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Ill look at the real cost of borrowing. Liverpooljust keep on winning in the premier league. They thumped everton 5 2 to win the Merseyside Derby at anfield, to push marco silva closer to the sack. And is your Christmas Tree up yet, and how environmentally friendly is it . I have come to a Christmas Tree farm in hertfordshire to find out. Weatherwise, a cold start but it is getting milder and wetter for many of you in the next 2a hours. I will be back with all the details on brea kfast. It is thursday 5 december. Our top story there is just one week to go until the general election, and the Political Parties are making a fresh push to win votes. This morning, the conservatives say they will cut taxes in their first 100 days in government, while labour have plans to recruit more teachers. Here to tell us more is our Political Correspondent tom barton. So time, there are more announcements being made, withjust one week to go tom. Announcements being made, withjust one week to go tom. Absolutely, it has come around quickly, hasnt it . This was a snap election and the end now seems to be on site. Both the conservatives and labor party very much back on familiar territory for this last week of campaigning. The tories talking about tax cuts, labour promising more teachers. Lets look at the tory promise first. They are outlining today their plans for their first 100 days in office, promising to get the brexit deal that borisjohnson has agreed approved by parliament and delivered, and then to deliver a post exit budget in which they are promising tax cuts post brexit budget. They are also promising in those 100 days to enshrine in law a funding guarantee for the nhs, introduce new legislation on immigration, and to end the automatic release of violent offenders from prison, to launch a defence review and to start cross Party Defence review and to start cross party talks on reform to the social care system. As for labour, they are today focusing on education, promising to recruit 20,000 more teachers by the end of the next parliament, as well as train up 25,000 unqualified Teaching Staff. They are also promising that all kids will be taught in classes of fewer than 30 pupils. The party is also today highlighting its promises to tackle homelessness, in particular a pledge to spend £600 million on new accommodation, new hostel accommodation, for homeless people. So the two biggest parties clearly hoping to spend these last seven days on what is very much what they see as their safe campaigning turf. And a thought for us on the liberal democrats, as well. Yes, so the lib dems arguing that they the Natural Party of business, positioning themselves as they see it between jeremy positioning themselves as they see it betweenjeremy Corbyns Labour Party and the pro brexit conservatives, promising a £17 billion research and Development Fund for business if they were to get into power. The partys leader, jo swinson, is also spending the day campaigning in scotland, taking the fight to the snp, suggesting that Scottish Independence would be even harder to deliver than brexit. As for the snp, well, their message with a week to go is very simple. They say there are seven days to stop brexit. We will be speaking to the conservatives, labour and the liberal democrats after 7 00am. There will be travel disruption across europe as a major strike gets underway in france. Hundreds of flights have been grounded, most schools are expected to be shut, and about half of eurostar trains wont be running. 0ur reporter andy moore is at st pancras station. Andy, early this morning, of course, 6 04a. M. , andy, early this morning, of course, 6 01; a. M. , but people will be getting there, ready to commute, ready to travel across the channel, and they will be facing problems. Yes, the 5 40am to paris already cancelled and that is the first of many cancellations. Around 20 of the 48 services that eurostar would normally run today have been cancelled. Those are trains to places like paris, amsterdam, brussels. 0ver places like paris, amsterdam, brussels. Over the next six days, thatis brussels. Over the next six days, that is how long disruption is going to last, around 90 trains cancelled. The company is advising people not to travel. And remember, to 750 people on board every train, so that is an awful lot of people affected. 0 nto is an awful lot of people affected. 0nto the planes. Easyjet cancelling hundreds of flights across the continent, around 70 here in the uk. The company says it is affected by events outside its control, but nonetheless it wants to apologise to its customers. British airways and ryanair also its customers. British airways and rya nair also cancelling flights. British airways says it will lay on larger flip British Airways says it will lay on largerflip plains where it British Airways says it will lay on larger flip plains where it can. British airways says it will lay on largerflip plains where it can. It says the disruptions will be in france, spain and switzerland. Ryanair says france, spain and switzerland. Rya nair says any affected france, spain and switzerland. Ryanair says any affected passengers will have been told about the problem, and it is hoping to minimise the disruption. Finally, on the cross channel ferries, they are expecting some disruption. At the moment they seem to be working 0k. And the shuttle from folkestone to calais seems to be working 0k at the moment. They are not expecting problems. But when you do get to france in your car, you may then encounter problems on the major routes, because the truckers will be out perhaps barricading some of those roads. So overall a lot of problems and they are likely to last a long time. And once you get there, if you are not in the car, lots of the paris metro is going to be shut as well. And this is all down to the unions protesting over, what, pensions . Yes, it is a general strike, mainly from the Public Service unions, over pension reform. There is going to be a very big demonstration in paris today, and it looks like its going to be the most serious industrial in looks like its going to be the most serious industrial in france serious industrial unrest in france for several years. And as i said, it is not just a for several years. And as i said, it is notjust a one day action. It is going to go on possibly until saturday, and certainly affecting the here through to next tuesday. Thank you very much for us there at st pancras station. He will be keeping us up to date throughout the programme. The us president has returned to washington following his visit to london for a summit to mark the 70th anniversary of nato. Donald trump tweeted that he had had a very successful trip and got along great with his counterparts. His visit was overshadowed by the release of footage showing other leaders mocking him during a reception at buckingham palace. Mr trump later accused Canadas Justin Trudeau of being two faced. Those are the main stories for you this morning. A full look at the papers coming up in a few minutes time. Some interesting matches last night. I know which one you will be interested in. Do you know what . There were plenty of goals last night, and also, i dont know if you watched it last night, a new way of watching it, a streaming service on amazon. Lots of people talking about what it was like watching their football on a streaming service as opposed to on i suppose a normal satellite television. How is it . It is great. There is a little bit of a delay, so you have got to not look at your phone. If your friends are at your phone. If your friends are at your phone. If your friends are at your match and texting, saying there is a brilliant goal, you might not know yet because you are a minute behind. It is that much of a delay . It can be. I have experienced that, because when you have an account with one of the providers. Several are available. Indeed, and you are watching to your laptop and you are watching to your laptop and you connected to the tv, and there isa you connected to the tv, and there is a delay, it feels like that, doesnt it . So you have to watch it from the start, not leave the room, and not talk to anyone else who might be somewhere else. Thatjust sounds like my normal evening. Exactly. The everton boss, marco silva, says his future is no longer in his hands after they were thumped 5 2 by liverpool in the Merseyside Derby. It is a result that puts everton into the bottom three, and it now looks to be a case of when, not if, silva gets the sack. The pressure was eased on 0le gunnar solskjaer, as Manchester United beat tottenham 2 1. It is just their fifth league win this season, and it meant an unhappy return to old trafford forjose mourinho. Rangers lost ground on scottish premiership leaders celtic. They threw away a two goal lead to draw 2 2 at aberdeen. Celtic are two points ahead after beating hamilton 2 1. Tributes have been paid to the former england fast bowler bob willis, who has died at the age of 70. Writer and broadcaster stephen fry said, used to lunch with him occasionally to talk cricket, wagner and bob dylan, his three great passions. We have david gower talking to us in the next half hour or so, paying tribute to a man whose england career was so tribute to a man whose england career was so fabulous. Notjust cricketing, his broadcasting career as well. Hearing people talking about him yesterday, he sounds like about him yesterday, he sounds like a really rounded character as well. Theres a lot more to him then people would know from his career and his commentary. And as a cricketer, lots of people watching him this morning may not have seen him this morning may not have seen him play in his own career. He is very zen, which i love, he used to frighten the living daylights out of people. How relaxing do you find christmas . I love it. It is my favourite thing. Are you taking us into a relaxing christmas zone . Is that where we are going now . |j into a relaxing christmas zone . Is that where we are going now . I am taking you to beautiful festive foliage. In those trees, and i dont know how tall the trees are, we have an elf hiding, because that is the trend now, hide the elf. There we go. Good morning, matt. Good morning, good morning to you well. These are very tall trees, i have to tell you. But have you got your tree up tell you. But have you got your tree up at home yet . And the big question is, how environmentally is it . 60 million natural trees are grown across europe every single year, 8 million of them here in the uk, and perhaps understandably, homegrown trees are the most eco friendly you can get. But it comes with a few terms and conditions, i suppose. The best thing to do to lower your Carbon Footprint, of course, is to make sure you buy those trees locally. The british Christmas Tree Growers Association is the best place to find where youre locally grown trees are, and at the end of your christmas make sure you recycle them in the best way you possibly can. We will be talking to the owner of the Christmas Tree farm in hertfordshire in the next half hour, but this morning in hertfordshire it isa but this morning in hertfordshire it is a chilly start, it is frosty, cold, misty as well, but it will become more of an exception in the next 24 hours. If you take a look at the forecast, we will see things turn windier and windier across the uk through today, and it is also going to turn that bit wetter as well. Some of the wettest conditions today will be across the west of scotland, already raining, and that rain will be heavier assistant. Argyle and butte, highlands in particular could see some minor flooding during the next 24 36 hours. Rain spreading across Northern Ireland this morning. Turning a little bit lighter and patio this afternoon but some of that rain will push into Northern England, north wales, maybe a few splashes as far south as the midlands as we go into the second half of day. The further south and east you are, after frosty and in places foggy start, we will see the sunshine come out of retirement here it will stay dry. Temperatures only around eight degrees in norwich compared with elsewhere. We are back into double figures for many, tempered somewhat by the strength of the wind, touching 50, maybe 60 mph gusts across Western Areas. But double figure temperatures, and through tonight, for some in the south and east, it will be warmer than today, is that milder air spreads to all parts. With it, all of us will see some outbreaks of rain at some point, but temperatures holding at around ten or 11 celsius foremost as we go into tomorrow morning. So much milder started tomorrow morning but it will be a breezy day across the country. That is to begin with across southern counties of england. 0utbreaks is to begin with across southern counties of england. Outbreaks of rain coming and going through the English Channel all day long. Elsewhere, we will see some sunshine at times, but some heavy and in places that is to begin with across southern counties of england. 0utbreaks southern counties of england. Outbreaks of rain coming and going through the English Channel all day long. Elsewhere, we will see some sunshine at times, but some heavy and in places thundery showers will develop, pushing away from west to east on that breeze. Some of those showers are exhale. Temperatures dropping down a little bit but holding a temperature is where they should be for the time of year. As we go into the weekend, it looks like saturday will be the drier day for many of you. We will see the best of the brightness across southern and eastern areas, cladding over to the north west later, later into Scott Vanessa going to the afternoon. Temperatures at around 8 11 degrees for many. That rain spread eastwards as you go through saturday night into sunday, lingering across the south east cornerfor lingering across the south east corner for the start of sunday, and then its back to sunshine and showers once again. Some of those showers once again. Some of those showers could be heavy and thundery. And it is going to be quite breezy throughout. Into next week, it is going to be colder once again. Temperatures dropping across many parts, i some snow may be adding to the festive chair if you get your christmas this weekend. If you are, make sure you get something waterproof. Lets take a look at todays papers. The telegraph is among the papers to headline borisjohnsons brexit budget, claiming average families with two earners would see a tax cut of up to £200 per year if the National Insurance threshold is raised. Its main picture though is of bob willis, who died yesterday at the age of 70. The daily express leads on an itv interview with the labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, in which he appeared not to know the time of the queens christmas broadcast saying he doesnt watch much television, because hes often visiting homeless shelters. President trump features on the front of the guardian after cutting short his attendance at the nato summit in london, after other leaders were filmed discussing him. And online, the front page of the Huffington Post asks if borisjohnson saying the situation was nonsense protected him from any criticism from the us president. Lets take a look at some of the inside pages. This is after donald trump left the nato summit surprisingly early without a final press conference. Ben, what you want to talk about . Were talking business about zero hour contracts where the people are happy with those contract. There is an expectation that people feel a little x an expectation that people feel a little x exploited but a survey has been done suggesting that 99 of people in the uk are happy with the contract at work and that includes those on zero hour contracts. About 1 Million People on them, those contracts, that do not guarantee you fixed work which means that there is flexibility on both sides but in some cases there is a suggestion it could lead to exploitation of staff. Nonetheless, this survey says 99 of us are nonetheless, this survey says 99 of us are happy with it. And where is that . The london borough of rend, glasgow and the west midlands. The best jobs glasgow and the west midlands. The bestjobs in the best places to work in the country apparently. Did you say 99 of us are happy with 0 co ntra cts . Say 99 of us are happy with 0 contracts . No. 99 entitle are happy with jobs contracts . No. 99 entitle are happy withjobs and contracts . No. 99 entitle are happy with jobs and contracts contracts . No. 99 entitle are happy withjobs and contracts including those on zero contract. Kensington and chelsea, westminster and the city of london are the least happy. A lot of london ones in their full but brent, a good one, topping the list. Where four and five are happy with the quality of work. Many newspapers this morning are paying tribute to bob willis. It is one of those days when it is worth reading a good Old Fashioned new pit newspaper obituary. In this one and that paper is lovely. It covers bob willis warts and all. It talks about him, his career, his broad casting career, is unusually long run in and unorthodox front on action. A formidable side thundering into bowl and could scare the best of batters. A lovely piece but the most important thing to say about bob willis is about the numbers. The 1981 headingley test and this is the thing that will remain with him for ever. The best bowling, eight 443 against australia. At headingley in 1981. He turned it on when he most needed to. Absolutely. Absolutely terrifying. Who is that scary now . Many people are frightened with archer. He has a different style but is still intimidating. Bob willis has focused and when required and ha rd has focused and when required and hard and did not really do any little trick or tactic because he did not need to. You know when someone did not need to. You know when someone is did not need to. You know when someone is angry did not need to. You know when someone is angry with you and you dont say anything . Does that happen a lot . You must watch the quiet ones. Let me show you this. Big fight at the weekend. Anthonyjoshua on saturday but the mail he had done a timeline of the heavyweight champions of the world all the way back the turn of the century. Bob fitzsimons here. And how much they weigh. Bob weighed 11 stone 13, his career weigh. Bob weighed 11 stone 13, his career started in 1885. All the way through, 15 stone for mohammed ali. Getting heavier and heavier. 