Transcripts For BBCNEWS Breakfast 20201112

Kylie tells us about her new album, what its been like working from home, and life in lockdown. Thankfully, as someone who has lived a lot of their life on the road, i know how to do my own roots, and my boyfriend gave me a trim one day. Good morning. The overnight rain and windy conditions will clear out into the north sea leaving most of us with a dry day and some sunshine, but later more rain and stronger winds in the north west. Further details in eight minutes. Its thursday the 12th of november. Our top story. A former nurse will appear in court this morning charged with eight counts of murder and ten counts of attempted murder following an investigation into baby deaths at a hospital in chester. 30 year old lucy letby was re arrested on tuesday as part of an investigation which began in 2017. 0ur correspondent, mark edwardson, is at Warrington Magistrates Court, where shes due to appear later. What more do we know . Well, as you say, lucy letby is charged with eight counts of murder and ten cou nts eight counts of murder and ten counts of attempted murder following baby deaths at the countess of Chester Hospital. It follows a Cheshire Police investigation which started more than three years ago. They allege she is responsible for eight baby deaths and ten what they describe as nonfatal collapses that took place over 12 months between june of 2015 and june of 2016. Lucy letby was originally arrested in 2018 and failed and then again last year. The charges she faces today follow her rea rrest year. The charges she faces today follow her rearrest on tuesday. Cheshire police say the parents of the babies involved are being supported by specialist officers and being kept up to date. Lucy letby, originally from hereford, was remanded in custody following her arrest on tuesday and she is expected to appear here at Warrington Magistrates Court later today. Thank you. One of the Prime Ministers closest aides has resigned amid reports of internal tensions in downing street. Director of Communications Lee cain said he was leaving next month, despite having been offered the role of number 10 chief of staff. Lets find out more now from our political correspondent, chris mason, who is at downing street for us this morning. Good morning. You have got to wonder why we are worrying about internal tension at downing street when yesterday we heard the uk hit that awful milestone of 50,000 deaths from coronavirus. Yeah, quite. Its afair point from coronavirus. Yeah, quite. Its a fair point because this is an outbreak of Office Politics in the most Political Office in the land. It is one of those political stories where you think, hang on, somebody i have never heard of has lost a job i didnt know they had. That in the context of that grim milestone yesterday on coronavirus and the imminent deadline for sorting out a brexit trade deal. Here is why it matters. It matters because it determines who is running the country. Who has the ear of the Prime Minister. Which faction is behind that door are winning out in terms of the facetime with the Prime Minister and convincing him of a particular strategy to pursue. When these rows burst out in public you get a sense of how strange the tensions are becoming. Lee cain has worked alongside the Prime Minister for a good long while, going back to the vote leave the campaign in the Eu Referendum tension there about bringing in of a press spokeswoman who will give tv addresses to the country from the new year. What was about to happen to try to improve things in there, to try to restore some order, which then led to this outbreak of disorder, was to promote lee cain so he became the chief of staff to the Prime Minister, the Prime Ministers didnt like it, the press woman didnt like it. 0thers didnt like it so instead he is going. There was some sense they might bea going. There was some sense they might be a huge number of people following him out of the door, including dominic cummings, who you will have heard of regarding testing his eyesight and driving to barnard castle. He is staying, as is lloyd frost, the brexit negotiator, with the brexit deadlinejust frost, the brexit negotiator, with the brexit deadline just six or seven weeks away. the brexit deadline just six or seven weeks away. Outlawed frost. There are regular outbreaks of politics in every office but here it matters most and particularly at the moment. Thanks for explaining that. The irish Prime Minister has called on the uk government to knuckle down and agree a deal with the eu on post brexit trade. In an interview with the bbc, Micheal Martin warned that failure to reach an agreement would be very damaging all round. It comes as the uk and the eu enter the final stage of negotiations ahead of the december 31st deadline. Europe does want a deal and is anxious we get it because it is the sensible thing to do. We all represent people, we have all had a very significant shop to our Economic System because of covid 19. The last thing we need now across all of our respective economies is a second major shock. A mans been arrested after after a car crashed into a Police Station in north london last night. Footage posted on social media shows a vehicle partially embedded in the entrance of the station in edmonton. Moments later the 45 year old apparently poured liquid onto the road and set it alight. Police say the incident is not being treated as terror related. Joe biden has made the first appointment to his team at the white house since winning the us president ial election last week. Ron klain will be his chief of staff the same post he held when mr biden was vice president. Hes served as an adviser to mr biden since the 1980s. It comes as donald trump continues to make more allegations of electoral fraud without evidence. Typhoon vamco has made landfall in the philippines, causing extensive damage and flooding. Residents were ordered to leave their homes as forecasters predicted a nine foot storm surge. Thousands have been moved to evacuation centres in the capital, manila, despite fears conditions could cause a spike in coronavirus cases. More than 20 tropical cyclones have hit the nation so far this year. A four Day Bank Holiday is scheduled forjune 2022 to celebrate the queens 70 years on the throne. Ministers are promising to mark the Platinum Jubilee with what they describe as a spectacular once in a generation show. 0ur royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. No british monarch has celebrated a Platinum Jubilee before. By the time the country marks the queens 70 years on the throne in 2022, shell be 96. Nonetheless, the government says this milestone will be marked by what it calls. The celebrations will climax over an extra Long Bank Holiday weekend from thursday second june sunday fifth june inclusive. Events are at an early stage of planning, but theyre likely to echo some of the features of previousjubilees. The queen marked the 25th anniversary of her accession with her silverjubilee back in 1977. 