi finals of the league cup. Could singing help mums combat post natal depression . New Research Suggests it could be an effective alternative to medicine. And carol has the weather. Good morning from the roof of new broadcasting house in london, where its fairly drizzly. Today, fairly cloudy for most, a wea k today, fairly cloudy for most, a weak weather fronts thinking south out of scotland into north west england, wales and the West Midlands but behind it it will brighten up and some will see some sunny spells. More details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The metropolitan police is launching a review of all its current sex offence investigations after the collapse of a second rape case in a week. Scotland yard says that in both cases, the same officer failed to disclose evidence useful to the defence during the early stages of the inquiry. 0ur reporter keith doyle has more. The rape case against 22 year old liam allen collapsed last week after it emerged vital evidence that helped his case had not been released by the prosecution. For two years hed faced a trial that ended only after thousands of texts the prosecution had from his accuser were finally disclosed. No one was really investigating, how can we show hes innocent . People were investigating, how can we prove hes guilty, instead, and maybe that was what was wrong. Under the british legal system the prosecution must hand over any evidence it holds that may help a person on trial. Now a second case, that of 22 year old isaac itiary, who was charged with rape and other Sexual Offences, has collapsed for similar reasons. As a result, Scotland Yard has said its reviewing every current sex crime case. In a statement it said its also emerged that the same detective is involved in both cases and is still working on full duty in the mets Sexual Offences investigation unit. Its not known exactly how many cases are being reviewed. Keith doyle, bbc news. A man who threw acid over people in a crowded nightclub in london in april has been jailed for 20 years. 25 year old Arthur Collins injured 22 people at the venue in east london. The judge called his actions deliberate and calculated. Some of the victims were temporarily blinded, others were left with permanent scars. Tom burridge reports. Acid hurled across a crowded dance floor. Look closer on the cctv and you can see Arthur Collins arm throwing the liquid a second and a third time. Young people like lauren trent suffered severe burns and scars for life. Last night she and other victims gave vivid accounts outside court of what its like when acid is thrown over your skin and clothes. I think that night ijust remember the sheer panic. The fear, the pain, more importantly, the pain. The smell, the smell of the chemicals and your skin blistering, and theres absolutely nothing you can do about it. I remember looking at the Police Officers and the people around us at the time when they arrived. It was almost like disbelief that Something Like this had ever happened in a nightclub. Collins caused severe burns to 14 people. His actions in the mangle nightclub left physical and mental scars. When you are out, like, just a splash of somebodys drink on your arm, like, brings the worst things through your head. So its just very hard to deal with and try and carry on like normal, because i know im never going to be the same girl that, like, walked into mangle that night, but just trying to get as close back to that as possible. Earlier that evening, collins argued with two of his victims, but the judge said his indiscriminate attack, which affected so many young people, was unprovoked. He sentenced him to 20 years. It sends out the right message that it will not be tolerated, it will not be tolerated by the criminaljustice system. Anyone carrying acid needs to look at the offence and be aware that a strong sentence will be passed. Collins showed no remorse in court for what was described as despicable act. One of his victims said her old life had been taken from her on that night. Tom burridge, bbc news. The government is being accused of abject failure in its attempt to tackle homelessness in england. A damning report by the all Party Public Accounts Committee says the issue has become a national crisis. The government says its investing more than £1 billion to help make more Affordable Housing available. Police will continue searching two properties, including a Community Centre, this morning, following anti terror raids in sheffield and chesterfield. Four men were arrested and are being held over an alleged islamist terror plot that officers say could have been carried out this christmas. 0ur correspondent phil bodmer is in sheffield this morning. What more can you tell us after this initial investigation . Well, naga, this is the fatima Community Centre in the burnt grease area of sheffield, the focus of some of these raids yesterday and last evening the cordon around this Community Centre was extended while bomb disposal experts were called in to investigate. Bomb disposal teams we re to investigate. Bomb disposal teams were also called to an address in chesterfield on king street north yesterday, where another raid took place and as we know raids also took place and as we know raids also took place in stocks bridgejust place and as we know raids also took place in stocks bridge just north of sheffield around the corner here on vernon street in berne grieve and in another part of sheffield, mieres brooke. Four men are in custody, theyre being questioned at a Police Station in West Yorkshire at the moment and we expect the searches to continue at the premises in berne grieve today and also at the house in chesterfield. Police have once again reassure the public not to be alarmed or unsettled by what they see, many local people have described what they heard, loud bangs as police went in. The police have said they are urging the public to remain vigilant, dont be u nsettled to remain vigilant, dont be unsettled by what youve seen, its simply to reassure the public and keep safe, but they do say be vigilant but continue to go about your business while these investigations continue. For the moment, thanks for looking at that latest case of potential terrorism. Local authorities in england will be able to increase council tax byjust under 6 next year without triggering a local referendum. The move would add about £95 to the average annual bill for a band d property. Currently a raise of 5 or more must be put to local voters. Ministers say it will ease pressure on local services. The local Government Association says councils will still be at financial breaking point. The European Court ofjustice is due to decide this morning whether the taxi hailing app, uber, should legally be considered a transport company or a Digital Services provider. The ruling will determine whether the firm should be subject to local licensing laws in the countries in which it operates. The bbc is to broaden its coverage of religions, devoting more time to non Christian Faiths. The decision follows a review of the corporations output in response to claims it was out of step with its audience. Heres more from our media correspondent, david sillito. For some, its the best part of the bbcs output, but new research has also shown that traditional religious programmes are, for large parts of the audience, ernest, worthy and a tv turnoff. Welcome to sunday morning live. Theres also concern that too often religion on tv is reduced to an argument or a debate. The once more stories about real peoples lives and their faith the bbc wants more stories about real peoples lives and their faith and less studio based confrontation. There will be more religion reflected in mainstream programming. Its all part of a review about how the bbc treats religion after criticism it was out of step with its audience. The latest Research Suggests the long decline in christianity in the uk has, over the last few yea rs, levelled off. Nearly half of us believe in life after death, one in four believe in angels. The bbc says therell be more christianity but also coverage and explanation of other faiths. The big calendar events of the worlds main faiths will get more coverage. Rather than being in decline, religion is actually growing globally. The number of people affiliated to a religion is forecast to increase from 84 to 90 . David sillito, bbc news. Pictures emerged of a Massive Volcanic eruption in ecuador. They were taken earlier this month by a british photographer, they show the volcanos first major activity in more than a decade. It caused significant damage to pipelines and a nearby valley, but posed no threat to any local communities. Just beautiful scary as well thousands of people are facing the prospect of spending the festive period without a roof over their heads and sleeping rough on the streets. Now an all party group of mps is calling on the government to deal with what they claim has become a national crisis. Lets get more on this now from the conservative mp gillian keegan, who sits on the public accounts committee, which compiled the report. Good morning and thanks for your time this morning. Could you first give us a sense of the scale of the problem as you see it . Theres two types of homelessness that are referred to in the report, the type your viewers may be more aware of is rough sleeping, and thats more than doubled since 2010 and then the other crisis which is emerging is the number of families in temporary housing, thats people who basically have been evicted or not been able to stay in their residents, they are in accommodation but its very much not meeting their needs and in many cases are sub standard. Looking at some other recommendations, what are you recommending, what should be done . The root of the problem is to more houses and where this is happening more is where you have very high rent areas, obviously london where i am right now is a great example, but also give just where i represent, you have high rental costs and those on low incomes are struggling to keep up with a rental market