23 stone to pound here at the end. Terrifying. 23 stone to pound. And mike tyson was an incredible champion. He was not that big weight wise but i think it was 14 stone, Something Like that . He is here and he isa Something Like that . He is here and he is a shade under 16 stone. 23 stone is like three of me ace to play the trump and school and the trump should carry a Health Warning because apparently people who play in the barossa woodwind section of orchestras are 16 more likely to suffer a respiratory illness because of bronchitis. Do you know why . Because they do not clean their instruments. It is all about moisture from the breath of a musician creating condition for mould and bacteria to build up. I a lwa ys mould and bacteria to build up. I always cleaned my mouthpiece thoroughly but it found that more than half of wind musicians do not clea n than half of wind musicians do not clean their instrument after each use and 58 had never been taught how to clean them thoroughly. At christmas when i was at school there was a young man who tried and tried to play the trump and they used to bea to play the trump and they used to be a queue around the block to hear a christmas rendition of anything he tried to do because it was so bad full it was brilliant. A highlight of the christmas festive period. It is right up there with a violin. Ben. You will like this one. This time of year we all like to look at what will be in next year so we are in the fashion season. How about this look . This is totally you. I could do that on a far or in a factory somewhere. I have no words. Ben could do that. He could rock that. I dont really like the thing of the code hooked on the shoulders with the arms beneath. Of the code hooked on the shoulders with the arms beneathlj of the code hooked on the shoulders with the arms beneath. I need to carry a briefcase somehow. It is the silver shorts. Many people do continue to stubbornly wear shorts in winter, dont they . Many people wear shorts all year round but i salute them, it is too cold. Have you done your Christmas Shopping . I have something in mind for you guys. This is a new aftershave, scent of the sea. It is inspired by captain birdseye. 0nly the sea. It is inspired by captain birdseye. Only 50 have been made and the smell, the fresh aroma of the ocean, fish fingers. Expect that in your stocking. The aroma of fish fingers . it has notes of zingy grapefruit and petroli for an energising burst with every spritz. 0ther aftershaves are available, of course. All this week weve been hearing about some of the different acts of kindness people are carrying out in the lead up to christmas. Later today well be talking about one school in cork thats taking it one step further and setting kindness as homework. Wed like to hearfrom you have you been inspired to do something nice for others . Sometimes it isjust sometimes it is just the Little Things like making a cup of tea or a gesture, a moment in time, you know the kind of thing. Have you seen or done Little Things . We would like to hear about them. It is 22 minutes past six. Its just over a month since mps voted to hold a general election, our first in december since 1923. Now with just seven days to go, people are working round the clock to make sure everything is ready. From the factory printing the ballot papers, to the pub turning into a polling station, jon kay has been finding out about some of the final preparations. Making the election work. At this factory in runkle they are printing around the clock. Producing 2 million ballot papers in less than two weeks. Coming soon to a polling station near you. This batch is heading to nottinghamshire. These offer vote rs heading to nottinghamshire. These offer voters in oxford. We are working 24 hours a day with the general election we work through the weekend as well. You cannot be late for this can you . Absolutely not. And it is important that every paper is right and the information is correct. Yes. We had to check that from the roots information received from the roots information received from the roots information received from the counsellor we doublechecked before printing. All done under tight security. Mind you, they are getting used to it. We have had a few elections over the past few yea rs. Few elections over the past few years. We are getting good at them now. Do you think this will be yet . You never know. There could be a referendum. At warrington town hall, thousands of completed ballot papers have already been returned. A Record Number of people have applied for postal votes for this winter election. And now they must be sorted. Sisters mary and esther have been counting votes since the 1960s. You have over a hundred years of counting between you they say they we re counting between you they say they were inspired by the suffragettes to be part of the democratic process. It is lovely. You wander in while youre doing it you wonder who will get in because we have no idea who well. I dont think people are in a position to criticise if you are not interested in the democratic system. What do you look forward to . Christmas Election Night . Election night for me. Yeah. Election night. Christmas is much the same for us. You get to open more on Election Night as well. Well, we do. Downstairs, alison is leading the election team. She has to provide 125 link stations with everything they need for this unexpected december vote. It is much more difficult with things like gritting and heating, additional lighting to think of. Christmas is cancelled. Till the 13th of december. And then i will run around and grab presence for the grandchildren and our children. I better not hold you up. Yeah. Next thursday, this pub in stoke will be a polling station. The slug has been booked by the council. They come through the door there to vote, out through there and then they can have a nice little refreshment on the way out if they so refreshment on the way out if they so want. A point after you vote . Exactly although some people have criticised using pubs as polling stations, regulars here think it is better than closing schools for the day. Voting in a pub, does that make you more likely to come out . day. Voting in a pub, does that make you more likely to come out . I come out every night anyway. You would vote a ny out every night anyway. You would vote any nine. It doesnt make any difference whether it is monday or a sunday or thursday, it no difference, i will still be here full. So, maybe a record turnout. So much coming up in the programme. We will be talking to members of all the major, well, the liberal democrats, labour and conservatives with only one week to go until the election there is a final push to get voters on their side. More coming up in a few minutes time and we will be looking back a little bit this morning on the life of the cricketer. The news of his death was announced yesterday at the age of 70. We will hear from some of bob williss colleagues and people he played with. A huge character. And anyone who remembers those things from that day, remarkable. We will hear more about his career later. What was the statistic . 84 43. Formidable. Time now to find out what is happening where you are. Good morning from bbc london. Transport for london is overhauling its licencing system for mini cab drivers in the wake of a cash for qualifications scandal exposed by bbc london. 0ur secret recording revealed private colleges selling a guaranteed pass in exams which are required in law to become a licenced private hire driver. Tfl froze thousands of licences. And has now announced that external qualifications will be permanently banned. Drivers will instead have to sit exams at one of eight tfl testing centres. Living in the uks most polluted cities and towns increases the risk of an early death by the equivalent of smoking 150 cigarettes a year, a charity has warned. Its Analysis Shows that People Living in the newham, westminster, kensington and chelsea, and islington areas of london are worst hit by air pollution. Research shows 11,000 deaths each yearin Research Shows 11,000 deaths each year in the uk are caused by particulate matter air pollution. Trafalgar square will tonight see the annual lighting of the Christmas Tree lights, tree gifted by norway egf and thanks for british support during the Second World War. There will be carols and acquire. Time now to check the travel situation. Bad news on the tubes with no service on various lines. The metropolitan is suspended and the District Line is not running in areas because of fa u lty not running in areas because of faulty trains. Cancellations on the eu rostar faulty trains. Cancellations on the eu rosta r to faulty trains. Cancellations on the eurostar to paris because of disruption expected for flights to and from french because of French National strikes. Turning now to traffic. Westbound traffic wielding out of dagenham although you can see it building. In green, the high road has been closed a police between callington and y mark. Now it is time for the weather. Things are said to turn milder over the next few days but were not quite there yet and it is another cold and frosty start to the day. Temperatures dropping low as 2, minus three degrees celsius for many spots and there have been issues with visibility through the night and dense fog patches forming. They start to lift but take care out there on the roads as they could still be some fog as we had through much of the morning. Today was a dry day with bright spells becoming increasingly busy. Breezy. Mix of locale mcleod, nixon fog patches. We keep the sunshine as we had through the morning. The wind will pick up through the day and it will turn cloudy in the west as we had through the late afternoon. Temperatures into double figures, 10 celsius with mild air filtering through from the west and that will be with us overnight tonight. It is also set to be a wet and windy start to the day tomorrow but it is a mild one with flows between six and nine degrees lcs stop we keep the strength of the wind tomorrow, windy day with showers on and off the feeling might mcleod highs on saturday, but looking day on the weekend. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Bye for now. Hello, this is breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. It is 6 30am. Coming up on breakfast this morning Sally Challen spent eight years in prison for killing her husband, but was freed in june after a landmark ruling. Her son david will tell us how she is coping after her release. Its the season for festive spending, but new Research Says over half of Online Shoppers have problems with their deliveries. We will find out what to do if you are having problems getting your parcels. And they are the Community Choir who have shared the royal variety stage with emeli sande. Bee vocal will be singing live. Good morning. Here is a summary of todays main stories from bbc news one week until the election, we will ask the conservatives, labour and the lib dems about their plans to convince voters they should be in power. This morning, the conservatives say they will cut taxes in their first 100 days in government, while labour have plans to recruit more teachers. They will limit all class sizes to 30 pupils. There will be travel disruption across europe as a major strike gets underway in france. Hundreds of flights have been grounded, most schools are expected to be shut, and about half of eurostar trains wont be running. It is frances largest nationwide strike in years. The union agreed to it because it is unhappy with president macrons plans for changes to the pensions system. The us president has returned to washington following his visit to london for a summit to mark the 70th anniversary of nato. Donald trump tweeted that he had had a very successful trip and got along great with his counterparts. His visit was overshadowed by the release of footage showing other leaders mocking him during a reception at buckingham palace. Mr trump later accused Canadas Justin Trudeau of being two faced. For all you fans of james for all you fans ofjames bond, the first taste of the new film, with the release of the full length trailer. Why would i betray you . We all have our secrets. It shows daniel craig in his final outing as 007, as well as new female agent. No time to die will be released next year, and it followed some obstacles including a broken ankle for its leading man. And how nice to see the early aston martin in that opening sequence . He always goes to the best places. Where was that lovely lake . You are a big james bond fan, arent you . I am talking this morning about managers under pressure. It is not nice, is it . If anyone saw the Merseyside Derby last night, marco silva, the everton manager, looked like a very lonely man at various points, and with very good reason. Is he another one who might. Potentially, that signal exactly. Things are not looking good for marco silva, especially after they we re marco silva, especially after they were beaten 5 2 by liverpool last night. Liverpool again lead the premier league by eight points after beating everton 5 2 at anfield in the Merseyside Derby. Divock 0rigi scored twice in a rampant first half performance. Xherdan shaqiri was also on target, with sadio mane netting liverpools fourth. Evertons Michael Keane and richarlison also scored before the break, but liverpools Georginio Wijnaldum added a fifth in the 90th minute to seal a comfortable victory. The result plunges everton into the relegation zone. It was always going to be a difficult game tonight, but the defeat now puts in the bottom three. Does that change anything for you and for your position the club . |j does that change anything for you and for your position the club . I am not the right person to answer to you about the situation, or to ask this situation and this question for different people. Because i am not the right person to talk about it. It was an unhappy return to Manchester United forjose mourinho, as his tottenham side lost 2 1. Mourinho was looking to be the first spurs manager to win his first three league games. United went ahead through marcus rashford, before dele ali equalised with his fourth goal in three games. But rashford sewed up the points with a penalty early in the second half to give united just their fifth league win of the season. We struck back against a team that plays with the same objective we do. The first objective is to get up the table. The second one is to try and get the top six, which of course we are not far. And of course, the top four is far, but we need to keep going. Celtic are two points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after beating hamilton 2 1. They began the day level on points with rangers, who threw away a two goal lead and drew 2 2 at aberdeen to lose ground on their rivals. Britains anthonyjoshua says he is punching like a horse kicking back at the moment. Joshua will attempt to regain his four heavyweight world titles from champion andy ruiz junior in saudi arabia on saturday. America born mexican ruiz, here on the left, caused one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight boxing history when he beatjoshua in new york injune to claim the britons belts. That was the first defeat of 30 year old joshuas professional career. I tell you, i am punching like a horse kicking back right now. My kinetic chain, my rhythm, there is no tension in my body. We say loose and heavy, loose and heavy. Weathermen flow. That is what boxing is about. Were going back to the 19705. That is what the is about. 705 fighters, i havejust 19705. That is what the is about. 