50 years on the throne was celebrated by the goldenjubilee in 2002, when she undertook a lengthy series of visits to different parts of the country. Most recently, in 2012, she marked 60 years on the throne with her Diamond Jubilee which was also celebrated across a long weekend. There was a pageant on the thames which was handicapped by the weather and, after a service of thanksgiving at st pauls cathedral, an appearance on the palace balcony in front of large crowds. Whatever may be in store to mark her 70 years on the throne, itll be an opportunity for the country to show its appreciation for a monarch who continues to break records. Nicholas witchell, bbc news. Six 9am. That bank holiday will be in 2022. Until then we need to know whats going on with the weather. Carol, good morning. That is a lovely picture because it has been quite grey of late for the last few days. It has come a wet and windy, as well. Good morning. What we have at the moment is a band of cloud and rain and gusty Winds Continuing to push off into the north sea and it will do so through the next few hours. For most of us, dry and bright, but later we will see clouds thicken in the west and the arrival of summer rain. 0nce thicken in the west and the arrival of summer rain. Once again strengthening winds, courtesy of this clutch of weather fronts. You can see a ridge of High Pressure follows in behind the weather fronts currently clearing into the north sea. It will push away, linger across shetland for much of the day, not really clearing here until the afternoon. The wind will ease and a lot of dry weather and a fair bit of sunshine. Add to the west, head of the weather front coming in, we see the weather front coming in, we see the clouds thicken, some patchy rain and drizzle and the wind will start to strengthen. You can see the main band of rain coming in later on to Western Areas. Temperatures 11 to 13, may be 1a somewhere in the south. Through this evening and overnight the cloud will continue to build as our weather front starts to make progress, moving from the west to the east. Gusty winds around this with clear skies following on behind but these blue circles indicate the strength of the wind gusts. Across the board a windy night but particularly so across the north and west. Not particularly cold for most. As we head through tomorrow that band of rain continues to trundle to the south east. Showers following behind, some could be heavy and thundery but are still a lot of dry weather to be had. Thank you. Were expecting an update this morning on how well the economy is coping with the pandemic and, although there may be some good news coming, its not necessarily the full story. It is complicated. Were expecting to get what appears to be good news on how the economy has been faring. But we will need to put the headline into a lot of context. Good morning. We are talking about those three crucial letters again today. Gdp. Gross domestic product. In simple terms, the value of all the goods and services we make and sell. Its one of the best ways of us working out how the economy is doing. We look at it each three months or quarter of the year and what were looking for is growth. Growth means more money around. More money means morejobs. The First Quarter took a bit of a hit 2. 5 hit, to be exact. If you remember, things were slowing down globally because covid was tightening its grip, and the last few days of march we hit lockdown. April, may and june, a massive contraction the economy shrunk by a fifth, breaking all records. Remember how we barely went out . Manufacturers and Building Sites were shut down. 0ffices, pubs and restaurants, non essential retail pulled the shutters down. And the ripples were enormous. We spoke to nick who runs a festival and Events Company his year has been agonising financially. For us our for us our revenue for us our revenue is for us our revenue is probably 90 down year on year. We have had 128 festivals we are involved with as clients cancelled or postponed until next year. Our team of 28 all have a re nt next year. Our team of 28 all have a rent or mortgages to pay so i suppose the pressure increased exponentially overnight almost. In march, we were looking and i suppose expecting some kind of season to happen. But that never came to fruition. Thats pressure remains throughout the whole year and still does. We dont know for sure that 2021 will happen. Such a tough time for nick and so many like him. What can we expect today from the figures forjuly, august and september. Well, economists reckon it will be good ish news for once. Remember august . Retail, pubs, bars and cinemas were open. Things fleetingly felt somewhere close to normal. There was the eat 0ut to help 0ut scheme. Heres emma, who received a massive boost from that. Eat out to help 0ut was absolutely fantastic for us. We were turning away so many people and we were very busy. Our trade was around 25 up on the Previous Year in august. The way we felt is that this was going to be our christmas. You know, we could be closed down again the following month, so we felt that this money that we make in august will probably be used to get us through the hard winter ahead. The expectation is good figures for that quarter but we have to be cautious. Theres a reason these scales wontjust balance back when todays number drops at seven this morning. Towards the end of september, things started getting tougher again. The curfew on pubs and restaurants. Lots of people still working from home. Then came the tiered system and com plete then came the tiered system and complete lockdown is in wales, Northern Ireland and in england. Look at this line. Imagine its the uk economy. Take a look here that small fall at the beginning of the year then the big drop i talked about. This is what we reckon will happen today the line shooting back up, but not all the way. And look where it could go. Look how long they think it will ta ke to look how long they think it will take to get back to where this time last year. Potentially 2024, possibly beyond. These are grass and the numbers matter but what matters more ourjobs. Peoples livelihoods. We will bring you those figures at 7am and talk to two big employers from wa ha ca and waterstones about how the real economy is doing right now. Good pointing. Thank you that is my favourite in my skill set. What is interesting is when we look towards 0ctober, interesting is when we look towards october, november, december, some news is of a vaccine, furlough scheme extended, christmas is always a big boom in retail but we have to consider we have a long way to go to get back to where we were. I cannot stress how significant this dip was in the Second Quarter. Broke all records, a fifth of the value of everything we make and do wiped off in weeks. 