This has died at the age of 87 he was born in Birkenhead and played for the Blues 3 times you can club says his players hailed their 1st clean sheet since late September after beating Bournemouth yesterday Liverpool are now 11 points clear at the top after the 3 nil win and the Reds boss says the display was clinical it was professional it was controlled scoring one of 4 goals we didn't want to do or make it then all the exciting again so really had to control the game and we just we had to bring it over the line most Jews were dressing on a moment to scream sheets or try and over sell it out of was of course halves wonderful performances to the really good game of a lot of players so that held elsewhere caretaker boss Duncan Ferguson inspired habits into an impressive 31 win against Chelsea at Goodison a results which left them ounce of the relegation zone tram a true one all without Clinton Stanley leaving them 20th in League One Southport are level on points with 3rd place Chester after beating Gloucester City at Hagan have a new chance to themselves fail to defeat at Darlington and Anthony Joshua has reclaimed his world boxing title from Andy Rooney's who won them in a shock result in June Joshua has become only the 4th heavyweights in the sport's history to win them back in a direct rematch and the weather the Met Office of put out a yellow weather warning for strong winds it will be unsettled with frequent and heavy showers possibly thundery at times highs of 9 Celsius b.b.c. Radio Merseyside news just filled about with b. 0 at 9 o'clock I certainly will be hearing it all. Daybreak with Al in general use b.b.c. Radio mezze side. I've done a. Good thing see you mean one couldn't get by yourself. And I don't know. Like you'll be able to bring his into the final hour of daybreak and that you. Great. Between now and 9 o'clock we'll have an act of worship at around 830. This week for the 2nd Sunday an advantage brought to us by Reverend Phil jump Baptist regional minister for Matthew Stanley I'm the last. What else we call kept in the ways Brown is in the building from the Salvation Army at Strawberry Fields she'll be talking to is about to ring and plans for Advent. I'm going to comes to church music you more traditional person. You have the kind of additional stollen him old maybe more contemporary to go as far to say the type of music in your local church is pushing he was going. Which. Morning I went out. A great guest who was written many modern hymns to get them to tell owes what they think. Maybe later on this morning you're off to your church to keep your mouth shut or just a couple looked through the newsletter but didn't want to sing you. Will talk it over I went to get in touch if you have any thoughts on this particular subject then why not get in touch right now. Text 8133 feet start your message with the magic text charge your standard network rate see our previous you know just b.d.c. Dot co dot you can slash local radio privacy Radio Merseyside Cohen. And want remember to have a little let's think about modern or traditional your favorite particular style just as a few later on Spencer may is with his with on the plate at 7 o'clock and the guests on the show all mud capped John and Wild Willy Barrett also he'll talk about Rex It's a great tribute band and the reason that I'm sharing this with you now is Spencer a great listen if you doing the dishes after say to clear up all of the at the bits and pieces and you can hear more with the man from 7 through until 8 wait on the Beat it was. So. Don't start now. People say that a lot to me this week. We're talking music and modern altricial for his local church music pushing he was actually going to church we're going to talk now to pulpit last that you may know a lot of pools what he's written many Best Live hems like open the is of my here Lord and above all and of course I was on a pool is in the u.k. Promoting his latest new single behold him and he's got an album coming out as well going to talk about that exact same old mixing up modern and traditional pull Good morning good morning 1st of all that isn't it straightforward it's either new or old mixing it up does that kind of risk not pleasing everybody. Well that's it's sad that we feel like we have to use music. That's it becomes divisive it doesn't have to be in my opinion as a worship pastor in the u.s. For 25 years at the same church you know I look out of my congregation every week and I see multi generations I see the 20 somethings teenagers I see the middle aged folks I see the retired folks over here in a 2nd row and and just my heart as a pastor was just you know to keep us together as a family and to promote kind of a mutual respect and as I would prayerfully plan my set list each week. I think you know let's let's make sure we incorporate a classic in him maybe like a great is that faithfulness on a holy holy holy something like that and oh hey here's a say here's a new song that came out a few months ago that seems to be resonating with a lot of churches and let's let's maybe give that a try and so you know you had this image recently like almost like a buffet when you walk into a restaurant and they have a buffet you know that's just not one just one style if you will that you walk in and there's a selection and not in the name of trying to please everyone will never please everyone but with the heart of respect we're trying to respect each generation and create more of a sense of unity and encourage each generation to tolerate the other you mentioned if you will and pull feel expertise on the thing what makes a good question song then or heaven why does it what other special ingredient that is a great question I mean. Somebody Yeah. Somebody pointed out I had 400 some songs published