705 fighters, i have just been studying his game. Rather than doing weights and stuff like that, i am just going tojust weights and stuff like that, i am just going to just box, man. There was an upset at the uk snooker championship in york last night. Chinese teenager yan bingtao stunned Neil Robertson in their fourth round match. The world number four lost the first five frames on the way to a 6 1 defeat. Tributes have been paid to the former england fast bowler captain bob willis, who has died at the age of 70. He took 325 wickets in 90 test matches, claiming a career best 8 43 to help england to a famous win over australia at headingley in the 1981 ashes. Heres the moment he made ashes history. He has got a touch, and he is gone. Willis has taken his sixth wicket. Moisten out for one. He got a touch on it. He is gone. In the air. And he has caught it. Bowled him. It is all over, and it is one of the most fantastic victories ever known in test cricket history. Bob willis eight wickets. Many figures from both within and outside the world of sport have paid tribute to bob. The england and Wales Cricket board said it was deeply saddened to say farewell to a legend of english cricket. We are forever thankful for everything he has done for the game, it added, cricket has lost a dear friend. Lords Cricket Ground tweeted were very sad to hear of the passing of bob willis, a lords legend former england captain whose name is on the honours boards three times. We can speak now to another formidable cricketer, david gower, who was bobs team mate and who succeeded him as england captain. David, lovely to talk to you this morning, but under very sad circumstances. First of all, your reaction to the news . Well, i have lost a very loyal friend, very supportive friend, someone i have known for 40 years or so. Cricket has lost someone who has been around the game and very big in the game for 50 years. An extraordinary character, actually, because what you saw there of course and what you read out just you saw there of course and what you read outjust there gives you a real snapshot of the various qualities of the man. Not just snapshot of the various qualities of the man. Notjust a cricketer, but a musicalfan, both the man. Notjust a cricketer, but a musical fan, both wagner and the man. Notjust a cricketer, but a musicalfan, both wagner and dylan, and a very funny man, actually, off the field as well. A lot of people have an image of the dour, acerbic man that they saw on television. will come onto the man in a second, but lets start with the cricket. What made him so special . Festival, despite his frame, despite the body which wasnt necessarily built for fast bowling, he was quick first of all. No quick bowler is any good u nless all. No quick bowler is any good unless you have skilled first of all. A lot of pressure on the body, as well, but when he was at his best, he had genuine pace, and there are plenty of world class batsmen from that era, the early to mid to late 19705 who can attest to that, people like greg chappell, from australia, one of the best of that era, who would have been sat on his bum once or twice by bobs bounces. A lot of people will tell you from the other end of the pitch he was a mighty big handful to face. And that test, actually, he wasjust mighty big handful to face. And that test, actually, he was just as significant at that time. Well, yes, it became boths ashes, because he followed the innings at headingley with 51 followed the innings at headingley with 5 1 and another one at old trafford. But without that spell of bobs coming down the hill, that inspirational moment to change it from up the hill to downhill, we would have lost that test match. And if we had lost that test match, we would have lost the ashes. I think the whole momentum would have been very different. So that one spell, as iconic as it is, did as much as anyone else to make sure we won the series, and made it into one of the most infinite series of all time. Series, and made it into one of the most infinite series of all timem is charlie in the studio. Lovely to chat to you. You reference it a moment ago. For a lot of people who didnt know him the way you did, he had a persona about him, it is sort of like he was very mellow and had that kind of persona. Can you give us that kind of persona. Can you give usa that kind of persona. Can you give us a sense that kind of persona. Can you give us a sense of the other side of him, the part that people may be didnt know so much . Well, once he had left the studio at sky, and the last few years he was doing the verdict, the debate, with what is described as an acerbic style. A couple of drinks and he would really, really loosen up. I mentioned wagnerand dillon. He had knowledge on a whole set of different subjects. Wine was one of his passions as well. He had the bmw label, which stands for both, merrill, a wine label, and willis, which has done very well botham. The willis cackle was something that echoed around rooms and gardens and beaches many a time once he had loosened up and had a couple of drinks, and then you knew the night was going well for him when he started singing along to dillon. Bob dyla n started singing along to dillon. Bob dylan does a much better bob dylan then willis did. He didnt quite have the musicality. Singing along to bob dylan. It is always interesting when you talk about legends and people say they broke the mould without one. We were talking about this earlier. Is there anyone you see now in the cricketing that kind of emulates bobs valiants . I am thinking particularly of, as sally mentioned, that 1981 test. Well, i mean, there are people who. The test. Well, i mean, there are people who. The 325 test. Well, i mean, there are people who. The 325 wickets he took in his career, in 90 games, there are people who have obviously gone past that. And there are some very, very good players around at the moment. Anderson is the leading we taker for england but sidelined at the moment by injury. There are players who have certainly improved on the figures. I think where you struggle to better him is the fact that he is such an all round character. As i say, people dont necessarily understand the whole thing about bob on and off the field. But one thing, first of all. First thing is he set high standards for himself and high standards for others. I mean, iwas probably the victim of his criticism evenin probably the victim of his criticism even in the dressing room. If i had a lackadaisical day, shall we say, because he wanted everyone to try their hardest each and every day. He expected that from players in dressing rooms. He expected that from players he then commentated on for the next 30 years, and that is perfectly valid. So i think actually one of the great things i have seen this morning, just looking at all the quotes from people, is that a lot of players from subsequent generations, although they didnt necessarily understand him as a pundit on tv, when they got to see him, when they got to speak to him, got to realise there was a lot more depth to the man, and there was a passion therefore english cricket as a whole. Just because you are a critic doesnt mean you dont love it, and he was passionate about english cricket all the way through his life. But also, as i say, had those passions about other things that kept him as a very balanced individual. We just running out of time, unfortunately, but very quickly, you mentioned bob on tv and persona that we saw so much on tv. Just explained for people who perhaps didnt understand his delivery and his style what he was really like when the cameras switched off. Joe root did a very good impersonation after a win at trent bridge. He put an einstein mask on his head, and are you happy now, bob . And we have all tried to do it. Bob did it best. Even then, the retort was along the lines of dont worry, joe, i will get back to you. When your purple patch finishes i will get you back in the dock. Anyone who has seen bob at work knew that behind that apparently sort of vicious exterior was the sole of a man who love the game and loved this english cricket team. What a great way to pay tribute to someone. What a great way to pay tribute to someone. You have the willis cackle, and impersonation. David talking about being dressed down by willis. Many people who watched bob on the television would have a go at him for his style and call him to grumpy but it was not about that. The man behind it was different and he was doing it because he love the game so much and was so passionate about england. It freaks me out when people are grumpy. You spend enough time with someone you figure out what theyre about. What is the time . Time to talk to matt, i think. Ways matt where he is . Christmas is coming up. Matts at a Christmas Tree farm in hertfordshire. It is twinkly around you. Good morning. A festive feel as well with some frost falling on the trees but good morning to all. This is a Christmas Tree farm in hartford should. Dale and farm in hertfordshire. Were talking about the environmental credentials of trees. Is it a one, is it plastic . Here it is natural all the way. Chatting out of the manager, good morning to you, russell. A bit of a festive feel this morning. How long have you been doing this . We have been here for ten years now. We took over the farm that had been growing tree since the 19805. How many trees do you silly year . We sell around 3000 trees a year here in december. Quite a busy time for you. When is the peak . The peak will be this weekend. This is the main weekend to do your Christmas Tree shopping and we are ready. Lets talk then about the environmental credentials of natural trees compared to plastic ones. What other big advantages of natural Christmas Tree . These trees are grown outside and allow birds and insects to hibernate and live in the trees throughout the year. You bring them in and they will grow. There is no plastic involved in them, et cetera. They are quite good for the environment. How long does it take to grow each tree . Eight ten years. The tree has been growing for ten years and every year under the trees planted behind it ready to replace it. Each year. So as one tree is used, there are another eight or ten behind it. And they soak up carbon dioxide. But it is not just about buying, soak up carbon dioxide. But it is notjust about buying, you need to make sure you recycle it properly. That is true. We recycle them back here. Many councils now are into it and you can give them back and they set upa and you can give them back and they set up a recycler and they go back to the composting. I dont think many go to landfill now. It really is, all the Christmas Tree growers are aware that we need to be recycling and our footprint needs to be as green as possible. Thank you very much. Lovely to see you here. Getting us in the festive feel. But the important thing is notjust when you get it from where your tree ends at the end of it all. Lets discuss whether. In a chilean frosty start here at the moment but not the same everywhere. Things are mild across the country over the next 24 hours and within some windy and wet weather as well. The wet and windy weather as well. The wet and windy weather is at its worst today across parts of western scotland with minor flooding across Western Areas of scotland. The highlands in particular. Rain across Northern Ireland as well and as we go through the rest of the day and into the afternoon, parts of Northern England and wales even the midlands could see outbreaks of rain. Strong Gale Force Winds touching 50 mile per hour dust on the west but frosty from this morning on the east with most places staying dry with sunny spells. Temperatures here around seven or eight degrees for some compared to double figure temperatures across the country. Across east anglia and the south east today could be colder than tonight because the mild air will push across all areas and with it outbreaks of rain, some of which will be on the heavy side as well bringing gusty wind so it does mean temperatures will not drop very much and foremost we start tomorrow morning with temperature around 10 13 celsius. As you wake up, compared with this morning, tomorrow morning will be cloudy and damper with outbreaks of rain but nowhere near as cold. A lot of that it be sunshine and showers from the start of the day. Showers most frequent in the west some heavy and thundery. Some areas will brighten up later on but it will still be a breezy day so even though temperatures are in double figures, the wind may temper the feel that little bit. So what of the feel that little bit. So what of the weekend . If you are out Christmas Shopping this weekend, saturday will be the dry day of the two for many, particularly across england was in eastern scotland. The western Northern Ireland, rain will develop into the afternoon. Still a little on the breezy cyber temperatures holding up at levels that they should be for this time of year. As we go through saturday night and into sunday, the rain that we see across the Western Areas will spread eastwards, heavy at times and all of us will see rain through saturday night. Into sunday, the cloud four she rain from that will linger across the south east corner to begin with, eventually wearing and brightening up through the day with more showers around, some of them turning wintry at times as temperatures drop a little bit across the northern half of the country. Certainly is your tree up already . Back to you. No is the a nswer to already . Back to you. No is the answer to that. Im not even already . Back to you. No is the answer to that. Im not even going to put up a tree this year. Is that bad . I do have a tiny little wooden one that i bring out every year because i cannot be bothered decorating the big one. You have a wooden tree . That is extraordinary. Why are you laughing . Do you leave it up all year . I am not that lazy. It is ina it up all year . I am not that lazy. It is in a box. It has tiny little baubles. Is it illuminated . No. Now ben, you are here to talk about overdraft charges and this is about a serious hike that could affect many people. Millions of customers at hsbc will see changes to their overdraft charges as tough new rules come into force. Yes, did you know about 19 million of us in the uk across all banks use an arranged overdraft . Thats when your bank has agreed you can borrow below zero to a certain limit. And about 14 Million People use unarranged overd rafts when youre borrowing beyond that agreed limit. Traditionally youve had to pay more in interest for unarranged. They are trying to sort out the rules to make it simpler. So dipping into unarranged overdrafts can be expensive for some, especially if youre doing it regularly. And in fact more than 50 of banks unarranged Overdraft Fees came from just 1. 5 of customers in 2016. A small percentage of people who are paying half of all fees to the banks and that means it is a specific troop of companies. Group of customers. And banks made £2. 4 billion from overdrafts alone in 2017. Thats partly why back in the summer the financial watchdog, the fca, called the overdraft market dysfunctional and introduced new rules to clamp down on banks offering confusing and complex overdraft structures. Theyve said by april 2020, all banks and Building Societies must offer a simple annual interest rate. Thats what hsbc have done so hsbc are one of the first to go by the new rules. Nationwide bank have already done it. Hsbc are the first bank to do it. So what they tell us is that they will charge a standard 39. 9 tell us is that they will charge a standard 39. 9 overdraft tell us is that they will charge a standard 39. 9 overdraft rate and thatis standard 39. 9 overdraft rate and that is the figure that everybody will pay, whether it is an arranged or arranged. But to do that they said they will simplify by doing other things. They will get rid of the daily fee of £5 that you may pay at the moment full they are also capping how much you will pay every month so there is a maximum charge of £20 a month on the overdraft and you will get a little grace period so you will get a little grace period so the first £25 that you borrow will be interest free. This is trying to avoid all the individual charges and all the individual rules. You willjust pay that nearly 40 . The test ultimately is whether people will end up being charged more or less, notwithstanding all those calculations. Ultimately. And there is a suggestion that this process can at hsbc that not really what the fca was intending at all. They wanted this process simplified. They wanted this process simplified. The bank said they need to keep make making muggy somehow because the notion that we get Banking Services for free, they are not. So they need the revenue. They say they will keep a close eye on this if you dont like it, shop around and move. But it is probably worth asking whether that bank is going to do the same because i think others will see what hsbc has done and may introduce similar charges. You need to do the calculations. It is about the people who are really affected because those who dip into an overdraft will not feel the sting, those who can afford to. It is those who regularly overd raw by afford to. It is those who regularly overdraw by four or £500 and use that buffer to pay the rain or to pay the bills. And that is what the fca is trying to say. The clear rules rather than £5 a day. If some people dip into it for a few days it will not cost them a lot. The problem is if people rack up the debt month after month day after day, they say they have a maximum and a grace period and no more £5 daily charge may mean some of those people are better off. Thank you very much, ben. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london. Im victoria hollins. Transport for london is overhauling its licencing system for mini cab drivers in the wake of a cash for qualifications scandal exposed by bbc london. 