7am. Lets take a look at some of todays front pages. The telegraph leads on the resignation of one of borisjohnsons most senior advisers lee cain. The paper says mr cain lost a highly public power struggle with the Prime Ministers fiancee, Carrie Symonds who was reportedly uncomfortable with his planned appointment as chief of staff. The times has the same lead story it says lee cains departure could signal the end of the vote leave faction in downing street. It also has a picture of a veteran at the cenotaph during yesterdays armistice commemorations. The mail has a striking image which shows a woman kneeling in the street for a socially distanced visit to her husband, who is in a care home. The paper is campaigning for ministers to change the rules and restore proper visiting access in time for christmas. And the metro has a punchy headline van tam jab for mam. Laughter i hadnt seen that one, sorry thats about professor jonathan van tam, englands deputy chief medical officer, who says he is so confident in the safety of the Covid Vaccine that he is encouraging his 78 year old mother to take it as soon as it is licenced and available. Its what he called the moment test. Montez. Would you ask your mum to do it . He was talking about the amount of time he not is able to be at home. 0ver amount of time he not is able to be at home. Over the christmas period, december, he will be helping administer the vaccines if they are available so he has already warned his children he wont be at home as much because, as many gps will find out later, i claim to be very busy. We will be speaking to a gp at 6 30am. Injusta we will be speaking to a gp at 6 30am. Injust a few we will be speaking to a gp at 6 30am. In just a few minutes. How long do we have . 2. 5 minutes. Do you wa nt to long do we have . 2. 5 minutes. Do you want to do your thing because it has tickled you. You might have seen a bit of this story. This is a new film being released in the us. It is called Wild Mountain thyme. Jamie dornan and emily blunt. It is set in ireland and there are questions about some of the accidents involved. We can hear a bit of it now stops i am rosemary muldoon, who suffered with love. These are springfields and us, whatever that is, it pulls me here. 0h, springfields and us, whatever that is, it pulls me here. Oh, this is disgusting. Its not mum. I dont care. Takes afterjohn kelly, man is a full moon, drowned himself. He fell in. He had a rock tied to his neck. Weve been going with each other quite a while now, will you marry me . Laughter stop you eager to send me there. Hold on, wait a minute. There is a row over whether 01 minute. There is a row over whether or not the accidents are good. This is the thing. 0k. Or not the accidents are good. This is the thing. Ok. This is the thing. Amongst some of the comments, a lot of people have said the trailer, this is one of my favourites. This is from the National Leprechaun museum of ireland, who have said even we think this is a bit much. Have the leprechauns said it is not good . That is their official spokesperson, organisation. That it then goes on to talk about emily blunt was asked about this, she and jamie dornan did a joint press conference with people magazine. Jamie dornan is from Northern Ireland, about 120 miles away. So in theory people are saying his accent should be good and they were asked about this and he said, i am about 120 miles away from where the movie isa 120 miles away from where the movie is a set so it was definitely easier for me but he said she was amazing. Emily blunts quote is she found it tough it and jamie dornan. He assured me i sounded irish and i will believe him, so if he is wrong iam going will believe him, so if he is wrong i am going to blame him for any backlash on my accent. Yeah yeah it has also got people talking about the worst accident in movie history. A lot of them irish. A lot of actors doing irish accidents. Tom cruse is right at the top of the list with far and away, 1992. Sean connery gets a mention in the untouchables. Dick van dyke, pierce brosnan, also from ireland, was in a film called tapping, regarded as one of the worst ever on film. Brad pitt in snatch. I dont know if you remember that. I do. His snatch. I dont know if you remember that. Ido. His performance snatch. I dont know if you remember that. I do. His performance as an irish traveller was said by one critic to be unintelligible. He claimed to have based his accent on a character from father claimed to have based his accent on a characterfrom father ted. Claimed to have based his accent on a character from father ted. Why wouldnt you . a character from father ted. Why wouldnt you . no one has complained about the accidents in father ted, to be fair. It is 621 am. Good morning to you. Russia declared victory over the coronavirus during the summer but the infection rate is surging again, the poorer areas that are being hit the hardest. Whilst moscow is opening vast, temporary hospitals and says it can manage the outbreak without another lockdown much further north theyre running out of beds and ambulance crews are struggling to cope with the number of calls. 