with c.c.r. I recently I like I wasn't keeping track but it dawned on me like wow. You know that's only the 400 that actually got recorded there's another you know 400 that that were terrible that never were recorded right and so you know I think I'm always striving for over the years or try to find a way to write a song that will help others worship that to me is the key in my heart is to take biblical truth either from Scripture or a prayerful idea and craft it in a way that makes it easy for others to sing and as they sing it that it would it would feel like they're singing a prayer to God So that's that shit because that's what they say Paul is now sadly time has beaten us but I think it's warm for us to think about over the day to day thanks that. He was a hymn writer Christian leader he's written some of the best known wash of songs such as Open the eyes of my heart and above all if you put his name into a search engine you will get the lowdown on his brilliance what thanks to 1000000 run cool she likes both styles of worship song and hymns I think it's such a personal choice what question to answer. B.b.c. . Travel and 15 Let's get the latest traffic and travel here is some good morning some good morning hello I'm well we've had rain overnight which means there is quite some large pools of standing water out and about on the road so if you are heading out just take it easy this morning in Liverpool old whole streets closed an unsafe building there from Brook Street to Edmond street a large window fell from the building on Thursday evening so that's been closed since then imma go 59 this length improvements take place at Liverpool Road south and. John Lennon Airport cancellations to flights at the airport and delays possible because of strike action in France passengers are advised to check before they travel anything you spot though give us a call 101-517-9495 extension 3. B.b.c. Radio travel thank you so much but you're back with the lovely Paul Beasley in about an hour's time I certainly have a great week doll and hopefully if the 6 numbers don't come in we'll see each of the next and I will be here next and don't my Flynn's birth. Populus and if there is something. I know I know so it can't be too much excitement for a 14 year old this moment I don't beg so yes but it'll be a nice day anyway so great memories I have a bowl yet some Thanks a lot you don't have them by. Christmas carol service if you're still available now on Friday the 13th of December will be at Liverpool's Metropolitan Cathedral for an evening of Christmas magic will be performances from family brass band The Sing me Maizie choir Soprano Rachael on the Metropolitan Cathedral gales choir Plus of course your favorite radio presenters will be joining in as well tickets are available from the b.b.c. Radio made you sad studios here on how mobile streets for the suggested donation of 5 pounds in aid of Children in Need to fly between 9 and 5 to be part of it on Friday December the 13th follow a lot of the cold nights away you know it wrong. Will be that this Friday will be doing a little think. The great old Nancy and and Frank and Nicole and Robbie that were not singing thankfully doing a festive reading as part of the carol service and what delighted to be involved. Come and say hi wrap up warm it is Friday the 13th about the date put you off but enjoy is a great way to bring in the festivities for your plans for 2019 and Christmas and again we broadcast the cow service on Christmas Eve at tea time and again on Christmas day. To you. And I'm talking to the Salvation Army next. The at the at. Eye out. The out. The out. To our. The at. The at you. You At. The out. More great music and from the eighty's from now on the club will join as for Sunday brunch will have his competitions just a phone. From the eighty's trucks that he plays and I thank. Davies dialect and I'm a he'll be asking you to guess the name over. The song as well as the maestro self David all put you through the paces to work out what the particular song is all and more stay tuned after the act of worship from 9 o'clock today is the 2nd Sunday in Advent and Advent is a season of served in Christian churches as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christmas the term Advent is a version of the Latin word meaning coming and we marking each of the false and days in Advent and today I'm delighted to say I'm joined by Captain Louise Brown is the fresh expression leader with the Salvation Army at Strawberry failed Good morning good morning Helen must be a Willie lovely time to be involved with stroppy field the 1st Christmas Yeah it's beautiful it's a really exciting time and we still meeting people from all over the world which makes it even more exciting and explain more about the the role leader of fresh expression that's what does that mean yeah because the Salvation Army is a Christian church so we're looking at new ways of engaging with people around faith in spirituality so maybe people who would never think about going into a church will never want to go into a church we want to meet them where they are hear their story and journey with them and for examples you've obviously had loads of people thousands of people through the door since the site opened others transformation stories that maybe already Luis u v 18 year or give you an example be of the day a man walked into our press space which is open all the time anybody can come into that space and just find some stillness and a man walked in and he just said to me I've been wondering about this God Where can I find out more and we're having all sorts of conversations like that where people are very open up. The questions they're asking and people are seeking and wondering and it's such a privilege to