which is out of control also chichester. In london you see rent rises of 25 or so and people on low incomes are being out priced in terms of the market. Clearly the answer has to be more social houses, which are normally rented at around 50 of the market rate, making it more affordable for those on low income. As you well know, this problem has been going on for so long. Correct me if im wrong, this is one of your recommendations, it says, the department should buy the end of june 2018 publish a cross Government Strategy for reducing homelessness that sets out targets and specific actions for all stakeholders to reduce all measures of homelessness. Forgive me, but a lot of people hearing that kind of phraseology and terminology will say that could have been written four yea rs that could have been written four years ago, two years ago, 20 years ago, someone somewhere in a role like yours would have said almost exactly those words. What makes this time any different . I think the size of the problem makes it different. Weve come across this issue now with homelessness, but theres also many more young people as they try to access housing and accommodation, we do not have enough houses for the people that want to rent them or even indeed by them. I think that is a well known issue. It has been growing but unfortunately what this report shows is those on the lowest incomes in the more expensive cities are incomes in the more expensive cities a re really incomes in the more expensive cities are really suffering and are now without homes and in temporary accommodation. Isnt there an uncomfortable truth here that governments, successive governments, and maybe society as a wider issue, actually dont care about this issue . Youre using the phrase, its often used in relation to homelessness, crisis, but you think of other crises, the financial crisis and what happened then and the money that was spent on that occasion, you think of the refugee crisis, you think of crisis and you think money was spent, that doesnt happen with homelessness. Is it fundamentally that we dont care enough . I do think we care about it but i think the solution is quite difficult because what were saying is we need to build a lot of social housing in places like london and chichester so we have the right and Affordable Accommodation for those people on lower incomes. Thats much easier said than done and i know the government obviously has been focused on increasing housebuilding, andi focused on increasing housebuilding, and i think we have had a record yearin and i think we have had a record year in the last year, but still not meeting the needs as we move forward. So our record of housebuilding over successive governments for many years has not kept up with the pace of demand, and we have had quite a big increase in our population since 2005 and those plans have not been in sync, which is why we need a much morejoined up approach. Gillian keegan, mp, thank you very much boyata time this morning. Youre watching breakfast from bbc news. The main stories this morning Scotland Yard launches a review of all its sex crime investigations after the collapse of two rape prosecutions in one week. A man who threw acid over people in a crowded nightclub in london in april has been jailed for 20 years. This time of year might you go to do yourjob ina this time of year might you go to do yourjob in a nice warm studio, like we are, winter, raining, what do you do when you are told you are going to be outside . Wrap up warm and put on under gear to keep yourself warm. What is the word i am thinking of . Thermals. Thank you. You put on thermals . It isnt actually very cold. The temperature at the moment across the uk is 7 10 degrees. Some places a little more, some little less and today it will be cloudy for most. It is also going to be mild. We have a weather front coming southwards out of Northern Ireland, across the Scottish Borders and it is producing some rain and as it continues to move southwards through Northern England, north west england into wales, it will weaken, so you will see some drizzle. We have thick cloud ahead of it across the rest of england producing some drizzle especially in the south, as you can see, and some fog starting to think and then it will be confined to the hills and then it will be confined to the hills thin. For Northern Ireland and scotland you will see more sunshine. This afternoon 3pm in scotland, that is your forecast, bright and sunny. We will have showers in the north west and it will be breezy. Highs of around nine in glasgow and edinburgh. North west england has a weather front, so in glasgow and edinburgh. North west england has a weatherfront, so it is murky and damp conditions. North east england has something dry and bright. Then south into the midlands, east anglia, southern counties generally they will be a lot of cloud around. Now and again we will see it break with the brightness coming through. In wales of the weather front moving north to the south will produce some patchy rain and drizzle. For Northern Ireland the weather front will clear so you have bright skies with some sunny spells. Feeling a little bit nippy. Through the evening and overnight you can see the progress of the weather front makes, crossing the rest of wales and also england, heading to the south east. Then it flips and moves north east. For england and wales overnight there is going to be cloud, fog forming, and we have the rain. It is cool in scotla nd we have the rain. It is cool in scotland and Northern Ireland. Tomorrow the weather front continues to move across Northern Ireland, england and scotland, having cleared the south east of england. Behind it there we one or two brighter breaks and ahead of it there will be some bright breaks and it will be cool but still in double figures across most of the uk. Then into friday the weather front will be gone with a writ of High Pressure a cross. Most of us will have a dry day. It will be more settled. There will be some showers in the west. And across the Channel Islands we will see some spots of rain as well. Temperatures not too bad for this kind of december. As we head through Christmas Day the weather will be settled. If you are hoping for a White Christmas parts of scotland might see that. There is not a lot of hope for the rest of the uk. Sorry to dash your hopes. Perfect. Thank you. Stay dry. See you later. Business is busy. We were talking about toys r us before the meeting on thursday. Yes, lots going on at the moment because it has announced it is going into administration. Another company is running it trying to work out whether it can be saved asa to work out whether it can be saved as a business. They have 105 Stores Across the uk and they employ 3000 people. They are looking at closing 26 unprofitable stores. And there maybe reduce the size of others, renegotiate the rent. That is being discussed behind the scenes because of opposition as to whether thatll work financially. What has been interesting this morning is mp frank field has been speaking about how disgraceful, in his words, management has been around toys r us. They have seen their pay go up considerably over the last few years and if you look at the industry over that time it has not been doing very well. Even sales are down 6 compared to last year. The business has been struggling and we have seen pay increases for the bosses. There has been analysis around that. This is an ongoing story. Anyone who works at the store will wonder what that means and we will keep you updated as we get more information on that. But there should be a decision in the next one or two days over that. So that is one story this morning. I know that you are looking at access to Financial Services in rural areas. Yes. This comes up a lot for people. As more of us use Online Banking there is less need for cash machines and there is less money to be made. 0ne for cash machines and there is less money to be made. One of the big things going on is a dispute over the fees the banks and cash Machine Operators are charging. So i will talk to the boss of the link network. There is concern that if cash Machine Operators cant make money from the cash messines, they wont have as many of them and those that they will get rid of those in rural areas which make the least money for them cash machines. There is also interesting things going on around the post office as well. They are going to get £370 million of new funding, announced by the government. This is money partly to project Village Community branches. £160 million is going into that. The rest of it is for modernisation and improved technology in the post Office Network. And we have seen it is another area of Financial Services essentially which have seen a decline. Interestingly they are back in profit, the post office, so it seems to be picking up. The unions are not very happy with this announcement in funding, because they see it as still a declining industry and also they think this money is not enough to actually help. So lots going on. Later on i will speak with the boss of llink to find out what the deal is with the cash machines. We are going to talk about stinging. Not again. It panics me, this singing, we have become obsessed. What, as a nation . No, us, thatis obsessed. What, as a nation . No, us, that is all we do constantly. You are going to be playing all of it on Christmas Day. It is good for you. Dont get me wrong. I like it. But we are awful singers. And as the nation will soon see. That is still to come. Right now, talking about how it can help young mothers. Even the most reluctant singer probably knows some Nursery Rhymes and lullabies and its long been thought music has a calming effect on babies. Now Research Suggests its not only children who benefit their parents do too and it could even be an effective way of treating post natal depression. Breakfasts Jayne Mccubbin has been finding out more. This kind of moment is being shared by more and more mums and babies, but today we can Reveal Research which shows this isntjust fun, it could provide