0ur secret recording revealed private colleges selling a guaranteed pass in exams which are required in law to become a licenced private hire driver. Tfl froze thousands of licences. And has now announced that external qualifications will be permanently banned. Drivers will instead have to sit exams at one of eight tfl testing centres. Living in the uks most polluted cities and towns increases the risk of an early death by the equivalent of smoking 150 cigarettes a year, a charity has warned. Its Analysis Shows that People Living in the newham, westminster, kensington and chelsea, and islington areas of london are worst hit by air pollution. Research shows 11,000 deaths each year in the uk are caused by particulate matter air pollution. Trafalgar square will tonight see the annual lighting of the Christmas Tree lights on a tree gifted by norway egf and thanks for british support during the Second World War. The Salvation Army band will be there and carols sung by Saint Martins in the field choir. Time now to check the travel situation. Bad news on the tubes with no service on various lines. The metropolitan is partly suspended and the District Line is not running in areas because of faulty trains. Cancellations on the eurostar to paris because of as well as flights to and from france because of French National strikes. Turning now to traffic. Northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel is slow from the flyover and inward green, the high road has been closed by the lease. Police. Now it is time for the weather with elizabeth rizzini. Things are set to turn milder over the next few days but were not quite there yet and it is another cold and frosty start to the day. Temperatures dropping low as 2, 3 degrees celsius for many spots and there have been issues with visibility through the night and dense fog patches forming. They are starting to lift but take care out there on the roads as there could still be some fog as we had through much of the morning. Today was a dry day with bright spells becoming increasingly breezy. Mix of local fog patches. We keep the sunshine as we head through the morning. The wind will pick up through the day and it will turn cloudy in the west as we had through the late afternoon. Temperatures into double figures, 10 celsius with mild airfiltering through from the west and that will be with us overnight tonight. It is also set to be a wet and windy start to the day tomorrow but it is a mild one with lows between six and nine degrees celsius. We keep the strength of the wind tomorrow, windy day with showers on and off the feeling highs on saturday, but looking day on the weekend. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Bye for now. Good morning. Welcome to breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today one week until the election, we will ask the conservatives, labour and the lib dems about their plans to convince voters they should be in power. Vote, out through there, and then they can have a nice little refreshment on the way out, if they so want. A pie, a pint and a vote. We visit the pub turning into a polling station, as final preparations for the vote get underway across the uk. The soaring cost of an overdraft. Millions of hsbc customers face big hikes in charges, with other banks set to follow suit. Ill look at the real cost of borrowing. Liverpooljust keep on winning in the premier league. They thumped everton 5 2 to win the Merseyside Derby at anfield, to push marco silva closer to the sack. And is your Christmas Tree up yet, and how environmentally friendly is it . I have come to a Christmas Tree farm in hertfordshire to find out. Weatherwise, a cold start but it is getting milder and wetter for many of you in the next 24 hours. I will be back with all the details on breakfast. It is thursday 5 december. Our top story there is just one week to go until the general election, and the Political Parties are making a fresh push to win votes. This morning, the conservatives say they will cut taxes in their first 100 days in government, while labour have plans to recruit more teachers. Here to tell us more is our Political Correspondent tom barton. So one week to go, and the promises are still flooding in. Absolutely, and both of the big parties today back really on familiar ground. The conservatives promising tax cuts, labour talking about education. Lets look at the conservatives first. Today they are outlining their plans for the first 100 days ofa their plans for the first 100 days of a new government, promising to get that brexit deal approved by parliament and delivered, and then promising a post brexit budget in february, in which they say there will be tax cuts. They are also promising to enshrine in law their funding promise for the nhs, as well as to launch a defence review and to set up across party talks on the future of social care. As for labour, they are today focusing on education. In particular, i promised to recruit any thousand extra teachers by the end of the parliament, as well as to train up 20,000 staff. They are also making a promise to ensure that every kid, wherever they are in the Education System, starting from Primary School, right up through to taking gcses at high school, are taught in class sizes of viewer than 30. They are also today talking about homelessness, highlighting a promise in their manifesto to spend £600 million on hostiles for homeless people. So with a week to go, the hope from both parties is really to focus their messages on the issues that they think will cut through with voters hostels. That they think will cut through with voters hostels. So thats the conservatives and labour. The liberal democrats also making some announcements. Yes, the lib dems today trying to argue that they are the Natural Party of business. Jeremy Corbyns Labour Party and the pro brexit conservatives, they say that they are now the natural place for businesses to look. And on that theme, they are promising £17 billion of government funding for research and development. Jo swinson, their leader, is meanwhile up swinson, their leader, is meanwhile up in scotland. She is talking about independence, taking the fight to the snp, saying a Scottish Independence referendum. That if it approved independence, it would be more difficult to deliver than brexit. With a week to go to the election, the snp are saying there are seven days to stop brexit. We will be speaking to the conservatives, labour and the liberal democrats throughout the programme. There will be travel disruption across europe as a major strike gets underway in france. Hundreds of flights have been grounded, most schools are expected to be shut, and about half of eurostar trains wont be running. 0ur reporter andy moore is at st pancras station. Andy, take us through the effects this might have. Well, major disruption on the chains, first of all, the 5 40am service to paris already cancelled and around 20 out of 48 Eurostar Services today to places like paris, amsterdam and brussels, all cancelled. 0ver places like paris, amsterdam and brussels, all cancelled. Over the next six days, around 90 trains will not be running. The company is advising people not to travel if they can avoid it. Worth saying that on the shuttle from folkestone to calais, backwards and forwards, that is running 0k at the moment. But when you get to france in your car, you may well encounter protests on the major roads. As for the planes, easyj et the major roads. As for the planes, easyjet cancelling around 200 Services Across Europe, around 70 here in the uk. They are apologising to their customers. British airways and ryanair also to their customers. British airways and rya nair also cancelling to their customers. British airways and ryanair also cancelling flights, British Airways saying it will try and lay on larger planes, saying the disruption is not just and lay on larger planes, saying the disruption is notjust in france, also in paris and switzerland. Ryanair saying it will try to minimise disruption. Finally, on the cross channel ferries they are saying there could be some disruption, but they seem to be operating 0k at the moment. So a lot of disruption, and it is likely to last quite some time. And just give a sense, in terms of the backdrop to this, what is the cause originally . Well, this is the biggest industrial action in france since probably 1995, when there was a big battle between the unions and the government. The disruption then lasted three weeks. So again, it is a battle really between the government and the unions. It is over pension reforms. It affects workers in lots of sectors, on the railways, firefighters, at the airports, air Traffic Control operators, teachers in schools. There will be a big demonstration through paris today, and it is not just today. It is expected to last several days, this showdown between president macron and the unions. That is why it is causing so many problems. Notjust getting to france from the uk. Flights right across europe are disrupted this morning. The us president has returned to washington following his visit to london for a summit to mark the 70th anniversary of nato. Donald trump tweeted that he had had a very successful trip and got along great with his counterparts. His visit was overshadowed by the release of footage showing other leaders mocking him during a reception at buckingham palace. Mr trump later accused Canadas Justin Trudeau of being two faced. There is always a lot of excitement when get a glimpse of a much anticipated movie. Today, it is bond. Fans have had a release of the full length trailer. It shows daniel craig in his final outing as 007, as well as new female agent. No time to die will be released next april, and it followed some obstacles including an ankle injury for its leading man. And you were admiring the cars, charlie . Well, every time. A bit of walking, some big buildings. Daniel craig does that very purposeful. Like that. Kind of like that. It is almost exactly like that. Matt, what bond villain would you be . Iam matt, what bond villain would you be . I am trying to figure it out. You couldnt be more wicked looking in that setting. Me . I dont know, actually. Im not quite sure. But we are amongst the Christmas Trees this morning. Very good morning to you. Is your Christmas Tree up, is it plastic, is it natural . That is what were talking about this morning, the eco credentials of christmas where better to come to than a Christmas Tree farm . We are in hertfordshire. The manager joins Christmas Tree farm . We are in hertfordshire. The managerjoins us this morning. Good morning, russell. A chilly morning this morning. You are much more used to this cold and iam. But are much more used to this cold and i am. But you have been doing this for a i am. But you have been doing this forafair number of i am. But you have been doing this for a fair number of years now. When is the busiest time of year for you, of course, the run up to christmas, but the busiest weekend just about upon us . It isjust about upon us. This weekend will be a busiest weekend. We are expecting to sell sort of 300 series a day at least. And it is really great 300 trees. Everyone is loving it. It is a great time of year. We were chatting earlier, when you started the business the number of years ago, you did about 300 in the entire season. Now you have cleared 300 every single day. Yes, the first year we started we sold 300 trees. And the crucial thing is, for you, the natural way forward. It is the most environmentally friendly way. They are all cut trees now, but tell us they are all cut trees now, but tell us the advantages of buying the trees naturally. As we say, most people in england will buy a cut tree, which is really environmentally friendly. Each tree you buy today will have seven or eight trees growing behind it to replace that tree that you buy every year. You will take it home and enjoy it hopefully for the month and over christmas, and all being well in the new year, you will take it away, get it recycled, and Carbon Footprint from that is practically zero. And of course, buying locally, as well. There are lots of growers throughout england and the whole of britain. Looking at the website of the british Christmas Tree Growers Association, put your postcode in, and you will be surprised how close to you there is a Christmas Tree growing. Good luck to you this weekend. We will speak to you later in the morning. Many people getting that full festive field this weekend. It is the big weekend for sticking your Christmas Tree up, but will the weather be remotely festive . Will the weather be remotely festive . It has certainly been cold and frosty over the past few days across many parts of the country. Today we start to see a sign of a change. It is frosty to the south and east that if you look at the forecast is set to turn milder, but also wet and windy for many of you as we go through the day. Rain already with in parts of Northern Ireland and scotland stop argyll and butte and the highlands could some minor see flooding in the next 24 hours is that rain remains heavy and persistent. But of course, these are areas which have had much in the way of rainfor areas which have had much in the way of rain for the past few months. Away from that, some rain arriving in Northern England, north wales in the north midlands at times through the north midlands at times through the afternoon, although it will come and go rather than being too persistent stop the driest will be towards the south and south east. Still some sunshine after a frosty and in places misty and foggy start. 0nly around eight degrees here in the breeze across the south east corner, and that could be lower than we will see through tonight. Several cooler temperatures in the north and west through the second half of today, and with that, that milder air pushes to all through the night. 0utbreaks air pushes to all through the night. Outbreaks of rain across many parts. Still quite a windy night, winds touching gale force in some areas as we go through the night and into tomorrow morning. Noting those temperatures to start tomorrow morning, sub 0 for many days across the south and east, 11, 12 or 13 degrees to start your friday commute. 0utbreaks degrees to start your friday commute. Outbreaks of rain towards the south and south east first thing tomorrow morning. That will clear through, sunshine will come out, but the sunshine throughout the day punctuated by some heavy and in places thundery showers. Most frequent in the west, somehow mixed in with those, and still a blustery day. Temperatures around about where they should be for the time of year, if not a degree or so above. Then if you have any plans to go and get your Christmas Tree this weekend, saturday at the moment i enlarge the drier day of the weekend. Driest across southern and eastern areas. We will see ran through the afternoon across western scotland and Northern Ireland once again. The breeze will pick up further as we go into sunday. A bit of a wet Night Saturday into sunday. Some of the rain lingering towards the south east corner, but sunday a story of sunshine and showers once again, some of the showers heavy inventory, and as temperatures drop later on, it could turn wintry across the north. That is how it is looking here in hertfordshire. Back to naga and charlie in salford. Looking here in hertfordshire. Back to naga and charlie in salfordm does look very festive there, it really does. Well, it is very festive. It is a Christmas Tree farm. You didnt say that with much enthusiasm no, you cant leave him enthusiasm no, you cant leave him hanging. Give it a bit more life. Come on, matt. Iwas hanging. Give it a bit more life. Come on, matt. I was thinking festive, i was thinking my toes are very cold. I have lost the festive feel a little bit. Toe warmers, first rule. Step into that little hut and warmup. Seven days to the general election. Not surprisingly we have been hearing from the parties about their latest announcements. Right now we have angela from labour. Good morning to you. It is cold. You just came in. You made an announcement on education today. When you are out on the streets now, what are people concerned about when it comes to the labour party . Their main concern is getting through the immediate stuff around brexit and then moving on to things like there are areas where they have seen a decline in police and the general take and upkeep as councils have lost money. Schools as well, my brief is education so schools come up a lot stop it feels like the decay is setting in in many towns. But looking at the polls and looking at how Little Movement there has been in terms of labour games, do you of wire . People are frustrated that they are in a general election but i generally think and we have had positive responses as well. I think people. Across the polls, you see the polls are bad but when i have gone up and down the country, people want that change. They are frustrated at the situation they are in full so they have no complaints about the labour party . No. They want to know if we can do what we are promising. And i think it is because we have been told for years that we cannot have my generation had police on our street, investment in school and free tuition. We can do these things. We borrowed after the Second World War to build the society we have today but many people think they cant have it so they think it is unrealistic, the things we say. So when you talk to them, they become much more positive. Can we drill down into some of the education stuff you are putting out there. For example, some specifics. Many people watching this are taking the kids into school and teachers are the kids into school and teachers a re often the kids into school and teachers are often in touch. You say in Primary School there should be no class with more than 30 students. Under the last Labour Government we made sure the class sizes were small. And when would that happen . If you win this election and Jeremy Corbyns Prime Minister, give me a timeline. Within that parliament, within four or five years. Immediately i hear think that my child is at school. You promise a wonderful change and a child could go through the whole of Primary School and your Labour Government will not have affected class sizes at all. That is possible. It is possible but we would be reversing the trend at the moment class sizes are increasing. So by putting investment, and that investment will start immediately so the money that schools have cut at the moment they would instantly see that money. Teachers are leaving the profession and they have to bring in underqualified teachers to balance the books. You see the problem here which is on the one hand the big picture is that you promised change. A radical change. I have my child at school, five years down the line the class has not changed. That is not changed. But it will do and it will changed. But it will do and it will change incrementally. No government on the 13th of december i cannot bring in 20,000 teachers. Of course not. But through our National Education service we can bring in training and skills, we will get people up, it will take about a year for people already with a degree to get the qualification. We will give teachers in the classroom a chance to become qualified. So things will move. Will it happen overnight to mark of course not. But from day one. Mark of course not. But from day one. The timescale you are talking about, we know it cant happen immediately but you say may not happen at all full up it will happen, but over a five year period to reach the top level we say, which is 45,000 teachers, 20,000 news teachers and 25 qualified teachers. That will take around five years to do all of it. Over that period we would have gotten people immediately trained and able to do it. That is 45,000. 