be on the site where John Lennon did a lot of wondering and we can kind of. Share that story and with that help people to join in with that story in the biggest story of what's happening how can you signpost listeners to prepare for ADFA and give us some top tips maybe using strawberry failed or the Salvation Army generally how because it all is about taking time to polls and to stop the machine that and them being between now and December 25th was signed to pull on my way in this morning I've seen people who are just on their way home from a night out and you know the world today is just 24 hours of can be craziness for people and with social media and our mobile phones we're constantly having the pressure to be connected so this year what we're saying to people is can you imagine Christmas differently and to help people do that with inviting people to join us in a time of stopping so every day at $1130.00 we are stopping and we inviting people to come as we reflect and be still and hopefully become aware of the presence of God So people talk about making space cheering at Fenway preparing for something but for me it's also about being aware so how can we help people to be more aware rather than our heads being full of all this other stuff and want your advice on how can we achieve take a moment to be still and if you need someone else to do that with you you know come and be with us or find someone else and just be still and I think you know for the God I know. There's no pressure on us to do anything to to say anything I think Mother Teresa once said when someone said to her What do you say to God when you pray she said I listen and they said what has got sigh and she said he listens. So you're both there in that listening and it's just stepping off the the hamster wheel isn't it personally ways how do you prepare. I think they should hear I'm finding it really interesting and I'm trying to take that time to be more aware so trying to slow down so even when I'm walking down the street being aware of what I'm seeing in my conversations with people really trying to listen to them and be aware of what they're saying might be from their heart might be what they're not saying a verbal a but what they're trying to say so just trying to slow down trying to not concentrate on 20 things at a time because that's what we really try Are there isn't it this time of year Yeah and and for you as a personal goal and what are you looking forward to I'm really looking forward to celebrating with people over Christmas time it's terribly failed we've got things going on for people to come and join in with we've got a family Christmas party we've got breakfast with Santa and we sing in the Christmas story on the 23rd so I'm looking forward to those times on Christmas Day I'm joining since Mary's a move to in for anybody who's on their own can come and have a Christmas meal I'm really looking forward to those times and for people that may struggle the ways we're trying to get off the race and trying to say no to things and prepare for the 2nd week of Advent Wow How would you steer people to really try and take that time here I'd say try and focus on what is Christmas all about and it's about the light of the world who came to us and today he's saying the same thing is saying is here they slide to the world is here so just for a moment focus on that light that's what I'd say Happy Days give us the all important website and I mean times for Strobel failed yet so it's sure prefilled Liverpool and we're open from 930 until 5 brilliant Luisa. Pleasure to talk to you today Louise at the leader of fresh expression at Strawberry Fields at Louise Brown an absolute star Many thanks for sharing your top tips today for the 2nd Sunday of Advent My thanks to you for your company this morning thank you so much for choosing b.b.c. Side for Sunday breakfast will do it all over again next Sunday morning between 6 and 9 and you get in touch with the show could be an event or little item you want to allow myself to the want to e-mail Jones at b.b.c. Dot co dot you can be 0 follows the act of worship at 9 o'clock my thanks to him for studio production today and has a say for Copley with the times gone from earlier today he was back again on b.b.c. Sounds to today Pryke if at is a choice that you prefer next it is time to welcome our leader for the regional but just community Reverend Phil jump who takes this part of the program it's called act of worship and I hand you over to Phil jump have a great Sunday and a fabulous week out catchy next weekend to. A I. Am. A I. Was. A I am. Hi this is Phil Jones Baptist regional minister and I'm delighted to welcome you to our active worship here on b.b.c. Radio Merseyside they break program on what is recognized in the traditional Christian calendar as the 2nd Sunday of Advent and that's why we began with that classic Advent tame come down Oh Love Divine Of course these days we're far more likely to mark this time of year not so much by counting up the Sundays of Advent as counting down the shopping days till Christmas which in case you are concerned is 16 not including today but of course this year for the 1st time in almost a century it is also the last Sunday of a general election campaign for more campaigning days to go including today and this Thursday the nation will go to the polls in what is probably one of the most intriguing and potentially significant elections we've ever witnessed. And here we are gathering together in our act of worship amidst all these realities and I guess there's a very real question to ask do we gather in worship to try and escape these things to focus our thoughts heavenwards instead of being in broiled by Christmas shopping days and political electioneering Or does our worship