fundamental help for a problem that affects one in eight mothers. Like mauve and baby isla. Like claire and elsie. Like cecilia and boadicea. I never blamed him. Hes amazing. Hes always wonderful. But motherhood. You feel shocking. Literally like the world has ended. You feel guilty, and its meant to be a happy time. Guiltyjust for feeling sad. Sitting on the sofa in the evening and you are still, like, what am i going to do . High alert. Everyones like, relax, do something you enjoy, and i cant do that. That doesnt help me relax, because i have severe anxiety. These women are part of a Singing Group in london, which was studied by academics. Mums whod all experienced post natal depression or baby blues. They discovered singing really helps. Weve taken 150 mothers with symptoms of post natal depression and randomised them into ten weeks of social groups, usual care or social Singing Groups, and those in the social Singing Groups had significantly faster improvements in post natal depression across the ten weeks. And, in fact, about three quarters of them had recovered from their symptoms by the end of the 10 week project, and this was about a month earlier than either of the other two groups. The more intense the symptoms, the more significant the impact. Singing made recovery faster. You dont have to think about anything but singing and cuddling your baby and having fun. You know youre in a bad moment together. You dont have to be, like, how bad is your moment, youre just all there singing something communal together, so its really nice. Would you recommend it . Oh, yeah, 100 . I got a little kick there. I hope you enjoy our singing today. An endorsement they are happy to share in bristol at the womb sisters Singing Group. Singing theyre singing in the knowledge that babies can hear in the womb from 15 weeks. When the babys born, they recognise that song and they respond to it. There is a comfort there. Yeah. It is a really nice way to connect. These are the songs you will sing when she is born. If i can remember. Of course you will. For mums struggling after birth, medication isnt always welcome. Take up rate of talking therapies is very low, so the findings that this could take make a difference in the most serious cases is all the more important. Real help that couldnt be simpler. It doesnt matter if youre a good or a bad singer at all, its just literally about finding a way to communicate. Ive made up loads and loads of songs, just everyday stuff. I have a song about changing his nappy that my mum thinks is a little bit rude. But, you know. Can you share . Come on. Mr poo pants he did a poo and he wears pants it doesnt matter what you sing or where you sing it, singing helps you to bond and helps mums feel. Everyone should do it. Yep. Thank you for sharing good song. And very brave to share it. Why not . I enjoyed it. Youre watching breakfast. Still to come this morning christmas dog jumpers, paw secco and turkey dinners well be finding out how the uks pampered pet market has turned into seriously big business. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning. Im asad ahmad. Two men who died in a fire at a luxury hotel on the banks of loch lomond in scotland on monday are believed to have been from london. Simon midgley and Richard Dyson were staying at the Cameron House hotel near glasgow when the fire broke out. Police scotland have yet to formerly confirm the identities of the two men. The cause of the fire is being investigated. An a level student from north london who was left shocked at the number of women who cant afford sanitary items is taking her campaign to theresa may this afternoon. Amika george founded the freeperiods campaign, calling on the government to provide free menstruation products for all girls already receiving free school meals. The problem of period poverty is estimated to affect one in ten girls. And amika george is in the studio speaking to Vanessa Feltz on her Breakfast Show in about ten minutes time. Thats on bbc radio london. A Lottery Winner from slough who works as a care worker says shell still do her 12 hour shift on Christmas Day because she loves herjob caring for the elderly. Patricia aldridge and her partner robert won £1 million in the lotto raffle but they wont give up their dayjobs. I was already rostered to work Christmas Day, so im just going to carry on doing my shift, you know, so i have no plans to give up work. I love what i do. You never think you are going to win it, but, yeah, we won it and, hm, its gonna be nice. Lets have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube board, piccadilly line is part suspended between acton town and heathrow due to a signal failures, which have taken place this morning. 0n the roads, the a1 remains closed between highbury corner and digswell street for major works on the bridge outside Highbury Islington station. Do expect delays around highbury corner. And in west london, Chelsea Embankment remains closed between chelsea and battersea bridge for gas works until april. Now, lets have a check on the weather now with kate. Good morning. Its a rather misty and murky start out there this morning. Dense patches of mist and fog gradually lifting into cloud but it is fielding milder, certainly less cold than this time yesterday morning. The mist and fog taking its time to lift. When it does it will lift into low cloud and that cloud stays put, in fact, it stays put for the next few days. The temperature, though, mild, back up in double figures at around 10 degrees. Overnight tonight, the cloud stays with us. Again, mist and fog likely to reform, so quite a murky night. Outbreaks of light rain and drizzle pushing through, especially towards dawn. But the temperature barely dropping. A mild night between 9 10 celsius. Mist and fog, which will take time to lift. Staying rather gloomy and grey throughout tomorrow. Temperatures up to around 12 degrees. Further through the week we hang on to the cloud, the mild temperatures as well as we head into christmas eve. Temperatures could reach 12 celsius. Night time temperatures as well way above zero. Va nessa Vanessa Feltz is on bbc radio london with her Award WinningBreakfast Show and took 10am. Goodbye for now. Hello, this is breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. Heres a summary of this mornings main stories from bbc news. The metropolitan police is launching a review of all current sex offence investigations after the collapse of a second rape case in a week. The prosecutions were halted because of the late disclosure of evidence. Scotland yard confirmed the same officer was involved in both investigations. A man who threw acid over people in a crowded nightclub in april has beenjailed for 20 years. 25 year old Arthur Collins injured 22 people at a venue in his london. Thejudge called his 22 people at a venue in his london. The judge called his actions reckless and calculated. Some victims were temporary blinded and others were left with permanent scars. I think that night ijust remember the sheer panic. The fear, the pain, more importantly, the pain. The smell, the smell of the chemicals and your skin blistering, and theres absolutely nothing you can do about it. I remember looking at the Police Officers and the people around us at the time when they arrived. It was almost like disbelief that Something Like this had ever happened in a nightclub. The government is being accused of abject failure in its attempt to tackle homelessness in england. A damning report by the all Party Public Accounts Committee says the issue has become a national crisis. The government says its investing more than £1 billion to help make more Affordable Housing available. I know that the government obviously has been focused on increasing housebuilding, and i think we have had a record year in the last year, but still not meeting the needs as we move forward so our record of housebuilding over successive governments for many years has not kept up with the pace of demand, and we have had quite a big crease in our population. Police will continue searching to properties including a Community Centre this morning after anti terror raids in sheffield and chester. Four men have been arrested and held over an alleged islamist terror plot that could have been carried out this christmas. People had to evacuate their homes to allow the bomb squad to investigate and they have been allowed to return. Local authorities are to be allowed to raise council tax by up to 6 next year. That could mean bills could rise after £200. It comes after a relaxation of the government imposed cap to address shortfalls in funding for social care. The local Government Association says councils will still be at financial breaking point. The European Court ofjustice is due to decide this morning whether the taxi hailing app, uber, should legally be considered a transport company or a Digital Services provider. The ruling will determine whether the firm should be subject to local licensing laws in the countries in which it operates. The bbc is to broaden its coverage of religions, devoting more time to non Christian Faiths. The decision follows a review of the corporations output in response to claims it was out of step with its audience. There will also be more religion reflected in mainstream programming. Those are the main stories this morning. 