25,000 who are already in the classroom who are unqualified and 20,000 new teachers. The National Audit office says that is not enough. So what you are promising, you are promising more but in order to keep pace with growing student student numbers, you are not promising enough. We are promising much more than what the other parties are. It is not enough. The National Audit office as you are not. We are on track. Of course we should hire more but wished are on track to make the promise and make the changes that need to happen. At the changes that need to happen. At the moment, it is important to stress, over the last seven years the government have missed their targets and more teachers are leaving the profession that record levels. So more cuts under the conservatives and fewer teachers. But under labour you would get 20,000 new teachers and 25,000 qualified teachers who are currently unqualified. But it is not enough. But under the tories they leave the profession. So anyone watching this will hear you say, you know what . I knocked on doors and people said we wa nt to knocked on doors and people said we want to see change. We do not believe that labour can deliver what it says it can deliver and you said you would speak to them and tell them how doing it. What you say here todayis them how doing it. What you say here today is that 25,000, 45,000 more teachers in the system. And that you will fix the classroom sizes. The National Audit office says it is not enough. You need 47,000. Regardless of whether you are doing more proposing more than the conservatives, you will still not make it more. 45,000, 47,000. People will come into it. As people come in. 47,000 secondary teachers and 8000 primary teachers. That is 55. But i say we will bring in those new teachers within 25,000 who are unqualified who will be become qualified and we have 20,000 more teachers. If you look at the last seven yea rs, we teachers. If you look at the last seven years, we have lost those teachers. We have a crisis in teaching at the moment and class sizes are increasing but we would decrease those class sizes. Do you know what people might find quite refreshing . If you just honestly said we cannot fix this in one parliament. We cannot fix this because the National Audit office says you need 55,000 new teachers. We can get to 45,000. You cant fix it during parliament. You are proposing 44,000. We can fix it. In order to keep pace with growing pupil numbers by 2024, 50 5000 is needed. We have said that we will bring in those teachers over the next few years. To increase that. And we will make sure that the teachers are in place to make sure that our class sizes are below 30. And those class sizes are going way above that. In some ways, what seems to emerge from this picture is that say three years into a Labour Government, the best you will be able to tell the parent who does not like what is happening in class, a child who is hampered with their education, the best that you will be able to tell them is that it is probably a bit better than it would have been if the conservatives were in charge because there is nothing tangible that will have changed and thatis tangible that will have changed and that is the only thing that matters in the classroom. That isjust not the case. What the conservatives have said, they will put 14 billion, even by some figures that means there are still cuts. They would not reverse the because they have made to education. We said we would put 25 billion over that period and part of that money will be to invest in making sure that we have qualified teachers in the classroom and that class sizes reduce and we get them below 30. You said education is announcing. Education is one of issues that are such a now thing. You can have almost a generation of children go through a system without getting the benefit if you do not do things quickly. And you seem to be quite happy saying it will happen, probably at the end of the parliament. That will not work if i ama parliament. That will not work if i am a teacher. I did not say that. I said it will happen and will begin to happen immediately. But i am being honest. 0ne december 13 you cannot bring in 20,000 new teachers. They are not out there wandering around waiting to come in. But the conservatives over the last seven yea rs, conservatives over the last seven years, they have lost so many teachers and we have all qualified teachers and we have all qualified teachers unqualified teachers in the classroom. We say we guarantee you a qualified teacher and we guarantee that class sizes will go down. And we will also invest Capital Spending so that instead of schools at the moment going back to the days where the roof was leaking and we do not have the boilers fixed, we will fix that and we will make our schools fit for purpose. Shadow education minister, thank you very much for talking to us on this morning. This so flavour from all main Political Parties this morning. The conservatives, the liberal democrats and of course labour wejust conservatives, the liberal democrats and of course labour we just heard from. Lets talk to the chancellor of the exchequer now. You have a proposal this morning that is about the first 100 days. This all the things that you plan to achieve. This is about being very clear about setting up the choice to the british people. In seven days time it is a very serious point, our country in the history of our country will come back to look at this point about which way we choose. We can have a majority conservative government that ends the paralysis and gets brexit done, that focuses on peoples priorities or we can offer a Hung Parliament and have the chaos ofJeremy Corbyn in number 10 propped up by nicola sturgeon, more referendum, more debtor and delay and an economic crisis. That is the choice and we want to frame that today so that people can see just how critical their decision is going to be in seven days time. Lets talk about the conservatives and what is pa rt about the conservatives and what is part of this 100 a promise. For example, you said you are going to legislate for a funding increase to schools, raising the minimum funding per pupil. Why havent you done that before . We have increased funding for schools and in my spending round in september that is exactly what we set out, not just in september that is exactly what we set out, notjust schools, by the way, but more police on the streets, investment in the nhs and what we are setting out now is that in our first 100 days we will take that forward. We want to put the nhs funding ona forward. We want to put the nhs funding on a statutory footing so we wa nt to funding on a statutory footing so we want to give people even more confidence that the funding that we need for our precious nhs will continue. That is the extra 33. 9 billion a year. This and it is important that we show our precious Public Service that we all rely on, that i rely on, will be something that i rely on, will be something that will be an absolute priority for a conservative government. One of the principal problems you had in laying out these 100 about what you intend to do is that at every point you looked through every one of theseissues you looked through every one of these issues and you begin a cross party these issues and you begin a cross party talk on finding an enduring solution to the challenge of social care. Your conservative government has been in powerfor ten yea rs government has been in powerfor ten years and you have not tackled these things. You have not done what is required and all of a sudden, out of the blue, in 100 days, you will come up the blue, in 100 days, you will come up with solutions and answers and proposals and people will say why should we trust you now when you have not delivered before . If i may, two things. First of all in the last nine years since we have been back in office, i am proud of our record, especially on the economy because jobs are what matter to so many people. It is how you lift people out of policy and help their families, to get people into sustainable work that pays well. We have more people employed than ever before. The lowest Unemployment Rate and 44 years. This does not happen by accident. All of that is at risk from a Labour Government. Secondly, in terms of moving forward now, when we had a new administration a hundred days or so ago we reset priorities and we were right to do that because when it comes to Public Services it is important that we lay out our plans on the nhs, on schools, on levelling up funding and getting more Police Officers on the street. These other peoples priorities. But moving ahead we also need to end the paralysis in parliament and we need to get brexit done. That is the only way we can move forward. You talk about resetting priorities and are yet, you have been in charge, the conservative administration have beenin conservative administration have been in charge when we have had shocking figures in connection with waiting times. For example, for the nhs. Why now, suddenly, is this your priority . And if it was priority before, why have we reached the levels we have now . Every time we returned to the same issue. You claim these are your priorities, why werent they before and why were they addressed . Take the nhs. You are right to have some focus on that. It is important to all of us. The nhs, year by year, just to stand still in some ways, it needs more funding. Changes need to be made because we all live longer, which is fantastic that it does put more pressure on the nhs. There are new treatments and medicines, especially over the last nine years with a lot of groundbreaking medicine. We need to make sure all of that is available safely on the nhs so it is something to keep it there for all of us, working for us. You need to keep looking at and investing in it. That is why there will always be a priority but most of all it needs funding. Without funding, the nhs we will all lose out and that requires a strong will all lose out and that requires a Strong Economy will all lose out and that requires a Strong Economy and that is one of the fundamental choices here. We can choose to keep the economy strong and fund these fantastic Public Services we can chooseJeremy Corbyn who will absolutely 100 crash the economy and we will all pay a price. Hsbc are bringing in a single overdraft rate of 39. 9 . This is for customers who have gone into unauthorised overdrafts. Customers who have gone into unauthorised overd rafts. Do customers who have gone into unauthorised overdrafts. Do you think that is ok . I have not seen the detail of that. You are the chancellor. Have you not seen it at all . Banks do not ask the chancellor for permission on everything. Do you approve of it . They dont need approval of government. What is your opinion . What is your opinion . We have a strong and independent regulator whose job it is, have a strong and independent regulator whosejob it is, and have a strong and independent regulator whose job it is, and they doa regulator whose job it is, and they do a good job to make sure that all the banks. So you are unaware of the banks. So you are unaware of the story . Is that why you cant answer . I am unaware of the story and that is why i hesitate to pronounce in something of which i do not know the detail. From what you say it sounds over the top to me but it isa say it sounds over the top to me but it is a decision that should be looked at by an independent regulator because that is the best way to ensure we have fair competition. So this is a rate of 39. 9 , a single overdraft charge. Inevitably those who go into unauthorised overdraft are likely to be those who can least afford it. That is part of the problem, isnt it . Well, i would hope that the regulator looks at this. It is important that we keep a strong Banking Sector that is competitive, so Banking Sector that is competitive, so people will always have a choice with a bank with. In situations like you have just set out, and as i say, i havent seen the detail, if you forgive me, but i think it is important that this is exactly what the regulator is there to do, to make sure that consumers interests are always being put first. Sajid javid, you are the chancellor. You area numbers javid, you are the chancellor. You are a numbers man, arent you . Is today a particularly special number for you . Well, it is fifth of december, i get to talk to you, charlie. What is special about that . You are being a little coy here. Is today not a special day . It is my 50th birthday, and what better way to spend it than with you guys . Do you know what, as truths go, here is your opportunity to be absolutely 100 truthful. That wasnt true, was it . It was not. Will you take us through your plan for the day . Is it just electioneering . It was like Jeremy Corbyn saying he watches the queens speech. Even when we are talking about your birthday and that lovely celebratory tone, you have to bring politics back into it. You can let it go sometimes, you can let it go. Thank you very much for having me on. Sajid javid, the chancellor, talking to us. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london. Transport for london is overhauling its licencing system for mini cab drivers in the wake of a cash for qualifications scandal exposed by bbc london. 0ur secret recording revealed private colleges selling a guaranteed pass in exams which are required in law to become a licenced private hire driver. Tfl froze thousands of licences and has now announced that external qualifications will be permanently banned. Drivers will instead have to sit exams at one of eight tfl testing centres. A 17 year old has been taken to hospital with a gunshot wound. Hes in a life threatening condition after a shooting late last night in green lanes, haringey. No arrests have been made. Trafalgar square will tonight see the annual turning on of the Christmas Tree lights. It is gifted each year by norway as a thank you for british support during the Second World War. There will be carols from the Salvation Army band and choir. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. There are severe delays on hammersmith city, circle and metropolitan line. The District Line is also suffering from severe delays at the moment. There have been a series of problem trains this morning. There are cancellations on eu rostar morning. There are cancellations on Eurostar Services to paris, with disruption expected for flights over and to france because of a French National strike. 