0ur moscow correspondent Sarah Rainsford reports. Tell them to stop calling for ambulances, a russian paramedic pleads she says theres no one left here to respond. Just back from picking up one patient with covid, her team has already been called out again. They are taking precautions, but many colleagues have fallen sick, piling even more pressure on the rest. Up in kotlas, this doesnt look like the victory over the virus russias politicians once claimed. A record surge in infections is now hitting remote regions like this one hard. Another ambulance has just arrived with medics in full ppe, so presumably more Covid Patients on board. And, in fact, theres a lot of activity here at this hospital. A senior official recently said that there were very few beds left here, theyre operating under extreme pressure, and the number of Covid Patients new cases in this region is still rising. These were the scenes inside recently. After a sudden increase in admissions the sick left in corridors, even on benches. A medic says shes caring for 100 patients on her own. Meanwhile, in moscow, theyre treating Covid Patients on an ice rink. A giant Field Hospital where the screens now show films for the sick instead of the hockey scores. Cases are rising here, too, but there are far more resources. And the chief doctor is insistently upbeat. Translation were fully prepared for this surge in infections. You can see we have plenty of reserves. I think it shows that no excess restrictions or lockdown will happen. A thousand kilometres north, theres no lockdown in kotlas, either. But there are lots of face masks. This babushka does worry about getting coronavirus, but she says she needs to come out to sell her cabbages. Life here is a world away from the wealthy capital, but the virus doesnt care. Nikolai and angelika are both Health Workers angry that local officials didnt use the summer to prepare for this, and at the risks theyre taking on a minimal wage. Translation it makes your hair stand on end. I dont know where this is all going. We sometimes panic about where it will end. Their own town hospital has turned two floors into covid wards, and this second surge has onlyjust begun. Sarah rainsford, bbc news, arkhangelsk. Weve all had to get used to a new way of life this year social distancing, one way systems, and hand sanitising stations are the new normal. Glasgow College Student Robert Meikle relies on a guide dog to help him get about. Bbc scotlands the Nine Programme caught up with him, to see how his journey from home to class has been impacted by the pandemic. Im Robert Meikle, and this is winnie, my guide dog. Ive had her for two and a half years. Lam blind. I have two conditions glaucoma and anaridia. So im a student and tend to be pretty busy. After leaving the house, obviously i need to wear my mask and obviously the mask in itself kind of fogs up my visor so i can see even less than i would. And as we go on the journey to college, there can be a few things like street furniture, there may be cafes with the kind of seating outside, especially with the social distancing aspect things. As well as that, obviously, theres roadworks. Its difficult if you cant actually see, you know, the obstacle itself, and winnie may not know exactly that thats the place that she needs to go, and the right time. Winnie is possibly the star of my life. She came into my life two and a half years ago and she has changed not only my life, but everybody that i know. But of course, we can. Just get the microphone. There we go. With social distancing, i cant see people as they approach me, so im more having to rely on others to social distance from me. Because if i cant see you i cant distance from you, you know, and obviously coming up to the college, it can be pretty busy, given the inner city vibe. I think the measures that have been put in place in order to support social distancing are necessary, although for people that have sight loss, its difficult for them to navigate because they may not know. I think that were all a bit, you know, stressed and a bit down at the moment, but, ultimately, i think we could all be coming together. As long as were following the rules, if were following the guidance, we can keep each other safe and, you know, you know, work forwards to a better tomorrow and and a better next year. Thanks to robert for sharing that story. We are all trying to navigate various things but that puts things into perspective, the added complication and help people are overcoming challenges they face. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning. Im sonja jessup. Police investigating an incident where a car crashed into a Police Station in north london last night say theyre satisfied theres no risk to the wider community. Footage posted on social media shows a vehicle partially embedded into the entrance of the building in edmonton, and a man then pouring petrol onto the street and setting it on fire. Police say its not being treated as terror related and are questioning a man on suspicion of arson. Croydon councils been accused of playing monopoly after effectively declaring itself bankrupt last night. Emergency spending restrictions have been imposed. The leader of the opposition, councillorjason perry, described it as a sad day. While the recently appointed leader hamida ali accepted the authority had made mistakes, on top of the impact of coronavirus. The Charity Mencap has raised fears the coronavirus pandemic has made it more difficult for people with learning disabilities and autism to find and keepjobs. Its a concern shared by the Leonard Cheshire charity, who found that seven out of ten disabled people have either lost income, been furloughed, or lost their jobs completely. An individual who has learning disability and or autism doesnt mean they cant work. In fact, they are incredible employees and its about making sure they have the equal chance as everybody else does in society. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. On the tube, a faulty track is causing some problems this morning. The circle line has minor delays, and there are severe delays on the hammersmith and city line between Liverpool Street and barking. This is how it looks on the a13. Traffic moving well heading out of dagenham into barking. We hear it is building round there though. Theres been an accident on the m25, we have anticlockwise delays heading towardsjunction 24 for potters bar. Time for the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. Good morning. It was wet and windy for a short while through the night but the rain has pushed eastwards and has left behind cloud and plenty of spots of drizzle to wake up with this morning. Temperatures will start the day in high single figures in the cloud will move east and we will see the sunshine emerge and we should keep long sunny spells for much of the rest of the day and it will stay rather breezy today with top temperatures of around 12 or 14 celsius. Through the evening and overnight, there will be close skies at first but then we start to get more cloud and outbreaks of drizzle and light showers possibly but mostly dry tonight with temperatures slipping to single figures again. Tomorrow, a dry early start but there will be quite a bit of clout, some rain through the mid and late pa rt some rain through the mid and late part of the morning and then some sunshine to end the afternoon, when it will turn wet and windy again at times over the weekend and also a touch milder. And just before we go, time to tell you aboutjoe wicks, aka the body coach. Hes going to bejoining riz on our 6. 