0ne those are the main stories this morning. One other story. These days many motorists are going green, buying electric or hybrid cars, but how about this for going back to basics . Frank rothwell has modified his vehicle so its powered by coal. It took him more than 1,000 hours to perfect and he says its passed its mot and been declared legal to drive. My my only concern is the missions with burning coal. Also it does look like hes making pretty slow progress with the greatest of respect but we have a steam engine tractor correspondent who looks into all of these things very carefully. Hi, kat. I would say its probably a stea m kat. I would say its probably a steam engine on the road, which means he will have to keep stoking the fire box to keep the fire going, which boils the water to produce the stea m. Which boils the water to produce the steam. Which then the pistons . I watch a lot of thomas the tank engine. Your expert knowledge shows im picking up a lot more from thomas, henry and james than i thought i was entertaining my toddler on rainy weekends thats youre welcome to that information and when you take a break from thomas the tank engine you watch a lot of football . I do, and what a game it was last night. It went to penalties in the League Cup Quarter finals, leicester against Manchester City. They both fielded Second Strings of players because they have so much going on with their other conditions and trophies, so city were, like, look, we cant have our top players playing in every single one of these cup ties. They put in their Second String side and look at that bravo saved a penalty to put Manchester City through and he was an absolute hero last night. Manchester citys magnificent season continued, as they reached the League Cup Semi finals. Jamie vardy scoring a controversial equaliser from the spot seven minutes into injury time to make it 1 1. But it went to penalties, vardy missed, and Claudio Bravo was the hero, saving riyadh mahrezs attempt. Arsenal will also be in tonights semi final draw after beating west ham. Danny wellbeck with the only goal of the game, but there was concern for Arsene Wenger when 0livier giroud was injured towards the end of the match. The draw will be made after tonights matches. Chelsea take on bournemouth, while holders Manchester United face championship side bristol city. City manager lee johnson is really hoping Jose Mourinho pops by after the game. Ive ordered in a very expensive bottle of wine, i must add. Ive had to raid my little girls piggy bank and everything, so id be really disappointed if he doesnt come in and at least taste it because it has to be poured specially its that good. It would be pretty bad form from Jose Mourinho if he didnt go into taste that wine after he had to raid the managers daughters piggybank to buy a bottle of wine |j the managers daughters piggybank to buy a bottle of wine i bet itll taste all the sweeter particularly if bristol city win this evening england have lost the ashes, and theyre 3 0 down in the series, its looking rather gloomy over in aus but bowler craig 0verton says he Still Believes england are not batsman ben duckett was one of those in trouble, he poured a drink over James Andersons head in a bar in australia and was given a suspension. Now hes been told he Wont Take Part in the england lions tour to the west indies next year because of that incident. There was a shock for the two time champion adrian lewis at the pdc world darts championship at alexandra palace. He was beaten by the german qualifier kevin munch in the first round. Munch ended with eight 180s. Its the first time lewis has been knocked out in the opening round. Former wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli has come out of retirement and announced she will return to the wta tour next year. Bartoli, who is now 33, quit tennis in august 2013 less than six weeks after winning her only grand slam title at the all england club, citing ongoing injury problems. The french player, who reached a career high world ranking of seventh, intends to make her comeback at the miami open in march. She is so much fun, she works with the bbc at wimbledon so we get to talk to her about who will win and how the tournament is going and she will be back on the grass she hopes next summer. She had this illness that had her fearing for her life, she retired after winning that one grandslam and everyone thought, what a shame, she has finally done it and she could do more but she said i quite fancy doing something else. Great comeback story. It would be if she won another grand slam, it would be remarkable, but she is such a jolly and likeable character, great to see her back playing. Only a tiny proportion of new parents in the uk take advantage of shared parental leave, but today an employment appeal tribunal will hear a landmark case which could determine whether employers have to pay fathers the same money as they would pay a woman taking Maternity Leave. Shared parental leave must be taken between the babys birth and first birthday or within one year of adoption. Eligible parents can share up to 50 weeks of leave and 37 weeks of pay, after an initial two weeks of leave that is compulsory for the mother to take. It can be taken all at once, or split into blocks, with periods of work in between. Joining us now are lindsey bell, an employment lawyer, and father of two john adams, the author of dad blog uk. Good morning to you. Good morning. Lindsay, take us through the basics of what the court case will determine and why it is so significant. Already we have certain policies in place through legislation which helps working parents, such as weve got paternity leave, weve got pa rental leave, got paternity leave, weve got parental leave, and weve got Maternity Leave. This is now talking about shared parental leave, which is something different, which was brought in in 2014. This particular case is one which actually we advised over a year ago one of our clients on this particular issue and their shared parental leave policy and actually deon hance maternity pay that was given to the women mothers within the business, whether that was. Whether we should be giving that same amount to the father enhanced maternity pay. the simplistic version that it should be available to the father as well . Yes. For Maternity Leave at moment it is six weeks 90 at full pay, but for the shared parental leave, it isnt quite the same as a base level. Also companies are giving enhanced Maternity Leave. This is what this case is regarding, regarding the enhanced Maternity Leave over and above statutory, which is given to women but not the men who want to take the shared pa rental men who want to take the shared parental leave. John, you are a blogger and you write about your experiences as a dad and what youve been going through, what was your experience . Youre the primary carer for your child. Yes, im the main carer for my two kids. My employer when my first daughter was born, i had different employers for the two kids, they were good and they offered an enhanced package for dads. Was it the same as what the women would have received . Dads. Was it the same as what the women would have received7m wasnt. But it was still in hance is on the statutory payments . M wasnt. But it was still in hance is on the statutory payments . It was compared to statutory payments still in hance to. It is inconsistent in this era not to offer the same two men and women. Its not offering the same at the same time, it is an either or, thats the point that has to be made to avoid confusion. I suppose when you look at the picture, no one would say equality shouldnt happen, when you look at the picture, the take up of men, being the primary carer or the main carerfor take up of men, being the primary carer or the main carer for children after birth is Something Like 1 taking up this parental leave. Its about 1 of the entire male population, whether they are fathers or not. About 8 of fathers. Population, whether they are fathers or not. About 896 of fathers. Still very small. It is small but this is pa rt of very small. It is small but this is part of the crux of the issue. If men arent getting the same rights as women then they cant actually get involved in family life, they basically cant afford to take the time off so they dont so from the earliest days they are discriminated against. Im assuming, lindsey, part of the reason these discrepancies exist is because of the fundamental reality, women do give birth. Its not the men. I presume thats why the arrangements as they are have been constructive, is that right . Thats right, compulsory Maternity Leave is the first two weeks and what this particular case is saying is the claimant is saying im happy the first two weeks the woman is paid as she is paid, but after that first two weeks, if the mail, and in his situation unfortunately his wife has suffered post natal depression, so she was being encouraged to go back into work so he was therefore having to say i need to take the childcare, but wasnt being paid at the same rate as other female employees in his workplace for doing that. In that situation, and thats what the courts looked at, actually that does seem to be discrimination. John, whats the consequence of this . If this goes in favour of men getting equal enhanced parental leave in terms of companies being able to afford to do this. At the moment you may be in a company that has a great enhanced package, for women, once its then said you have to give equally for men and women, the pot thats needed to provide that needs to be bigger and therefore the importation is the enhancements are reduced . Theres obviously a risk in hance and is can be really stand i have sympathy with the business community, there is no big open pot of cash. In this day and age we have outsourced most heavy industry to asia, in the west intellectual property is the most important. Theres no difference between men and women with regards to how they think and what they can do in that way. It sends out a poor message for female retention in the workforce. Its like we say to women, you take the enhanced package and you look after the kids, because its the men we want in the workforce. Theres a message that we have to get across. John, thanks for your time and lindsay, thanks for your time and lindsay, thanks for your time and lindsay, thanks for your time as well. Youre watching breakfast from bbc news. The main stories this morning Scotland Yard launches a review of all its sex crime investigations after the collapse of two rape prosecutions in one week. A man who threw acid over people in a crowded nightclub in london in april has been jailed for 20 years. It is drizzly outside, at least on the roof of Central London and that is where we can find carol. Good morning. If you