0n the roads, roadworks on the a406 north circular causing southbound delays from north ealing station. There are also northbound cues from gunners berry park. In wood green, the high road has been closed by police between carlingford road has been closed by police between ca rlingford road and has been closed by police between carlingford road and why mark avenue because of the shooting i mentioned earlier on. Now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. Things are said to turn milder over the next few days, but were not quite there yet and its another cold, frosty start to the day. Temperatures dropping low as 2, 3 degrees celsius for many spots. Weve also had some issues with visibility through the night, and dense fog patches forming. They start to lift, but take care out there on the roads as there could still be some fog as we head through much of the morning. Today was a dry day with bright spells becoming increasingly breezy. Mix of local fog patches. Well keep the sunshine as we head through the morning. The wind will pick up through the day and it will turn cloudier in the west as we head through the late afternoon. Temperatures into double figures, 10 celsius, mild airfiltering through from the west and that will be with us overnight tonight. Its also set to be a wet and windy start to the day tomorrow, but it is a mild one, with lows between 6 9 degrees celsius. We keep the strength of the wind tomorrow, windy day with showers on and off. A few highs on saturday, but looking fine on the weekend. Hello, this is breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. There is just one week to go until the general election, and the Political Parties are making a fresh push to win votes. This morning, the conservatives say they will cut taxes in their first 100 days in government, while labour have plans to recruit more teachers. There will be travel disruption across europe as a major strike gets underway in france. Hundreds of flights have been grounded, most schools are expected to be shut, and about half of eurostar trains wont be running. It is frances largest nationwide strike in years. The union agreed to it because it is unhappy with president macrons plans for changes to the pensions system. The us president has returned to washington following his visit to london for a summit to mark the 70th anniversary of nato. Donald trump tweeted that he had had a very successful trip and got along great with his counterparts. His visit was overshadowed by the release of footage showing other leaders mocking him during a reception at buckingham palace. Mr trump later accused Canadas Justin Trudeau of being two faced. Sally has got the sport for us right now. And i am talking about managers under pressure. The everton Board Meeting to talk about what they will do about marco silva. They were beaten in the Merseyside Derby. What is that gesture saying . Please, everybody, just stop this happening to me. Can wejust everybody, just stop this happening to me. Can we just stop what is going on right now . He was such a lonely figure last night at anfield. They were beaten 5 2. lonely figure last night at anfield. They were beaten 52. I wonder what they are saying. I dont really know much about what the problem is, are people saying the team is not on his side . It is results, pure results. You have to look to the team and the tra nsfer you have to look to the team and the transfer policy at the club. I mean, why didnt they invest in the summer . Why didnt they invest more heavily than they have done over the past 18 months . And you cant lay the blame for that on marco silva on his own. But at this point it is crunch point for him. They are not where they want to be on the table. He is the obvious person to take the blame for what is happening. The everton boss, marco silva, says his future is no longer in his hands after they were thumped 5 2 by liverpool in the Merseyside Derby. It is a result that puts everton into the bottom three, and it now looks to be a case of when, not if, silva gets the sack. They have some horrible games coming up, then next four games are chelsea, Manchester United, lester and arsenal. It was always going to be a difficult game tonight, but the defeat now puts you in the bottom three. Does that change anything for you and for your position the club . Im not the right person to answer to you about the situation. Its better to ask this question for different people, because im not the right person to talk about it. It was an unhappy return to Manchester United forjose mourinho, as his tottenham side lost 2 1. Mourinho was looking to be the first spurs manager to win his first three league games. United went ahead through marcus rashford, before dele ali equalised with his fourth goal in three games. But rashford sewed up the points with a penalty early in the second half to give united just their fifth league win of the season. You are always happy when you win games. Tonight i thought for long, long spells we were fantastic. Celtic are two points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after beating hamilton 2 1. They began the day level on points with rangers, who threw away a two goal lead and drew 2 2 at aberdeen to lose ground on their rivals. Britains anthonyjoshua says he is punching like a horse kicking back at the moment. Joshua will attempt to regain his four heavyweight world titles from champion andy ruinunior in saudi arabia on saturday. America born mexican ruiz, here on the left, caused one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight boxing history when he beatjoshua in new york injune to claim the britons belts. That was the first defeat of 30 year old joshuas professional career. I tell you, i am punching like a horse kicking back right now. My kinetic chain, my rhythm, theres no tension in my body. We say loose and heavy, loose and heavy. Rhythm and flow. That is what boxing is about. Were going back to the 705. That is what the afro is about. 705 fighters. Ive just been studying his game. Rather than doing weights and stuff like that, were just going to just box, man. There was an upset at the uk snooker championship in york last night. Chinese teenager yan bingtao stunned Neil Robertson in their fourth round match. The world number four lost the first five frames on the way to a 6 1 defeat. Tributes have been pouring in for one of the greats of english cricket bob willis, whose death at the age of 70 was announced yesterday. As a fast bowler, he is best remembered for his eight wickets in the 1981 headingley test against australia. Here is the moment he made ashes history. He has been a popular broadcaster since his retirement from the sport in 1984. There are players who have certainly improved on the figures. I think where you struggle to better him is the fact he is such an all round character. As you say, people dont necessarily understand the whole thing about bob, on and off the field. But one thing, first off the field. But one thing, first of all, is that he set high standards for himself and high standards for himself and high standards for himself and high standards for others. I was the victim probably of his criticism evenin victim probably of his criticism even in the dressing room, if i had a lackadaisical day, shall we say, because he wanted everyone to try their hardest each and every day. He expected that from players in dressing rooms, plays he then commentated on for the next 30 yea rs. Commentated on for the next 30 years. David gower, and as he said, bob willis was a man with the highest of standards. Very stony faced in his broadcasting career. He had a very particular style. But maybe not the highest standards in relation to his renditions of bob dyla n relation to his renditions of bob dylan songs. That was maybe not so good. Used to like to sing along to bob dylan, properly like bob dylan, and wagner. And david gower could have a career as an impersonator. We had everything from that, some brilliant anecdotes, and impersonation, a lot of love. L brilliant anecdotes, and impersonation, a lot of love. A huge outpouring of love this morning, and obviously from last night. Lots of people paying tribute to bob willis. What is the obit you like . It is in the telegraph. Business weekend of the year for Christmas Tree sales. Matt is getting in the festive spirit this morning. He is lurking in amongst the trees, which sounds sinister, but it is not. I promise you, it is not. A very good morning to you. We are at a Christmas Tree farm in hertfordshire. A little bit of frost there on the pine needles as well, as you can see at the moment. An indication it is pretty cold here. Adding to the festive feel, and as you said, it is the busiest weekend for people buying their natural Christmas Trees. People started to get more environmentally conscious and natural, of course, is the most environmentally conscious choice. The best of all is trees which come with their route, but if you are going to buy one, make sure you replant it going to buy one, make sure you repla nt it and going to buy one, make sure you replant it and use it again. These trees here are just one of 3000 which will be sold over the next few weeks. And we outweigh the plastic trees bought in the uk by a rate of about three to one. But if are if you are buying a plastic tree, you can keep using it year after year and extend and improve the Carbon Footprint with each passing year. But lets take a look at the forecast. It is pretty chilly at the moment, temperatures sub zero. In towards east anglia, the coldest weather is at the moment. Things are changing elsewhere quite rapidly. The wind is picking up, outbreaks of the wind is picking up, outbreaks of rain set to develop for many through the day. The wettest of all in western scotland, where we have persistent pain, especially argyle and butte in the highlands. That could cause some minorflooding. Whether times in Northern Ireland, most especially this morning, and some of that ran into the afternoon in the midlands, north wales, you could some rain at times although still some dry weather. Some strong and gusty winds to go with it, touching 50 or 60 mph at times across some Western Areas. Gail is possible in other parts as well, but to the south and east it will stay dry. But here, temperatures for some only around seven or eight degrees during the second half of the day, compared to double figure temperatures elsewhere. Now, the thing is, for some of you across east anglia and the south east, it will actually be warmer tonight than it will be by day, because that milder areas putting this wits for all. With it, tonight, we should all see some outbreaks of rain at times, staying fairly windy as well. And he reaches into tomorrow morning for many somewhere in the order of around 9 13 degrees. So much milder most notably in the south for tomorrow morning. But it is also going to be a cloudier and wettest up going to be a cloudier and wettest upfor going to be a cloudier and wettest up for some of you, cloudy with outbreaks of rain during the morning. Becoming more confined to the likes of the Channel Islands into the second half of the day. Elsewhere, sunshine and showers, some of those in the north and west heavy and thundery, with some gusty winds as well. As we go into the weekend, at the moment it looks like saturday overall the driver of the two days, especially through southern and eastern areas. Rain into the west later on. That rain then pushes eastwards as we go through saturday night and into sunday. It clears back to sunshine and showers. Temperatures for the weekend around where they should be for the time of year but turning cold as we go through to the second half of sunday. Thats how it this morning we are taking a look at the liberal democrats, the labour party who we heard from earlier and we spoke to the chancellor from the conservatives say few minutes ago. Yesterday you may have seen the andrew neil interview on bbc one of joe swinson, the leader of the liberal democrats. We can now speak to sarah williston, the candidate for tightness who joins us now from westminster. Do you think your leader did a good job to persuade voters that the lib dems of the party to vote for . I think she did. I thought she did well and anyone preparing her interview withJeremy Corbyns will see how well she did come across and of course she did turn up unlike the Prime Minister who yet again as evading scrutiny. Lets make a deal with this interview that we just talk about the liberal democrats. 0ne interview that we just talk about the liberal democrats. One thing that appeared to come out from that interview was joe swinsons voting record and you will be aware, the bedroom tax, university fees, austerity, various points at which she had voted for this. She also spoke about apologising and saying i am sorry for some of the decisions that the liberal democrats her included made as part of a coalition. As this appears to be the best chance of seeing the lib dems ta ke best chance of seeing the lib dems take part in government in the next parliamentary session, what guarantee can you make that bad decisions are not going to be made again or bad compromises will not be made again on the part of the liberal democrats, that you will then need to apologise for in the future. We set out in the foundation of also said that the liberal democrat s manifesto will be the best opportunity to offer the most to the poorest households and i think that is really important, the people understand were not going to be going into coalition again with the conservative party and particularly this conservative party who shifted so much to the right. We wa nt to who shifted so much to the right. We want to give people a positive vision for how we can genuinely tackle inequality and child poverty, starting with the early years. I would ask people to look at our ma nifesto would ask people to look at our manifesto and see some of the positive measures we have in place and say, yes, have an absolute assurance that we will not go into coalition with the conservative party after this general election. That is not what your leader said yesterday. She did say that she would not go into coalition because what people expect from the liberal democrats, we know we will not be the Majority Party but what people expect us to be able to do is to stop either of the other two parties implementing some of the wilder parts of their manifestoes that will have profoundly damaging effects. Whereas in the past we did that as pa rt whereas in the past we did that as part of a formal coalition and that was damaging for us, we feel this time we will do it on an issue by issue basis, supporting policy that we think would advance. The cause of child poverty. Im sorry to say this, your leader did not say she would go into coalition, she said, what she said, she did not like the idea ofJeremy Corbyn or Boris Johnson and did not see them fit for Prime Minister. And then print when pressed she said that if labour or the conservatives do not deliver a majority than there is no guarantee they will lead their parties one week after the election. So she has left that open. Can i be absolutely clear here . We would be not going into a formal coalition. 0n clear here . We would be not going into a formal coalition. On an issue byissue into a formal coalition. On an issue by issue basis we would support the government. Clearly, if the labour party decided not to haveJeremy Corbyn as their leader, he may be in a different position if they had a more consistent in clear position, for example, on the major issue of the day. But you want to talk about our policy, which is quite right. I can be clear with you that were not into a formal coalition and that, because you have to have a constructive approach, this is grown up politics that the public expects to see,. For example, supporting people with an option to remain, we are clear we would support that. We would support voting reform for proportional representation and we would support a number of measures that we know need to happen to tackle things like inequality and child poverty. And thatis inequality and child poverty. And that is what we have set out. We set out what our preferred options would be for that. We have a fully costed ma nifesto be for that. We have a fully costed manifesto and maybe that is what came across as well yesterday in the interview, that this is a costed, yet ambitious manifesto and of course anything within that ma nifesto course anything within that manifesto that other parties want to support on an issue by issue basis, we would want in the national interest. You say you intend to be consistent and offer a clear position. Initially, revoking article 50 was your flagship policy and now you say you want peoples vote with an option to remain. The labour party offers a second referendum. And other policies. What is clear about the liberal democrats . What makes you different to labour . That was always there, that we had a if we had this seismic change in british politics whether liberal democrats from having a small to over 325, clearly that would indicate such a big shift that it would be reasonable to say within our manifesto that was our commitment. Clearly that is not going to happen. So we start ambitious and as the Campaign Goes on you then say well, also we have a lwa ys on you then say well, also we have always consistently been the party that has supported the peoples vote. There is no way that we would change that. So if we were there is a Minority Party but a significant number of mps, we would be absolutely voting for a peoples vote and the difference between us and the labour party is that we would be unequivocally campaigning for remain. I think that is the key difference and we have always been the party that has pushed for the option to remain. On a scale of one to ten, how successful do you think joe swinson has been in terms of electioneering and campaigning during this Campaign Season . I ask you this because she is the new leader and there was a bold agenda set out at the start, at one point she was pitching to be Prime Minister, something she has rode back from now. But she has not hit the mark. Her Approval Rating is lower than that of nigel farage. But on paper, you should have expected that. She was not given the same opportunity to take part in the Leaders Debate and this is the trouble with our politics. Surely thatis trouble with our politics. Surely that is not the only reason. Not the only reason that some of the terms i hear, first of all i do not accept she is unpopular. If you look at her debate, look at that debate yesterday with andrew neil and see how well she did do. And so i say i do not accept that she is unpopular but i do think there has been an issue with some of the terms i hear people using, terms like shrill. Dont use those terms about male politicians. And i think that is very u nfortu nate. Politicians. And i think that is very unfortunate. And i think people should be looking again, look at our ma nifesto, should be looking again, look at our manifesto, look at the ambitious policy that we have that are all costed, unlike some of the others, that are ambitious, and say, is this something that we want to do . Do we wa nt to something that we want to do . Do we want to see either of the main parties with a landslide able to implement policy that would clearly be damaging or do we want to have a moderating voice within our politics . I really dont think the british people like extremes and the liberal democrats have always offered that sanity path to prevent some of those things from happening. Asi some of those things from happening. As i say, our manifesto is really ambitious and i hope people will give it a look. Thank you very much for talking with us here at brea kfast for talking with us here at breakfast this morning. Benjoins us now on the sofa to talk about parcel deliveries. As and when they do happen. Is it on time . It is the season of chaos, isnt it . Matt is talking about Christmas Trees but the other thing familiar at this time of year is getting stuff delivered. Look, what is interesting is that they did a study. Citizens advice has done a survey. 