30 programme tonight to talk about his gruelling 24 hour pe challenge for children in need. To talk about his gruelling 24 hour it kicks off this morning. To talk about his gruelling 24 hour ill be back in half an hour. To talk about his gruelling 24 hour now its back to charlie and naga. To talk about his gruelling 24 hour hello this is breakfast with Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. Well bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast. Were talking to Kylie Minogue this morning about life in lockdown, and the new album that takes her back to her disco dancefloor roots. The nations favourite pe Teacherjoe Wicks is taking on a 24 hour fitness hell be speaking to us just before he kicks it off. And as children in need turns 40 this year were meeting the families that have benefitted from your donations throughout the years. Good morning. Heres a summary of todays main stories from bbc news. A former nurse has been charged with eight counts of murder and ten counts of attempted murder following an investigation into baby deaths at a hospital in chester. 30 year old lucy letby was re arrested on tuesday as part of an investigation which began in 2017. Shes due to appear at Warrington Magistrates Court later today. The Prime Ministers Director Communications has resigned amid reports of internal tensions in downing street. Lee cain said he was leaving next month, despite having been offered the role of number 10 chief of staff. There had been suggestions that Boris Johnsons chief advisor, dominic cummings, had been considering whether to follow suit, but its understood he has now decided to stay. The irish Prime Minister has called on the uk government to knuckle down and agree a deal with the eu on post brexit trade. In an interview with the bbc, Micheal Martin warned that failure to reach an agreement would be very damaging all round. It comes as the uk and the eu enter the final stage of negotiations ahead of the december 31st deadline. Typhoon vamco has made landfall in the philippines causing extensive damage and flooding. Residents were ordered to leave their homes as forecasters predicted a nine foot storm surge. Thousands have been moved to evacuation centres in the capital, manila, despite fears conditions could cause a spike in coronavirus cases. More than 20 tropical cyclones have hit the nation so far this year. Plans have been announced for a series of events in 2022 to mark the queens 70 years on the throne. No british monarch has celebrated a Platinum Jubilee before. The celebrations will include an extra Long Bank Holiday weekend from thursday 2 june to sunday 5 june. Yesterday, the uk passed 50,000 coronavirus related deaths. The news came days after we heard about the new Covid Vaccine thats in development. Gp surgeries have been warned that if all goes to plan and its rolled out, they will be busier than ever. So how are they preparing . Lets speak to dr rachel ward. Good morning. How are you . Im good, thanks. I was saying earlier, jonathan van tam, the deputy chief medical officer was talking about how hes going to be very busy over december helping to administer these vaccinations. How are you preparing . Yeah, this has been big news this week, the prospect of a potential vaccine, and i think its been pretty obvious to us that gps are best placed, really, to be the ones in the community administering the vaccine because we are in the community and also have contact with all of the vulnerable people, but at the same time this will be a huge undertaking, so we are dealing with a vaccine. We dont know which one yet, of course, that we have never used before. We are going to have to talk to people a lot more about it before administering it and going to have to use it in a different way and we are going to have to observe people after giving it because it is new to us and its not like rolling out a flu vaccine each year. So overall, this is going to require huge amounts of manpower, so at the moment, we are all looking at ways in which we can deliver this and we have been asked to deliver this vaccine 12 hours a day, seven days a week, which in some ways makes sense to get through the patients as quickly as possible. However, we have to remember we are in a setting where many people have been understaffed and unable to recruit for yea rs understaffed and unable to recruit for years now, so the prospect of additional work is a huge feet. And we are looking at ways to do that and we are concerned about how to carry on doing the routine work at the same time. Just the practicality of administering the vaccine, as it is new and less is known about it and the impact, i imagine each appointment will take longer because people will have lots of questions. Absolutely. We need to properly counsel people and get informed consent, as we call it and people need to know what they are doing when we delivered a vaccine. People are very familiar with the flu jab which is a very quick process and we can get through hundreds of people a day quite ill easily but it wont be the same with covid 19 and we will have to observe people and the suggestion at the moment is 15 minutes after giving the vaccine and also added into the mix we cannot have lots of people in the surgery. We are going to be dealing with the most vulnerable cohort, so there will be a limit on socially distancing and gradually bringing people through, so theres lots of difficult practicalities. A quick word on actually storing it, because it has to be kept at low temperatures. Have you being any given any guidance for surgeries that might not have the facilities at the moment . Not at the moment because we dont know when we will use it and we dont know how, and weve heard about this 70 degrees storage, but we dont know at one stage that will be removed and brought to practices, so theres a lot of uncertainty and we dont know how it will work at the moment. One thing to look at, research has shown that a third of older people have become anxious or less motivated during the pandemic. Are you seeing this as evidence when you are talking to your patients . Yes, this certainly reflects what we are seeing at unfortunately and if we think about the elderly population, they are at increased risk which is very stressful itself and because of that people have tended to really change what they have been doing to minimise that, so people are staying at home or not seeing their family and a lot of social activities for the alp for the elderly that can bea the alp for the elderly that can be a lifeline, like lunch clubs, have been cancelled to minimise risk, so people are seeing far fewer people and getting really isolated at home and finding it very difficult, so if you find yourself in the situation and you are aware ofafamily in the situation and you are aware of a Family Member in the situation, there is help and support out there, so there is help and support out there, so for example, in my practice, we employ someone from age uk to support these people, so get in touch with them or your gp and please dont suffer in silence at home. We are here to help and there is support for you. I suppose that leads nicely into the idea that the department of health and social care has said these rapid coronavirus tests are shown to have more than 99. 