havent ventured outside, it is not a particular cold to start the day, certainly not for the time of year. For many of us temperatures are already just the time of year. For many of us temperatures are alreadyjust about in double figures or actually in double figures and the forecast for all of us today is a mild one and also a fairly cloudy one but later it will brighten up across scotland and Northern Ireland. So what we have this morning is a fair bit of cloud around and we also have some fog especially in the south that is starting to thin and lift and it will eventually be in the hills but the cloud is big enough for some drizzle as we have had in london this morning. Notjust in london. We have a weather front moving out of scotla nd have a weather front moving out of scotland into Northern England currently and through the rest of the day it will move south into north west england and way is, meaningful scotland you will have bright skies and sunshine with just a few showers in the north and west wales. North east england in the shelter of the pennines will see something dry and bright. For the midlands, east anglia, southern counties of england generally, fairly cloudy for you with some drizzle here and there at times but in the shelter of any hills we will see some brighter breaks develop. For wales we have the rain getting into the north of wales sinking southwards through the day but not particularly heavy. And then for Northern Ireland the weather front will have cleared youth, so back into bright skies with some sunshine as we go through the day clea rview. Most of as we go through the day clearview. Most of england and were is will remain in double figures. Now heading through the evening and overnight period the weather front moves southwards across england and wales and then by the end of the night it changes direction and instead of moving south it will retreat north east was taking rain across retreat north east was taking rain a cross m ost retreat north east was taking rain across most of england and way is with a lot of cloud but cooler conditions for scotland and Northern Ireland with some patchy fog, possibly some frost in sheltered glens in scotland. Tomorrow the rain clears parts of Eastern England quite quickly but it will continue across Northern England, scotland and Northern Ireland. Now ahead of it in the north east of scotland. Apologies, we seem to have lost the sound from carol, but we will get her back a little bit later on. A little bit lonely when she has no way of communicating, she is just up on her own. She is probably still talking. She gets that view as well. That is where she is perched this morning. It is rather grand. Earlier on it was quite heavy. We will go back to carol as soon as we can. We will find her again. We will. There is chatter about whether or not money should be free in terms of charges you should get when you take cash out of atms and whether or not we should pay as much as we do. And if we dont, then, steph, the implications of how many cash machines are out there. And a dispute about how much banks should pay to allow the cash Machine Operators to let people take their money out. Let me explain more because we will speak to the boss of one of the networks in a moment. Good morning. This is all about the interchange fee. For example you have the link Network Operating 70,000 machines. They charge banks 25p every time money is withdrawn from one of their machines and they wa nt to from one of their machines and they want to cut the feet down to 20p to help make them more competitive and to make them more attractive compared with other cash Machine Operators. This sounds like good news but the warwick is that reducing the fee will mean it is less profitable for other companies to run machines and therefore they will close them the worry is. This could hit rural areas and it is something mps are talking about. Lets speak with the boss of link. Good morning. There is controversy around this. You dont often have us talking about fees cut as a bad thing. What are your thoughts on whats going on at the moment . Access to cash for uk consumers is a very important issue. We need to make sure that everybody in the uk can get access to cash through a free atm whether that is in the city centre, whether it is in a small town or village and links job centre, whether it is in a small town or village and linksjob is centre, whether it is in a small town or village and links job is to make sure it is free for every consumerfor make sure it is free for every consumer for years make sure it is free for every consumerfor years to make sure it is free for every consumer for years to come. The chair of the Treasury Select Committee nicky morgan contacted your company, the chairman, to say they are concerned about this reducing the number of cash machines. It is very important that link, which is a regulated company, regulated by the bank of england, by the Payment Systems regulator, we area the Payment Systems regulator, we are a not for profit entity to make sure that the public has access to cash through atms. We need to make sure we can account for our actions and demonstrate to regulators and organisations like the Treasury Select Committee that we are doing ourjob properly select committee that we are doing our job properly and select committee that we are doing ourjob properly and making sure weve got the extensive, free network of atms for years to come into the future and that is all it intends to do. Do you think there is a genuine concern about Rural Communities losing cash machines . Quite the opposite. Consumers have nothing to be concerned about. We do think that there are too many atms going into city centres. We are planning to bring down the amount of money we pay to the operators for the centres of big cities because we dont think we need more than the 50 or 60 machines we tend to find in city centres. Within smaller towns and villages and in rural areas we wa nt to and villages and in rural areas we want to put the price up because those are the sort of communities where we need to make sure weve got free access to cash, notjust now, but for ten, 20 years into the future. But this is something mps are genuinely worried about. They are genuinely worried about. They are worried there is going to be a hit in Rural Communities. So what are you going to do to prove that there is not . We need to demonstrate we are going to increase their spending on atms in Rural Communities. Weve already committed that every Single Community large and small we will defend and make sure it has free atms and that is the sort of evidence i would expect mps quite rightly to be asking link and that is the sort of evidence we will provide. Ok, john, thank you for your time. The boss of link which as i say runs the network of cash machines around 70,000 cash machines across the country. So cash machines across the country. So cash machine fact when do you think the busiest time of year is and what allah in the day . It has to be a couple of days before christmas when you know you wont be leaving the house hour. I dont know, this friday or saturday. I love you. You are so right. It is between 12pm and 1pm the friday before christmas. that right . Yes, she is so smart. I am just one of those people who panics at the weekend. People will be sympathising with you. And what are you going to do without cash, what you are going to do is go and bya what you are going to do is go and by a christmas sweater. What you are going to do is go and by a christmas sweaterlj what you are going to do is go and by a christmas sweater. I am really not going to do that. Some people do that. More and more owners are splashing out on luxury items for their four legged friends. As fiona lamdin has been finding out. More and more are dressing dogs in christmas costumes. Just last week, 300 dogs injumpers smashed a world record in london. The weather outside is a frightful, but the fire is so delightful. Not hugely surprising we are spending a lot more on them. Just a couple of miles across town, much thought and planning has gone in to sukis wardrobe. On Christmas Day she will have three changes of clothes. When i was a kid my parents got me clothes for christmas, and i was excited to wear the clothes, going to see my family on christmas dinner, so it is kind of the same thing. She is like my daughter. I am like, whoa, she is. It is notjust clothes. She will have a small mountain of presents under the tree. I think we spend more money on her than on each other. If you come to the kitchen, there is a section for her in the fridge. So you can start the day with a mince pie, and your christmas dinner. And it seems suki isnt alone. Around the corner at the local groomers. We have given her a lovely warm bath. I cant keep the stock on the shelves long enough. Sometimes i come in and wonder what i am going to fill them with. Lets look around for things to get in quickly because we cant keep up. I have to admit it is a whole new world. I adore my dog mouse, but i have never bought him a Christmas Present before. There are so many things i could get him. A raincoat, socks, or even boots. Uk consumers are spending more every year on accessories for pets. Just over £900 million is expected to be spent in 2017, that is up 16 since 2012. This is an ongoing shift towards treating pets much more like people. This really comes from the really strong parent bond between owners and pets. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. It is nice to have a jacket when it is cold. I am buying my friends dog a present. The more that you treat your dog like a human, the more likely they are to develop behavioural problems. Shall we get your stocking . Many dogs across the country will have something under the tree, though i am not so sure how many of us will be in matching attire. Would you do it to your dog . |j wouldnt do it to my cat. Would you do it to your dog . |j wouldnt do it to my cat. Here is molly. She looks quite pleased. She is very happy sporting her santa hat. Next picture is 0lli and dizzy. Trying to work it out. Mary and joseph and babyjesus in the middle. Is that right . Oh, cats. This is the face my cats would pull if i dressed them up. This is dave dressed up in his elf costume. Yeah, dave looks like he just cant tolerate it for a very short period of time. That is plaiting revenge faith plotting revenge. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning. Im asad ahmad. Two men who died in a fire at a luxury hotel on the banks of loch lomond in scotland on monday are believed to have been from london. Simon midgley and Richard Dyson were staying at the Cameron House hotel near glasgow when the fire broke out. Police scotland have yet to formerly confirm the identities of the two men. The cause of the fire is being investigated. An a level student from north london who was left shocked at the number of women who cant afford sanitary items is taking her campaign to theresa may this afternoon. Amika george founded the freeperiods campaign, calling on the government to provide free menstruation products for all girls already receiving free school meals. The problem of period poverty is estimated to affect one in ten girls. A Lottery Winner from slough who works as a care worker says shell still do her 12 hour shift on Christmas Day because she loves herjob caring for the elderly. Patricia aldridge and her partner robert won £1 million in the lotto raffle but they wont give up their dayjobs. I was already rostered to work Christmas Day, so im just going to carry on doing my shift, you know, so i have no plans to give up work. I love what i do. You never think you are going to win it, but, yeah, we won it and, hm, its gonna be nice. Wish them and the people in the home merry christmas. Lets have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube board, piccadilly line has a good service after signal failures this morning. 0n the roads, the m25 anti clockwise is blocked just afterj26 Waltham Abbey because of an overturned car. Queues go back to the m11. Clockwise is slow too. And, in west london, Chelsea Embankment remains closed between chelsea and battersea bridge for gas works until april. Finally, in catford, there are temporary traffic lights on the south circular near ravensbourne park for emergency repairs to the railway bridge. Now, lets have a check on the weather now with kate. Good morning. Its a rather misty and murky start out there this morning. Dense patches of mist and fog lifting gradually into cloud but it is fielding milder, certainly less cold than this time yesterday morning. The mist and fog taking time to lift. When it does it will lift into low cloud and that cloud stays put, in fact, it stays put for the next few days. The temperatures mild, back up into double figures at around 10 degrees. Overnight tonight the cloud stays with us. Mist and fog likely to reform, so quite a murky night. Outbreaks of light rain and drizzle pushing through, especially towards dawn. But the temperature barely dropping. Mist and fog, which will take time to lift. Staying rather gloomy and grey tomorrow. Temperatures up to around 12 degrees. Through the week we hang on to the cloud, the mild temperatures as well as we head into christmas eve. Temperatures will reach 12 celsius. Night time temperatures as well way above zero. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Goodbye for now. Hello. This is breakfast with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. Scotland yard launches a review of all sex crime investigations after the collapse of two rape prosecutions in one week. The metropolitan Police Confirms the same detective was involved in both cases and begins re examining the the way it handles evidence. Good morning. Its wednesday, 20th december. Also this morning the start of a 20 yearjail sentence for the man who threw acid across a packed london nightclub injuring 22 people victims told the court how his actions have changed their lives. Its its just very hard to deal with it and try and carry on like normal because i know im never going to be the same girl that walked into mangle that night. More people are sleeping on the streets. Mps describe the situation asa streets. Mps describe the situation as a national crisis. Everyone will get the right to request fast broadband. It is part of plans outlined by the government this morning. I will have the details shortly. In sport, bravo for Manchester City as the keeper makes the save that takes them into the semi finals of the league cup. Aint aint nobody loves better. Could singing help mums combat post natal depression . We have a first look as the latest research. And carol has the weather. M and carol has the weather. It is a mild start to the day for most of the uk. But it is a cloudy one and a damp one. Weve got drizzle in the south and rain moving out of scotla nd south and rain moving out of scotland into Northern England and into wales and the West Midlands, but behind it for Northern Ireland and scotland, it will brighten up, but ill have more in 15 minutes. Thank you. The metropolitan police is launching a review of all current sex offence investigations, after the collapse of a second rape case in a week. The prosecutions were halted because of the late disclosure of evidence. Scotland yard confirmed the same officer was involved in both investigations. 0ur reporter keith doyle has more. The rape case against 22 year old liam allen collapsed last week after it emerged vital evidence that helped his defence had not been released by the prosecution. For two years hed faced a trial that ended only after thousands of texts the prosecution had from his accuser were finally disclosed. No one was really investigating, how can we show hes innocent . People were investigating, how can we prove hes guilty . Maybe that was what was wrong. Under the british legal system, the prosecution must hand over any evidence it holds that may help a person on trial. Now a second case, that of 22 year old isaac itiary, who was charged with rape and other Sexual Offences, has collapsed for similar reasons. As a result, Scotland Yard has said its reviewing every current sex crime case. In a statement it said it has also emerged that the same detective is involved in both cases and is still working on full duty in the mets Sexual Offences investigation unit. Its not known exactly how many cases are being reviewed. A man who threw acid over people in a crowded nightclub in april, has been jailed for 20 years. 25 year old Arthur Collins injured 22 people at the venue in east london. The judge called his actions deliberate and calculated. Some of the victims were temporarily blinded, others were left with permanent scars. The government is being accused of abject failure in its attempt to tackle homelessness in england. A damning report by the all Party Public Accounts Committee says the issue has become a national crisis. The government says its investing more than £1 billion to help make more Affordable Housing available. This report says the problem of homelessness has been growing for years, with a number of people in short Term Accommodation up by 60 since 2010. The mps say there is an unacceptable shortage of realistic housing options. There are estimated to be 9,000 people sleeping rough on the streets every night, thats more than doubled the number in 2011. There are a further 78,000 families living in temporary accommodation, often of a poor standard, and that includes 120,000 children. The committee has described the situation as shameful. Its called on the government to focus on the supply and affordability of decent housing. You need to stop being complacent about this. It is not enough also to just throw money at it, it needs to be money that is fixing the core root of the problem, that looks at why people are homeless in the first place. Critically you need to be building more houses, yes, but they need to be truly affordable houses. The committee now wants the government to come up with a strategy for tackling the issue by the middle of next year. Labour said this report showed the conservatives had caused the crisis of rapidly rising homelessness but had no plans to fix it. The government said homelessness was a complex problem and it was providing over £1 billion over the next few years to help deal with the issue. Police will continue searching two properties, including a Community Centre this morning, following anti terror raids in sheffield and chesterfield. Four men were arrested and are being held over an alleged islamist terror plot that officers say could have been carried out over christmas. 