59 of people reported problems with their deliveries last year. And that was because, look, there are so many things that can go wrong in that process. They either arrive late or a delivered damaged or they are left with a neighbour. In some cases theyjust dumped in the garden. So there is a problem there are and what they have done is put a cost on that. They think it cost consumers £85 million. Because maybe we have taken a bit of time off work, maybe we had to then go pick it up from somewhere else or we had to spend a lot of time on the phonejust had to spend a lot of time on the phone just trying to work out where it is. So at this point i thought it would be useful for us to work out what your rights are when it comes to deliveries we expect. Remember, retailers are responsible for getting that to you. If you have a problem, dont necessarily complain to the delivery company, complained to the delivery company, complained to the delivery company, complained to the retailer because it is their responsibility to make sure it reaches you in a good safe condition as promised. At the same time, remember that if you have voluntarily signed up to have it left in a safe place, perhaps on your doorstep or in a wheelie bin or whatever, then it becomes your responsibility. So even if you decided to leave it with a neighbour and you cannot get hold of them, it is your responsibility. You signed over your rights. If in doubt, leave the retailer to deliver it. There will be frustrating for many people but nonetheless if you have a problem, it is the retailers responsibility. Also, be nice to the Delivery Driver as well. They are up against it. Thank you very much, ben. Time now for the news, travel and weather where you are. Transport for london is overhauling its licensing system for many cabdrivers in the wake of the cash for qualifications scandal exposed by bbc london. 0ur secret recording revealed private colleges selling a guaranteed pass in exams which are required in law to become a licenced private hire driver. Tfl froze thousands of licences. And has now announced that external qualifications will be permanently banned. Drivers will instead have to sit exams at one of eight tfl testing centres. A 17 year old is in a Critical Condition after a shooting. Police police were called at about 11pm last night. The victim was taken to hospital with gunshot wounds and no arrest have yet been made. Living in the uks most polluted cities and towns increases the risk of an early death by the equivalent of smoking 150 cigarettes a year, a charity has warned. Its Analysis Shows that People Living in the newham, westminster, kensington and chelsea, and islington areas of london are worst hit by air pollution. Research shows 11,000 deaths each year in the uk are caused by particulate matter air pollution. Time now to check the travel situation. Following earlier faulty trains there are severe delays and severe delays on the metropolitan line between harrow on the hill and baker street and severe delays on the District Line between High Street Kensington and edgeware road with minor delays left on the rest of the line. On the roads and roadworks on the a4 06 north circular to the south of Ealing Common are causing southbound delays from north ealing station and there are northbound cu es station and there are northbound cues from gunnersbury parks are very slow in the area. In green, the high road has been closed Police Following last nights incident with southbound delays on westbury avenue. And that takes us to the weather. Things are set to turn milder over the next few days but were not quite there yet and it is another cold and frosty start to the day. Temperatures dropping low as 2, 3 degrees celsius for many spots and there have been issues with visibility through the night and dense fog patches forming. They are starting to lift but take care out there on the roads as there could still be some fog as we had through much of the morning. Today was a dry day with bright spells becoming increasingly breezy. Mix of low cloud and fog patches. We keep the sunshine as we head through the morning. The wind will pick up through the day and it will turn cloudy in the west as we had through the late afternoon. Temperatures into double figures, 10 celsius with mild airfiltering through from the west and that will be with us overnight tonight. It is also set to be a wet and windy start to the day tomorrow but it is a mild one with lows between six and nine degrees celsius. We keep the strength of the wind tomorrow, windy day with showers on and off the feeling mild highs on saturday, but looking day on the weekend. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Bye for now. Good morning. Youre watching breakfast with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. The headlines today. 0ne one week until the election we asked the conservatives, labour and liberal democrats about their plans to convince voters they should be in power. A nationwide strike in france gets under way affecting hundreds of flights and euro star travellers. Here at Saint Pancras international the 755 to paris is the latest service to be cancelled and over the next six days around 90 trains will not run. The soaring cost of an overdraft. Millions of hsbc customers face big hikes in charges and other banks are set to follow suit. I look at the real cost of borrowing. Liverpooljust keep on winning in the premier league thumping everton 5 2 to win the Merseyside Derby at anfield and to push marco silva closer to the site. Its a pose it is here that i think about what happened to richard i suppose it is here that i think about what happened to richard and how i still miss him. Sally challoner spent years in prison for the murder of her husband and was freed following a landmark ruling over coercive control and her son will tell us how she is. Is your Christmas Tree up already . Ive come to the Christmas Tree farm in hertfordshire to find out the environmental credentials of buying naturally, and while its a cold and frosty start, you will turn milder, wetter and windier through the day. Join me for the full forecast on brea kfast. Good morning. Thursday the 5th of december, and one week to go until the general election on Political Parties are making a fresh push to win votes. This morning the conservative say they will cut taxes in the first 100 days in government while labour have plans to recruit more teachers. Here to tell us more is tom barton. Good morning, tom. We are getting closer. 0ne is tom barton. Good morning, tom. We are getting closer. One week away, tell us what has been put on the table. Yes, now the election isjust round the corner in campaigning terms and both the two main parties are terms and both the two main parties a re really terms and both the two main parties are really trying to force the agenda onto what they see as their safe and familiar turf, so the conservatives first of all, lets talk about them. They are laying out what they say is their plan for the first hundred days of a new government. First of all delivering brexit, getting that deal approved by parliament and then acted on, and then they say, straight after that, in february they will deliver a post brexit budget and in that they are promising tax cuts and they are also promising tax cuts and they are also promising to introduce legislation that would guarantee nhs funding and they will launch, they say, a defence review and they are going to start cross party talks on solving the conundrum that is how we pay for social care for older people. Labour, meanwhile, they are focusing on education and in particular on a promise to deliver, to recruit, i should say, 20,000 extra teachers by the end of the parliament as well as training up 25,000 unqualified Teaching Staff and also promising that all kids across the Education System will be taught in classrooms of 30 kids or fewer. The system will be taught in classrooms of 30 kids orfewer. The party system will be taught in classrooms of 30 kids or fewer. The party today also spoke about homelessness and highlighted a promise to spend £600 million on improving and opening new hostels for homeless people. So for both of those parties, really, the hope that they can get onto familiar territory that they think connects with their voters in a very strong way. Talk to us about the liberal democrats as well. Yes, the lib dems are arguing that they now, in between Jeremy Corbyns are arguing that they now, in betweenjeremy Corbyns Labour Party on the pro brexit conservatives, they say they are now the Natural Party of business and to that end they promise a big investment in research and development, £17 billion, they say four businesses to invest in research. The party leader, jo swinson, is campaigning in scotland where she has taken the fight to the snp, saying that if independence were to be delivered, it would be even more complicated to implement than brexit. As for the snp themselves, their message, with a week to go is very simple. They are saying there is seven days to stop brexit. Tom, thanks very much. There will be travel disruption across europe as a major strike gets under way in france. Hundreds of flights have been grounded and most schools are expected to be shot, and about half of the eurostar trains will not be running. Andy moore is at kings cross st pancras. Youve been there all morning and i imagine some people a bit concerned about how they will get out and about now. Good morning. Yes, good morning. The 5 40am to paris cancelled, the 755 cancelled, and that will be the fate of about 20 trains out of 48 Schedule Services here from Saint Pancras international to places like paris, brussels, amsterdam. The company is advising people not to travel unless they really have to and over the next six days through to next tuesday the company is expecting around 90 trains to be cancelled and remember, every train carries up to 750 passengers, so thats an awful lot of people affected. 0n the plains, easyjet is cancelling around 200 Services Across Europe and about 70 in the uk. They say that this is because of events beyond their control but they nonetheless are apologising to passengers. British airways and ryanair also passengers. British airways and rya nair also cancelling flights passengers. British airways and ryanair also cancelling flights and British Airways trying to lay on larger planes where they can to accommodate extra passengers and they say the disruption is notjust in france, but also affects switzerland and spain and ryanair say people will have been told that their flights say people will have been told that theirflights had say people will have been told that their flights had been say people will have been told that theirflights had been affected say people will have been told that their flights had been affected and they are trying to keep disruption toa minimum. They are trying to keep disruption to a minimum. 0n the ferries, not expecting too many problems though there may be some disruption to the schedule. The eurotunnel shuttle, they say they are not expecting disruption today but when you get to france in your car you might then face disruption, blockages on the major routes, because of the strike by the hauliers, so overall, a lot of problems getting to and from france and those problems are likely to last for some time. Andy, thanks very much. The us president has returned to washington following his visit to london for a summit to mark the 70th anniversary of nato. Donald trump tweeted he had a very successful trip and got along great with his counterparts. His visit was overshadowed by the release of footage showing other leaders mocking him during a reception at buckingham palace. Mr trump later accused Justin Trudeau of canada of being two faced. If youre a fan of james bond, you will love this. A first taste of the new film as there is the release of a full length trailer. Why would i betray you . We all have our secrets. We just didnt get to yours yet. It shows daniel craig in his final outing as 007 as well as a new female agent with a licence to kill. No time to die is the title and it is set to be released in april. But a couple of obstacles along the way, and you often expect to hear about these things. A p pa re ntly to hear about these things. Apparently daniel craig had an injury to his ankle and other mishaps, but what can you expect when you have an action packed film . And doesnt daniel craig you quite a few of the stunts as well. Yes, i think he does. He also, and ive been practising this, he does a lot of buttoning and unbuttoning. Its a classicjames of buttoning and unbuttoning. Its a classic james bond of buttoning and unbuttoning. Its a classicjames bond button up with a bit like that. Stuart has tweeted and you know we were talking about bond villains with matt earlier, and this is his suggestion. Tartu four matt, and scaramanga. Maybe stuart know something about you that other people dont know. We believe that one out there. Of course, matt will have the weather shortly. It has been just over have the weather shortly. It has beenjust over a month have the weather shortly. It has been just over a month since mps voted to hold a general election and it will be the first in december since 1923, so seven days to go and weve been talking to lots of representatives from the party and they are working around the clock to campaign and lots of people making sure everything is ready for the vote. A lot of it is about logistics at the moment, and the factory printing the ballot papers, the pub turning into a polling station, john kay has been finding out about those preparations. Making the election work. At this factory in runcorn they are printing around the clock, producing 2 million ballot papers in less than two weeks. Coming soon to a polling station near you. This batch is heading to nottinghamshire. These are for voters in oxford. We are working 24 hours a day with the general election we work through the weekend as well. You cannot be late for this can you . Absolutely not. And it is important that every paper is right and the information is correct. Yes. We had to check that from the information received from the council and we doublechecked before printing. All done under tight security. Mind you, they are getting used to it. We have had a few elections over the past few years. We are getting good at them now. Do you think this will be it . You never know. There could be a referendum. At warrington town hall, thousands of completed ballot papers have already been returned. A Record Number of people have applied for postal votes for this winter election. And now they must be sorted. Sisters mary and esther have been counting votes since the 19605. You have over a hundred years of counting between you they say they were inspired by the suffragettes to be part of the democratic process. It is lovely. It is exciting, really. Youre wondering while youre doing it you wonder who will get in because we have no idea