6 , soa tests are shown to have more than 99. 6 , so a high percentage, specificity, so these rapid test would be the answer in some ways for people who have not been able to have co nta ct people who have not been able to have contact with loved ones. What is your view on these tests . Any test in any situation, we need to think about several things and we need to think about who we are testing, why we are testing, and look at the actual process of the test and the actual benefits of the test, so in this situation, the specificity tells us that it is very good at differentiating who has and who does not have it in the test. Its not giving as many false positives, so its not saying somebody has covid 19 when they dont very often. What weve also noted with these rapid tests is that the level of sensitivity, so picking up the level of sensitivity, so picking up when somebody actually does have the test is pretty good, and its good specifically with people with a high viral rate, say what the researchers are saying is that the usefulness of the test is that its good at picking up people who are likely to infect others and also its not picking up too many people and saying they have it when they dont, which is honestly a balance. Rachel ward, always lovely talking to you. Thanks for explaining all of that for us and have a lovely day. I want to tell you about my triumph this morning. Specificity, isaid it. I never get to say correctly. Well done. I know, its the little things. With words like that, my is phenomenon. And my other one is arboretum. That is a lovely word though. How are you . Very good, thanks. A lovely big day of football. Your country gets behind the scene, you get a sticker book. When you are six . I still do it now, get into the song. Scotland fans havent had that for a generation. Anyone under the age of 22 doesnt know the feeling. Scotland and Northern Irelands, mens football teams, could both qualify for the european championships tonight. Scotland play serbia and a win would end a 22 year wait to reach a majorfinals while Northern Ireland take on slovakia. If they both win, itll be the first time in six decades that all four home nations have qualified for a major tournament, as adam wild reports. They remain some of footballs most enduring images, a teenage pele at the 1958 world cup, and that is as far back as you have to go for the last time, in fact, the only time all four home nations were represented at a major tournament. Now, both Northern Ireland and scotland are just one game away from joining wales and england and next summers european championship. Things may have changed just a little in 60 odd years, but now both nations stand once more on the brink of history. I think most people are looking forward to it and excited for the occasion. And weve had weve had experience maybe over the last four or five years big games. I think the lads looking forward to it and excited for the outcome. For Northern Ireland, its slovakia in belfast in front of exactly 1060 fans. That is all social distancing will allow. Were obviously disappointed for we kind of a full house because whenever you have a game of this magnitude, you want the fans who follow you through thick and thin to be there and obviously its been difficult times for a lot of people and a lot of people to tune in. And as i say, hopefully we can put a smile in the face, give them something to look forward to in the future of the back of a difficult year so far. For scotland, the wait for a major tournament has been long and painful. More than 20 years since their last. My whole generation has missed out on seeing scotland at major tournaments and seen, you know, you look back on old videos and talking to family and stuff how good tartan army used to be. We need to carry that with this because it gives us an incentive to give people a smile on their faces. Scotla nd ta ke give people a smile on their faces. Scotland take on serbia behind closed door in belgrade and they are tantalisingly close. From belfast to belgrade, two matches that could finally, after six decades, bring the home nations back together. Meanwhile the england manager Gareth Southgate says greg clarkes decision to resign as fa chairman was the right move. Clarke stood down on tuesday, after after he used outdated and offensive racial comments, in a parliamentary, select committee hearing. He was also criticsed, in relation to comments about gay players. The terminology he used in a number of areas was not acceptable and doesnt reflect the view of the fa, doesnt reflect what we as a team stand for. Erm, i dont think he had any alternative but to take the decision he did to resign. England play the republic of ireland ina england play the republic of ireland in a friendly tonight and ireland ta ke in a friendly tonight and ireland take on the usa. The 84th masters, starts today, and will be like, no other. Usually its the first golf major of the year, but its starting seven months later than scheduled, a year and a half after tiger woods rolled back the years, with his stunning victory, to pop on a fifth greenjacket. Its another chance for rory mcilroy to win his first title at Augusta National. Given recent form not being tipped by unlike bryson dechambeau. Although Michael Rayfield selects pressure than normal. Although Michael Rayfield selects pressure than normallj although Michael Rayfield selects pressure than normal. I dont mind this. Everything this year feels more subdued and relaxed and that is the feel for me, anyway. Obviously bryson will be feeling different because the intention is on him, and deservedly so, coming off the back ofa