0ur correspondent phil bodmer is in sheffield this morning. Phil, bring us up to date. Phil, bring us uptodate. Yes, charlie, there is still a sizeable Police Presence here in sheffield. This is a Community Centre where one of the raids was carried out yesterday. Bomb disposal teams attended the scene as a precaution as the cordon was extended late yesterday afternoon and all this morning we have seen Police Officers coming and going. We are expecting those searches to resume here again today and also at another address in of chesterfield. That too was raided and bomb disposal teams attended that address as well. Raids were also carried out in another area of sheffield as well. As you mentioned, four people remain in custody. They are being questioned at a West YorkshirePolice Station. Local people have been telling the bbc how they were alarmed by being awoken yesterday morning at this time by Early Morning raids and the sound of explosions. The police say they understand that the scenes yesterday andindeed understand that the scenes yesterday and indeed today may cause alarm and distress, but they say this really isa distress, but they say this really is a matter of Public Protection and they say dont worry about it too much, be vigilant and stay vigilant, but continue to go about your business. Were expecting more searches to continue here today. Local authorities are to be allowed to raise council tax by up to almost 6 next year which could mean bills rising by £200. It comes after a relaxation of the government imposed cap to address shortfalls in funding for social care. The local Government Association says councils will still be at financial breaking point. The European Court ofjustice is due to decide this morning whether the taxi hailing app, uber, should legally be considered a transport company, or a Digital Services provider. The ruling will determine whether the firm should be subject to local licensing laws in the countries in which it operates. The government has announced plans to improve Broadband Speeds in rural areas. When you talk about it, eve ryo ne areas. When you talk about it, everyone moans. The government is talking about this saying they should get ten megabits per second. Well, thats the same as you know if youre streaming something online, its not good enough for that, but its not good enough for that, but it is good enough to actually be able to download something, but not strea m able to download something, but not stream a movie. Where do the issues lie . Is it about government regulation or more to do what the providers are prepared to offer. They say we can offer you 200, but it is always up to, isnt it . They say we can offer you 200, but it is always up to, isnt it . Around 87 of the country has seen some type of broadband upgrade, but when you look at what people are getting, a lot havent got full fibre so the means to be able to get the Broadband Speed they are being offered by the provider and it does va ry offered by the provider and it does vary widely. It isntjust offered by the provider and it does vary widely. It isnt just about rural areas, but thats what the government are saying they want to do. They want to make it easier for people to get the speed they require and they will be able to request this. So they will be able to say, i am not getting ten megabits per second and i should be. It will become a compulsory thing, but how they do this is a problem because they do this is a problem because the infrastructure is so old and you have got the likes of bt which owns 0penreach, the company that provides a lot of the network. You have got them saying, we want to do this faster, but we need investment. We need more money. Which is something wed have to pay for. This is where the complications are, but what the government is saying we want to make sure everyone is getting ten megabits per second by 2020. Steph, we will talk about it again. And life will have moved on and we will have eaten even more by then the bbc is to broaden its coverage of religions, devoting more time to non Christian Faiths. The decision follows a review of the corporations output in response to claims it was out of step with its audience. There will also be more religion reflected in mainstream programming. Pictures have emerged of a Massive Volcanic eruption in equador. The pictures have been sped up. They we re pictures have been sped up. They were taken by a british photographer. This shows the volcanos first major activity in more than a decade. It did cause significant damage to pipelines and a nearby valley, but the local communities, they were not under threat. Gosh, what a magnificent sight. Those are the main stories this morning. The time is 8. 11am, we will have the weather and sport coming up later on. Scared, traumatised and suicidal the words used by victims of an acid attack at a nightclub in london. 22 people were injured, and many left with permanent scars. Yesterday the man responsible, Arthur Collins, was jailed for 20 years. Well hear more about that in a moment, first heres what some of those affected told us about their experience. I think that night ijust remember the sheer panic. The fear, the pain, more importantly, the pain. The smell, the smell of the chemicals and your skin blistering, and theres absolutely nothing you can do about it. I consider myself lucky and my scars may be small to some, they may be hidden but they are huge to me, they are something i have to wake up and look at every day in the mirror. Its notjust my physical appearance, that may look ok and it may look like im getting on with life, because i am, i wouldnt want to let that defeat me. When you are out, like, just a splash of somebodys drink on your arm, like, brings the worst things through your head. So its just very hard to deal with and try and carry on like normal, because i know im never going to be the same girl that, like, walked into mangle that night, but just trying to get as close back to that as possible. Ayesha nayyar is a solicitor who represented some of Arthur Collins victims in court. Lets talk about the sentence. The reaction of those you represented. They were relieved, 25 years, 20 of which is a custodial sentence is the largest acid sentence thats been passed in this country, but what we have to bear in mind this was also the largest acid attack that has ever happened in the uk. Is that what your clients wanted . Ever happened in the uk. Is that what your clients wanted . They wa nted what your clients wanted . They wanted to see a sentence of this magnitude . We wanted a long sentence so it passed out the right message that you cannot carry acid, you cannot use it. We wanted this acid attack to be an example to show that long sentences will be passed and hopefully act as a deterrent. It is so harrowing from all of those who were there. On the sentencing guidelines, often in these cases, there is a fear sometimes, we have had this story played out many times when people complain that sentences are not stiff enough, what do you think were the determining factors that made thejudge think were the determining factors that made the judge go for such a harsh sentence, the further end of what could have been given out . Well, it was 22 people that were injured in the nightclub. There were five counts of grievous bodily harm, there were nine counts of assault occasioning bodily harm. Arthur collins chose to plead not guilty and chose to make his victims give evidence in a long five week trial and it was harrowing at times to sit there and watch what was unfolding and the victims had to relive the events of the night all over again. I think thejudge events of the night all over again. I think the judge was aware and he passed comments in sentencing that acid attacks are on the rise and he wa nted acid attacks are on the rise and he wanted people to be aware that acid attacks need to be stopped and so the long sentence, it was called for. Weve heard from some of the victims talking about how they feel and the after effects and one woman saying ifa drink after effects and one woman saying if a drink falls on her arm now, and she is in a bar, she is automatically concerned she is being attacked again. You heard some of the victims statements in court. What kinds of things were they saying . Oh, it was harrowing as i saying . Oh, it was harrowing as i say to listen to. I have been a solicitor for a very long time and to sit there and watch these personal victims statements read out. They chose, they were very, very brave, the girls they chose to read the statements out. They broke down as they read them. They described their lives just changing forever. As i say, three of the victims read out statements. There we re victims read out statements. There were lots of others that were affected and these were life changing injuries. It is not the physical injuries, it is the psychological impact of being involved in a horrific acid attack and they are scared to go out, flashbacks and nightmares. 0ne and they are scared to go out, flashbacks and nightmares. One of them described having suicidal thoughts and anybody at home listening today has to be aware that acid really does have life changing affects. Does this sentence mean that the next time someone is in court charged and found guilty of an acid attack that necessarily the marker is that much higher. How does the legal system respond to a sentence like this or could it go the other way next time . How does that work . Every case is different, but a precedent has been set that acid attacks will carry a long sentence. Does that help people move on . You have mentioned the psychological impact. That is one point. Theyre relieved a line can the drawn under the sentence and the case. Obviously, they have got a long way to rebuild their lives. Theyre still having treatment. 0ne to rebuild their lives. Theyre still having treatment. One of my clients is having skin grafts one still has to use eye drops each day. It goes some way to closure, but the effects they will live with for a long time. It feels like a new phenomenon. Absolutely. What does it compare to in other forms, phenomenon. Absolutely. What does it compare to in otherforms, we have been familiar with other forms of attack, sort of physical assaults of different kinds, this feels sort of different. Is it because to some degree the numbers involved it was random as to who could be affected . Yes this was indiscriminate, he didnt throw it once, but three times ina didnt throw it once, but three times in a packed nightclub, acid attacks are on the rise, figures show there are on average two attacks in the uk a day. The number of attacks have doubled in the last three years, particularly in london. This happened in east london at a nightclub, acid attacks, the highest concentration in the area of that particular area. What is scary about this is you can maim a large number of people with just a couple of flicks of your wrist. Questions, not directly from your legal case, but questions will be asked about access to the materials that are used in these attacks. That must be a question to be asked . Yes what is scary, you can go into a shop and buy acid under the age of 18. You cant buy cigarettes, but you can buy acid that you can throw in someones face. Something has to be done about the use of acid in the country. Thank you. Who the time is 18 minutes past 8. The last time we spoke to carol, she left us in a way. Have we got you back . You have good morning to you. Im on the roof of broadcasting house in london it has been