who will. I dont think people are in a position to criticise if you are not interested in the democratic system. What do you look forward to . Christmas or Election Night . Election night for me. Yeah. Election night. Christmas is much the same for us. You get to open more on Election Night as well. Well, we do. If you put one each box. Downstairs, alison is leading the election team. She has to provide 125 link stations with everything they need for this unexpected december vote. It is much more difficult with things like gritting and heating, additional lighting to think of. How does it affect your christmas . Christmas is cancelled. Till the 13th of december. And then i will run around and grab presents for the grandchildren and our children. I better not hold you up. Yeah. Next thursday, this pub in stoke will be a polling station. The snug has been booked by the council. They come through the door there to vote, out through there and then they can have a nice little refreshment on the way out if they so want. A pint after you vote . Exactly you can have one before, but not at six oclock in the morning. Although some people have criticised using pubs as polling stations, regulars here think it is better than closing schools for the day. Voting in a pub, does that make you more likely to come out . I come out every night anyway. You would vote any night. It doesnt make any difference whether it is monday or a sunday or thursday, it makes no difference, i will still be here. So, maybe a record turnout. Time for us to look at the weather today and matt is in a festive environment, and im no expert on the angle of a Christmas Tree, and there is one behind your right shoulder and itjust doesnt look right to me. I think you might be right. He has had better days. We will try to get him standing upright surely. We are in hertfordshire at the Christmas Tree farm, and it is a farm which sells natural Christmas Trees and its the big weekend this weekend where most of you will get your trees, so are you buying naturally . Its the most environmentally friendly method particularly if you buy locally where the trees are grown on site and sold but you have to think of other factors as well because buying naturally is great and the british Christmas Tree association reckons that for eve ryo Ne Association reckons that for everyone grown another three are planted, so everyone you buy another three are planted in its wake and what cities don you monk sure you recycle them effectively as well, but plenty trees, all covered in frost and lets take a look at the forecast for today as the frost is around on the ground across many southern areas and you can see temperatures of 3 through southern counties of england but for the north and west it is turning milder, windier and wetter as well and the rain becomes heavy and persistent through western scotland where it will sit for a good 24 hours and it could cause flooding in places, aided and abetted by strong Gale Force Winds which could touch 50 mph. In Northern Ireland turns a bit lighter through the afternoon but all in all damp and windy day and Northern England and parts of wales and the midlands could see outbreaks of rain develop at times during the second half, a big change to lately. Staying dry across southern counties and east anglia with a bit of sunshine. The warmer air not quite in place, seven or 8 degrees compared to double figure temperatures across most of the country. But it means for some across east anglia on the south east tonight will be warmer than today as the mild air pushes in and as you can see, plenty of rain at times through the night to take us into tomorrow and the breeze keeps blowing as well and here are the temperatures to start tomorrow, between ten or 13 celsius, much milder than it has been in the last few mornings. I milder start friday, cloudy and outbreaks of rain and it will continue through the channel through the day and most of you will see sunshine tomorrow at times with heavy and thundery showers becoming frequent across the west, some of them with hail as well and the breeze are still blowing as well which will temper the fields of things tomorrow with temperatures closer to where they should be the time of yearand closer to where they should be the time of year and as we go into the weekend, if youre shopping for a Christmas Tree, saturday is the driest day, especially across southern and eastern areas, cloudy and wet in the north as we go through the afternoon and the breeze is still a feature and temperatures where they should be for the time of year, same on sunday though dropping for the north but after a wet night it looks like we will see sunshine at times on sunday but further showers will turn wintry across the far north later. That is how your forecast looks. Back to charlie and naga. Thank you very much. It is 8 16am. Sally challen spent eight years in prison for the murder of her husband richard before her conviction was quashed and she walked free earlier this year. The case would become a landmark ruling out one that has become the subject of a new documentary. Adam woods reminds us of the story. Injune this year, Sally Challen leaves court a free woman. Eight years earlier she had been jailed as woman. Eight years earlier she had beenjailed as a woman. Eight years earlier she had been jailed as a murderer. Woman. Eight years earlier she had beenjailed as a murderer. Sally woman. Eight years earlier she had been jailed as a murderer. Sally was said to have been psychologically abused by her husband, richard, throughout their 31 year marriage. 0n the surface, he was a typical family man, but the family say he subjected his way to what has become known as coercive control. He had affairs and controlled her money and friendships. Sally moved out of the family home in 2009 but was said to be still emotionally dependent on her husband. When she discovered he had contacted another woman, she hit him more than 20 times with a hammer. Ten months later, she was sentenced to his murder and life imprisonment. At the time, coercive control was not a criminal offence. This changed in 2015. The family appealed to change her charge from murder to manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility from years of domestic abuse. And, they one. And the family now hopes Sally Challens case be able to challenge their own convictions. Sallys on david joins us now. Good morning. The reason you are sitting with us now is there is a 90 minute programme, the case of Sally Challen, on bbc two, and it has followed your family and your mothers case over the period of a year, so why do you think it was important this was made . year, so why do you think it was important this was made . I think its important for society to understand our case and understand how it was inaccurately portrayed ten yea rs how it was inaccurately portrayed ten years ago, almost. 0ur mother was seen as a ten years ago, almost. 0ur mother was seen as a cold, calculated stalker but it was a woman trying to grasp our own reality and understand who her partner was, who was abusing her. Its important to learn from it because we dont want anyone to be in our situation ever again. Interestingly refer to your father as her partner. And how your mum was described. How did your understanding of your parents relationship and what your mother had experienced in forms of coercive control, how did that develop customer i didnt have the language for abusing 2015 when coercive control became an offence. For me it seemed a bad relationship, as it does for many other men and women out there. Its a toxic relationship, bad. So there is an undercover of fear and control through the relationship and as i got older it became more apparent and he was more cavalier in pursuing his own life and the control and isolation from friends and family where she couldnt speak to people, what she could eat, every part of her life revolved around him and we we re her life revolved around him and we were only scratching the surface even then. It important, really important to understand four years after it becoming an offence to be aware that these are not bad relationships, these are abusive relationships. In the film, remarkably bravely, you talk very openly about every step in this process , openly about every step in this process, you talk about your childhood and moving forward you talk about the day in august 2010 when he found out something which is so when he found out something which is so unthinkable and you arrive back to yourfamily so unthinkable and you arrive back to your family home. Talk is through those moments and the immediate aftermath. I was told at work and my cousin came in and said yourfather had died and for the next few hours i was waiting at my cousins place because my mum was on beachy head and was about tojump and for a number of hours i was thinking i was pa re ntless number of hours i was thinking i was pa rentless and number of hours i was thinking i was parentless and trying to understand what had happened. I knew my father had been trying to lure her back into a relationship with a post natural agreement, not to smoke, not to talk or interrupting, anything that would give him dependence over her and her to be a passenger. Its frightening to look back at it and realise how under the radar this is. When you knew about that post nuptial agreement, what kind of conversations with your father and with your mother . a lwa ys father and with your mother . always try to hold my father to account and argue with my father but that was like trying to nailjell o toa that was like trying to nailjell o to a wall, and that is me going up against in my later teens. I understand 40 years of abuse, trying to deal with that in trying to grasp the reality and understand his infidelities and not be gas lighted into believing that she was making it allup in into believing that she was making it all up in her head. Its really difficult. When he spoke to your mother, if you recognise this, when you spoke to her about this, how did she kind of justified . You spoke to her about this, how did she kind ofjustified . Because what is very prevalent throughout the programme is that she loved him. She absolutely loved him. And she couldnt seem to marry that up with the reality of this abusive relationship. No, because the lexicon, there wasnt the understanding, coercive control was not an offence or the vocabulary of abuse. The only abuse we saw and recognised was physical abuse and marks, and today, even still, the psychological impact and mental impact of it, its important to understand that the case is not unique. There was a case on tuesday being held in the court of appeal. We dont like to think about the possibility that people can kill, but we need to understand these cases so but we need to understand these cases so it doesnt get to that stage, so nobody loses a life and nobody is abused. Did you think she was ever close to that point . Being able to kill . Of course not. I told her not to sign the post nuptial agreement. I probally had too much will to say dont sign it, but coercive control breeds dependency and that is what it is about. You are bred to think about your abuser even after you leave and its impossible after 40 years to think you can just go about your life and he was trying to call her back. How, over time, have you been able to rationalise what happened, both in terms of the coercive control and what you know now, but also in terms of your own personal feelings about your father and your mother . For my father, its difficult, he is my father, its difficult, he is my father and always will be and i dont choose to throw away the happy memories we had together and i will a lwa ys memories we had together and i will always love him to a degree and a degree he does not deserve but i must acknowledge a party shows, i think he was aware of what he was doing but may be not to the extent, but certainly gas lighting her and making her question her sanity. Two tickets to the london eye in his coat pocket, he gets asked who they are forand he coat pocket, he gets asked who they are for and he says, you put them there. What is it due to a persons mind over 40 years . Use the phrase i feel sad for him. I feel as a society i think it helped shape him. I dont know how he has come to feel so i dont know how he has come to feel so entitled. When he used to cheat, he would say, it is a mans thing. I feel sad for the choices you made, andi feel sad for the choices you made, and i really tried to help him understand what he was doing but he did not care and he doesnt deserve his ending, no way at all, its not a justification. We need to learn from this. Its not an isolated case. We need to know that. Are you 0k to carry on . Case. We need to know that. Are you ok to carry on . Yes, of course. How is your mum . Shes really well. She is your mum . Shes really well. She is now a mother again. What do you mean by that . Its trying to understand the dynamic, for the last ten yea rs understand the dynamic, for the last ten years it has been hard to have her not there and share her feelings to get through it, just visiting her in prison at that time, but we are together again as a family and its going to be difficult but its an amazing opportunity to have a family together, and she has a grandchild now, not mine, my brothers, so there isa now, not mine, my brothers, so there is a lot of good to understanding our story to help other people not be in that position. And there are some beautiful scenes in the film that do reflect that, scenes with you and your mum in the kitchen, just being together, and i can only imagine, even as you watch the film, you must take so much joy out of at least being in that place now after all that has happened. Of course. I didnt feel as though i would be here for another ten years, she would be 75, she 65 now and the quality of life she can have as a family now and i got rid of all of her cooking items because they were pa rt her cooking items because they were part of my childhood i could return to her i never got rid. Part of my childhood i could return to her i never got rid. You are literally talking about bits and bobs in the kitchen. When the egg timer failed bobs in the kitchen. When the egg timerfailed while she bobs in the kitchen. When the egg timer failed while she was in prison it broke my heart. Its all hers. Its all been stuck around for something. Christmas is going to be special. First as a grandma. Of course, yes. Its amazing to have her back in our lives and its amazing for this case to be recognised and for people to reach out and recognise it in their own relationships. That is something we can only have been hopes and dreams andi can only have been hopes and dreams and i wish somebody was there in front of us to do that. I know its important to you that the film illustrates the Legal Process and illustrates the Legal Process and illustrates what could be being played out in many other relationships. It is a compelling film, and thank you very much for coming and talking to us this morning. Thanks, david. And the film is on bbc two on monday at 9pm. Time to get the news where you are. Morning. The weather is on the turn today. We will seek much wetter and windier conditions developing from the north west and with it, its going to drink much milder. You notice that especially through tonight and tomorrow morning. Its all because this weather system pushing in from the atlantic, the white lines close together across the uk, some quite gusty winds expected for many of us, the air coming all the way from the south west, much milder conditions, temperatures in double figures for many of us. The rain particularly heavy through Northern Ireland, up into scotland, western scotland especially. Rent moving into north wales, perhaps into north west england, further south and east, patchy fog this morning, that were lift and clearer, brighter skies developing, gusty winds the north west, 50 60 miles an hour. You can see the green, heavy rain expected in western scotland, maximum temperatures today 9 12 even 13 degrees. Through tonight the rain continues in western scotland, spreading further south and east, but its going to be a mild night, temperatures staying up in double figures across most areas of the uk. 11, 12 degrees for tomorrow morning, much milder start compared to the recent mornings. Starts off really grey and cloudy, outbreaks of rain, one band of rain clearing to the south east, followed by showers across Northern Ireland, Northern Areas of england and wales, more widespread into the south east in the afternoon, maximum temperature is generally about 10 13d, turning chili from the north west, highs of 7 degrees. For the weekend, starting dry on saturday, we see this next weather system pushing in later on saturday into sunday. Replaced by france coming in bringing more showers during sunday. Goodbye. This is worklife from bbc news, with ben bland and james reynolds. Out in the cold small firms are denied access to big cash because the banks think theyre just too risky. Live from london, thats our top story on thursday 5th of december. A new report says big Financial Institutions are turning their backs on small and medium sized firms even though they drive economies around the world. Also in the programme. 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