help us embrace and make sense of these things well if you know me well you will know that my answer is very much that we should engage I have to admit it's a fascinating contrast seeing children excitedly opening the windows of their advent calendars and then hearing the latest raft of promises and policies on the various political parties though in some respects is quite a similarity as every day there seems to be a new treat and a new promise in store perhaps one of the party should have published their manifesto is an advent calendar but if you think a general election in the midst of Advent is a bit unusual then perhaps we might remember that it offers a striking similarity to the events that we remember at this time of year here's Polly McAdam reading the words of Luke's gospel that anyone who was a regular at carol services will recognize as the classic opening of the Nativity story in those days Caesar Augustus she did a crane that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world this was the 1st census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria and everyone went to their own town to register so Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea to Bethlehem the town of David because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary he was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child Ok it may not have been an election campaign but the story of Jesus' birth took place and appeared to be influenced by the political comings and goings of the day they didn't have general elections in those days Caesar Augustus was the ruler of the Roman Empire but they did have electoral rolls and you were signed up to the electoral roll so that you could be registered to pay your taxes to Rome and you had little choice but to obey the decrees of Caesar Augustus and when the local rulers write out that decree summoning people like Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem I'm sure that there were the equivalents of Brenda from Bristol who would have declared I don't know not another one but the people went the people obeyed Joseph went Joseph obeyed and Mary in the most difficult of personal circumstances went with him. And this is where we start the story writes in the middle of all those comings and goings the chaos and complaints of another political maneuver by the pound was the baby and this is where we start the story because we believe that in the midst of all these human stories God story is to be found. RINGBACK Your way. Would one day. Every did you know. You all day I would say. That your. Test. Is such that you. Know that. His. Walk cliche. Did. A. That was the song Mary Did You Know performed for aspiring Mary j. Blige reminding us again of the incredible mix of human circumstances and divine purpose that we remember and embrace during this season of Advent and today on this 2nd Sunday of Advent We've also reminded ourselves of the political backdrop against which that story took place a decree went out from Caesar Augustus It's a simple and familiar phrase but I want to invite you to stop and think about that for a minute history tells us that before Augustus became emperor of Rome was in a bit of a state of political chaos here stablished a new order he gave himself a huge amount of political clout so when Caesar Augustus made a decree people sat up and took notice and if his decree was going to make it to the farthest flung corners of his empire then there would be a whole network of scribes and bureaucrats and Koreas he would be involved in transmitting its message local councils and governors would no doubt have to make sure it was declared an announced in the required public squares and market places and then the legions of the Roman army would make sure that it was carried out and that's how come Mary and Joseph find themselves or should to Bethlehem helpless victims of a set of circumstances that have probably taken some weeks and months to one fold and that's why we celebrate Advent our election campaign doesn't get in the way of that but rather it helps us recognize that when emperors send out decrees God can be out work when civil servants put the necessary arrangements in place God can be at work. When clocks and administrators update electoral rolls God can be at work when ordinary citizens feel bewildered and bamboozled by all the political comings and goings God can be at work and when a helpless couple. I feel that all of these political machinations seem to take no These were grand words and promises that echoed across the life of God's people for centuries words of hope words of promising new possibility and one of those profits was. And these are some of his words read for us again by Paul in the royal line of David is like a tree that has been cut down but just as new branches brought from a stump so a new king will arise from among David's descendants the spirit of the Lord will give him wisdom and the knowledge and skill to rule his people he will know God's will and honor Him He will not judge by appearance or his say he will judge the poor fairly and defend the rights of the helpless he will rule this people with justice and integrity wolves and sheep will live together in peace and leopards will lie down with young goats the land will be as full of knowledge of the Lord as the seas are full of water the royal line of David is like a tree that has been cut down but just as new branches sprout from a stump So a New Canaan will arise from among David's descendants and Joseph belonged to the house in line of David and because he belonged to that line he was forced by the powers that be to make his way to Bethlehem the could be no greater contrast the words of the prophet Isaiah speaking of how our great new beginning would sprout