drizzly, but it has stopped. But there is a lot of cloud and some fog that is now starting to lift. For most of the uk it is going to be cloudy and it is going to be mild. It is much milder this morning thanit mild. It is much milder this morning than it was yesterday. So what we haveis than it was yesterday. So what we have is a weather front moving out of scotla nd have is a weather front moving out of scotland into Northern England and through the course of the day that will continue to journey southwards getting into wales and the West Midlands. But there is a lot of cloud across england and wales and some fog. The fog lifting into the hills and in the shelter of the hills some breaks. Behind the front brighter skies for Northern Ireland and scotland. In scotland this afternoon some sunny spells and some showers in the north west. Temperatures up to 10. For north west england, we have the front producing some patchy rain. In north east england drier and brighter. Across the midlands into east anglia and the south still a lot of cloud, some drizzle here and there. But in the shelter of the hills that is where we will see some brighter breaks. For wales, the weather front affecting the north bringing some patchy rain and that will sink south through the day. For Northern Ireland, during the other side of the front, brighter skies for you, from the world go and continuing to brighten up through the day. Through the evening and over night the front continues to travel south, taking the rain with it. You will find it will flip around and push north east wards taking the rain back into Northern England and east anglia and the south east. Behind that in the south west, parts of wales, the midlands, a lot of cloud and fog patches and some clearer skies. Tomorrow, the rain clears Eastern England quickly. Leaving england and wales cloudy some breaks. And it moves through Northern Ireland into scotland and continues to journey north east through the rest of the day. It clears by friday and a ridge of High Pressure will be upon us and things will be more settled and drier and brighter. But there will be some showers in the west and they will get in across the Channel Islands. As we head towards Christmas Day, just a bit more unsettled and for Christmas Day it looks like the only pa rt Christmas Day it looks like the only part of uk likely to potentially to have a White Christmas is somewhere in scotland. Thank you. Lets go back to our lead story now and the metropolitan police is launching a review of all current sex offence investigations, after the collapse of a second rape case in a week. The prosecutions were halted because of the late disclosure of evidence. Scotland yard confirmed the same officer was involved in both investigations. So what implications could this review have . Lets ask hamish brown who who spent 31 years with the force and investigated many rape cases. Thank you forjoining us. Pleasure. Many people will be hearing these two cases in a week where evidence has been withheld is perhaps the wrong word, but wasnt submitted in a timely fashion. Can you take us through the process in cases such as this when it comes to evidence being handed over . Yes, this process is known as unused material. It has been with the police and has been with the criminaljustice system since the nineties, the infamous guinness trial, material was held back and it is part of a formal process. The situation is the prosecution is based on statements of victims, of witnesses and people like that. And there might be exhibits or other documents. That is given to the defence a the prosecution defence decide who will be called to give evidence. There might be material outside that, which the police deem isnt releva nt, which the police deem isnt relevant, doesnt take matter further, that is fine. But the situation is that has to be disclosed to the defence and they ultimately will have the final say if they want to use that material. When does the situation arise that this material isnt disclosed to the defence for the defence to be able to make that judgment . Defence for the defence to be able to make thatjudgment . Well, there are some rare situations, sensitive material, the disclosing of a police operation, maybe an informant, that sort of thing. In those circumstances, the prosecution will go to thejudge circumstances, the prosecution will go to the judge privately, explain the position and the judge will make a ruling. But really in most cases the unused material will be disclosed to the defence. Tinge problem here i think the problem here is the amount of work that is involved it is a huge amount and it isa involved it is a huge amount and it is a big commitment. My concern u nless is a big commitment. My concern unless the police are properly staffed we might see this again. Unless the police are properly staffed we might see this againm one of these cases, liam allan, it was a series of phone records, a large number of phone records that we re large number of phone records that were disclosed. How could that not have been put to the defence in the first place . Well, one wonders were the phone records known, the contents might not, and maybe this was overlooked and maybe it was the pressure of work that it wasnt disclosed. Unused material has been in the system a long time. So the police know full well it has got to be disclosed. And its wrong that it wasnt. Be disclosed. And its wrong that it wasnt. Talk to me with, having 31 yea rs wasnt. Talk to me with, having 31 years s experience wasnt. Talk to me with, having 31 years 5 experience and Staffing Levels and workload, how is that affecting the disclose your of evidence . It is a huge commitment. 0n major inquiries, often an officer will be written off to deal with it and on day to day investigations one officer might be doing everything and perhaps it it gets too much. What is timely in these cases . Give me the time scale that evidence should be procured and sifted through and presented . Should be procured and sifted through and presented . Ideally as soon as possible. I dont think there are any particular limits on it, statements are taken from witnesses and it is given to the Crown Prosecution Service and the Crown Prosecution Service and the Crown Prosecution Service will serve that on the defence when they have their case together. Then comes other documents, other material, which will come to light. Ultimately, we are going to have the unused material which the crown feel doesnt takes matters further and they dont intend using. But it is they dont intend using. But it is the defence who will have the last say on whether they want to use it. Now a review has been announced, what do you think this will entail, how effective do you think it could be and by when . I wonder what the reviews going to achieve. The police will be reminded about the importance of unused material, which they know any way, perhaps there will be more supervision. I think it is going to highlight the metropolitan police have lost 10,000 Police Officers so, there has to be some give somewhere. I think better staffing, that sort of thing. Im satisfied the training is good and the awareness should be good as well. But here they fell short. Hamish brown, thank you forjoining us hamish brown, thank you forjoining us and explaining that. Youre watching breakfast. Bruce dick inson willjoin us. Time for the news where you are. Bottom good morning. Its bottom good morning. Its a mild start to the day. Temperatures in double figures across scotland and Northern Ireland, about seven or eight celsius for england and wales. Lots of cloud around though today especially in england and wales. Some hill fog, some misty conditions for many of us through this morning. And there is drizzle about as well affecting west wales, north west england and drizzle across southern areas of the uk through this morning. But into the afternoon, there is not going to be a great deal of change particularly across scotland, Northern Ireland, the far north of england. Here we will see brighter skies and temperatures not changing too much, about nine to 11 celsius. Overnight tonight though, there will be some mist and some fog developing across england and wales, particularly towards eastern areas where there will be quite a bit of drizzle across south east england and up towards Northern Ireland. Further north across scotland, some clearer skies. This area of rain is associated with this weather front. Its associated with this weather front. Its quite a weak weather front, but it is adding to the cloud, the mistiness and the murkiness throughout thursday where again there will be hill fog and that bit of rain affecting northern parts of england, just gradually spreading further northward, clearing Northern Ireland and brighter skies in the far north of scotland during thursday and top temperatures about eight to 12 celsius in the south. Just a little bit cooler further north. Now our weather front is still around during friday. It does a few strange things, but it does give us a lot of cloud on friday and again, with that, some outbreaks of rain, but that rain will peter out. There will be one or two showers about. A few bright spells here and there, some showers in the far north and the west, but as we go into the run up to christmas, well it is mild. Its cloudy. There wont be a great deal of change. There will be rain in the north. As we get to Christmas Day onwards things will start to turn unsettled. More details on the website. Thats it from me. Bye bye. This is business live from bbc news with victoria fritz and ben thompson. President trump gets the Christmas Present hes been waiting for as the Us Congress Finally passes sweeping tax reforms. Live from london, thats our top story on wednesday, 20th december. The Us Senate Approved the changes after midnight, but will the reforms to the worlds biggest economy help the rest of us too . Also in the programme uber prepares for a hugely Important Court ruling that could change the way it works across europe. We have the latest from the markets