deservedly so, coming off the back of a major win. Rory sneaking under the radar and it might suit him. You can the radar and it might suit him. You ca n follow the radar and it might suit him. You can follow it this evening on the bbc sport website for commentary, and then highlights at 1130 on bbc two. I imagine rory is quite pleased, actually, because the focus has always been on him and its been focusing on how hes had a meltdown 01 focusing on how hes had a meltdown or not being good enough and it might nice to be on the sidelines. We are putting the pressure on him by featuring in there, i suppose. But he is a top golfer. Of course you will have our interest. We wish him well. Time to look at the weather and carol is there. We have cloud and rain and quite gusty wind moving steadily in the direction of the north sea but that will clear and it will be mainly dry and bright but later in the day we will see a return to cloudy and wet conditions and the winds will strengthen. This is the front that has been moving east overnight with a ridge of High Pressure behind and then the next area of low pressure comes our pressure behind and then the next area of low pressure comes oui way later. When we eventually lose all of this cloud and rain from the east coast it will brighten up and the winds will ease and longer in shetland and you might not see the back edge of it until the afternoon but through the days it will approach from the west in the cloud will build and we will see drizzle and patchy like rain on the wind will start to strengthen as well and then we will see the arrival of the band of rain. Temperatures today between 11 and 13, and may be 14 in the south. Through the evening and overnight we start off with clear skies in the east that the cloud will continue to build and that is followed in hot pursuit by the band of rain and gusty winds across the north west and in particular but you can see in the black circles. In the strongest will be in the north west and we will see a return to showers and we will see a return to showers and some will be heavy and thundery and some will be heavy and thundery and in parts of western scotland it will be a cold night but for the rest of us but temperatures in high single figures or low double figures. As we head through tomorrow here is the weather front, edging figures. As we head through tomorrow here is the weatherfront, edging in the direction of the south and east and if you look at the isobars you can tell it will be another breezy day and windiest across the north west and we are looking at gusts of wind with exposure, maybe more and a band of rain edges towards the south east and then a lot of dry weather and a few showers in the west. And the showers could be heavy and thundery. Temperature wise, between 11 and 14 degrees. As for the weekend, low pressure going to be driving the weather and we will see areas of low pressure moving across us see areas of low pressure moving across us and then look at the isobars. That is telling us it will be wet and windy. But its also going to be mild. You can see the southerly wind dragging in the milderair southerly wind dragging in the milder air represented by the yellows a nd milder air represented by the yellows and the ambers and change as we head towards the latter part of the weekend, so in summary for the weekend. Spells of rain, showers around and there will be sunshine and it will be windy, particularly in the south during the course of sunday, so southern england and parts of south wales and especially exposure where we can have gales and even a bit more to look out for. Carol, thank you very much. Tomorrow marks 40 years since the launch of children in need and since then, thousands of young people have been helped through some of the most challenging times of their lives. The pandemic continues to affect the Fundraising Efforts of many charities, so this year donations will be more vital than ever. Breakfasts Graham Satchell has been speaking to one family who are being helped when they need it most. Its just mind blowing. It started off with just one letter and then loads of people started sending me letters. When matty first became ill, his family set up a Facebook Page asking people to send letters of encouragement. It really helps me. It perks me up. And ive had a letters from all over the world. So when you get a child, thats written to you and its just drawing a picture. Its just brilliant. Matty was diagnosed with a brain tumor when he was 12. Hes been through surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy. I think its hard to put into words the impact that his illness has had on the family. Our life will never be the same again. But it doesnt mean we dont have a happy life. Making memories is what we do. Its the most important thing in our life we do. Its the most important thing in ourlife and we do. Its the most important thing in our life and i think watching someone in our life and i think watching someone in our family in our life and i think watching someone in ourfamily who is in our life and i think watching someone in our family who is the youngest member of the family go through such a horrific thing has been the worst thing you can imagine. I am on my way. 2018, and a magic moment. He was given the news that he was cancer free. Id had my treatment and i have been given the all treatment and i have been given the a ll clear treatment and i have been given the all clear and then i was on mastermind. Name . Matty. Age . Specialist subject . The harry potter films. You cant describe how amazing it was. It gives me great pleasure to present this children in need mastermind trophy to matty. We we re need mastermind trophy to matty. We were just happy. I cant explain. 