from this broken defeated in a state and the track of his descendants into the chaos of a Roman census in Bethlehem book God was with them and though few might have recognized the god was directing their paths and in this season of Advent we hold fast to that belief that no matter how hard it might be to see God remains with us . God is with us not despite the events happening around us but God can be with us even in there taking place as opinion polls predict results and outcomes God is with us as leaders just for our attention and seek to convince us that they're worthy of our support God is with us whether brags it happens or brags it is consigned to history God is with us no deal New Deal good deal bad deal whatever the deal God is with us as promise is a made and their consequences costed as leaders debate an audience's challenge as canvasses in leaflets as seek to convince us that theirs is the best option God is with us as votes are cast in results are announced God is with us and when His purposes are obvious or when we struggle to see his hand in anything. God is with us. No less than all those years ago when Caesar and his cronies seem to be calling all the shots. These with us. truth still echoing in our minds Let's pray together Emmanuel God present in places we see and circumstances we could never expect grant us the wisdom to recognize your heart and work on the faith to trust in your promises when they are impossible for us to see with all that is happening around us and the political narrative Sousa volume will no doubt increase may we not lose sight of this season of Advent the timeless values that it calls us to embrace the hype and trust that kindles in our hearts and the unimaginable possibilities that might be hidden even within the events we encounter and if we are drawn to the light of your presence maybe also not lose sight of the events and of those of the world in which we are apart we pray for those who seek office we pray for those who will be granted office and for those who will not be called to. Give them humility honesty and realism and as we become Ingolf by this final stage of electioneering. Maybe listen well and listen wisely maybe acts not only in our own interests but seek the well being of all and as our votes are cast and counted maybe not take for granted our freedom to participate in the democracy that prevails and help us to remember that no human ruler no political agenda no manifesto or spending pledge can achieve everything we might aspire to so help us to work together to challenge those who need to be challenged and to trust those who deserve our support to build a society and around us a world where justice prevails hope is possible light shines and your will can still be done through Christ our Lord. Well thanks for joining me Phil Jones this morning I hope you have a great Sunday Don't forget to vote on Thursday and don't forget to pray for whoever is elected or whoever is not elected as events take that course we finish with a song that reminds us that our hope does not ultimately rest on left or right or center but that Jesus is the hype of the nations take care and journey well through Advent. It is now 9 o'clock exactly on Sunday the 8th that he's somebody in here with the b.b.c. News it's films Good morning politicians are spending the final Sunday before Election Day pushing their cool messages to votes his Jeremy Corbin says the poll is a chance to vote for hope while Boris Johnson is itching people to choose to move forwards after prank says the Liberal Democrats a folkie focusing on infrastructure while the s.n.p. Says a vote for them is a vote. Lock Boris Johnson out of office with just 4 days to go many of the papers have published opinion polls this weekend Professor John Curtis has been taking a look the honest truth is that the message of the polls this morning is that nothing very much has changed we've had 5 polls come over the weekend 5 conventional polls that return them suggest the Tories are still around 10 points ahead and the truth is if that kind of lead words who appear on the ballot boxes then Boris Johnson should go to a reason to count for majority 5 people have been arrested after 2 people were stabs touring a fight in south poles police were called to the incident outside this Carisbrook hotel on Lord street just after 6 am yesterday one woman picked up a knife wound to her arm while a man was downed in his head neck and head none of the injuries were serious and they've now been released from hospital another 2 women and a man were also hurts a system man suspected of raping a woman in Liverpool's been arrested in the early hours of Sunday the 1st of December a woman was found distressed on great Homa street after being dragged into Bushy's and attacked the 23 year old man from Kensington has been released on bail pending further enquiries there's a new name on the West Coast Main Line linking Merseyside and Cheshire with London and Scotland from this morning of anti has taken over from Virgin which held the franchise for 22 years Leon Harper reports event he was awarded the franchise in August and is a partnership between 1st group and the Italian state owned operator trying to Tahlia its successful bid promised more trains between the pool and the capital from December 2022 and later departures and a refurbished fleet which it claims will be cleaner and greener and the company's planning to add stops at Liverpool South Parkway and an upgrade to facilities at Liverpool Lime Street in sports Duncan Ferguson got off to a winning starters Everton caretaker manager with a $31.00 victory over Chelsea at Goodison Park it lifted the Blues out of the relegation zone Ferguson says it fell bigger than anything he achieved in his time as an.