0k, youve been thrown a massive curve ball, 0k, youve been thrown a massive curveball, but you come out the other side. And then he relapsed and it was the biggest smack in the face ive ever had. It wasjust horrendous. I cant explain how devastating it was. To note that the cancer was back and they werent sure they can do anything to help us. It can be a roller coaster ride for a lot of our families. They have difficult times and journeys. We are just there to try and help them create special memories and support them along that journey. This is rainbows childrens hospice which has provided a vital refuge for matty and his family. The people are amazing and so caring and they make everyone feel so welcome there. What they do is medication. They will do all of his care, because we couldnt do that. With Charity Shops shut and fundraising events cancelled, money is tight. Children in need has been helping to support rainbows with funding. The hospice has been my lifeline, from the word go, they just looked after me. Theyjust do everything. They are so supportive. They are like an extension of your family. We need to know that matty is happy. Its a sad time, but if we spend our time crying, we willjust be sad. We have to enjoy life. Hes an inspiration to us all and he is what keeps me going as well. He fights and he fights, and so much has happened to him and he is 16 years old and he keeps smiling. He is so positive, and i could not be more proud of him. When i was on my treatment, everyone used to say, you are so treatment, everyone used to say, you are so brave. I treatment, everyone used to say, you are so brave. I never treatment, everyone used to say, you are so brave. I never used to see it like that. I used to see it as life and you have got to get on with it, ina sense, and you have got to get on with it, in a sense, so i hear them say it all the time, but it never actually, i never actually realise what they actually mean, because to me it is just life. I try to just live a normal life. What matty will know how important it is for him, his mum, his sister, the dog, to talk about what hes going to be on showjust what an impact the donations from children in need have made it his life and we really should say thank you to matty and his family for speaking to us and his family for speaking to us and telling us their story. As he said, youvejust got and telling us their story. As he said, youve just got to get on with it, and who doesnt like a dog that can doa it, and who doesnt like a dog that can do a high five, and a slightly trivial note. Gorgeous dog. If you want to donate to this years children in need appeal, heres how you do it. You can donate £5. A lot of people had more time to themselves this year, which sometimes can be a good thing, creative. A bit of an idea who we are talking about. Kylie minogue has released a new album called disco, and she loves the feel good. She loves a bit of disco and i was lucky enough to meet before the latest lockdown restrictions were put in place to have a chat. Kylie, hello. Firstly, where has it gone, and how has it gone . So weird. How has it been . How has lockdown beard . Been . How has lockdown beard . Been . Ive had my own merely roller coaster mini roller coaster, and the start of the lockdown and feeling adrift and anxious and lost and confused and just, that eerie silence outside, yeah, i was asked to do so many things which i would have loved to do but in all honesty i was like, i cant pretend to be happy right now, i cant pretend to be solid and be that person. I really was finding my way to deal with it. How did you deal with it . Finish way to deal with it. How did you dealwith it . Finish an way to deal with it. How did you deal with it . Finish an album. Way to deal with it. How did you dealwith it . Finish an album. I feel anything could happen. The stars look different tonight. I can feel it. Once i got the home studio set up, that really was a coping mechanism and something that was a mission, a distraction, it was joyful. Are you now a technical guru in your home studio . We could roll with that, but i know the basics and the basics got me through. How did it work recording disco . |j the basics got me through. How did it work recording disco . I was keen to do new music and i went to the studio last year and early this year, right up until lockdown, in and out of the studio every day and obviously we knew that lockdown was looming and the atmosphere was changing in the studio every day, not least as soon as anybody left, it was like, wash your hands . Lets talk big hair, disco. Actually, for the album cover, that was my first real day at work out of lockdown, like the first tentative day of the covid 19 supervisor and everyone has masks, and everyone is looking different and we thought, we have the kind of idea and we will kind of have no hair, in a splash fashion speak, and the next thing, massive curls, massive earrings. So, apart from the album, what did you look forward to . Did you learn a new language . Did you cook more . have to confess, the kind of basic list of, ill get all of that done, ill rearrange those cupboards, ill go through the e mails, sorting, none. Did you manage to see family . Did you get in touch with them . Im a lwa ys did you get in touch with them . Im always good at staying in touch with family, so as per, i havent seen any of them because theyre all in australia. The last time after an interview, we hugged. Stop it. Dont upset me any more. Next time. I think that, itsjust upset me any more. Next time. I think that, its just so unnatural, isnt it. We will get there, hey . Kylie. Isnt it. We will get there, hey . Kylie. To isnt it. We will get there, hey . Kylie. To you and charlie. He will appreciate that. And everyone watching. Hope we will keep you company in the morning. You always do. She watches us, you know. Morning, kylie . Do you think she is watching us now . She does. She taught me some of her dance moves and she wants you to try it next. That will be a mistake. Definitely a mistake. It will be joyous. That will be a mistake. Definitely a mistake. It will bejoyous. Both wearing trouser suits were you,. I was wearing a trouser suit. Well observed. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where good morning, im sonja jessup. Police investigating an incident where a car crashed into a Police Station in north london last night say theyre satisfied theres no risk to the wider community. Footage posted on social media shows a vehicle partially embedded into the entrance of the building in edmonton, and a man then pouring petrol onto the street and setting it on fire. Police say its not being treated as terror related, and are questioning a man on suspicion of arson. Croydon councils been accused of playing monopoly after effectively declaring itself bankrupt last night. Emergency spending restrictions have been imposed. The leader of the opposition, jason perry, criticised the labour council, saying theyd been warned. The recently appointed leader, hamida ali, accepted the authority had made mistakes, on top of the impact of coronavirus. The Charity Mencap has raised fears the coronavirus pandemic has made it more difficult for people with learning disabilities and autism to find and keep jobs. Its a concern shared by the Leonard Cheshire charity, who found that seven out of ten disabled people have either lost income, been furloughed, or lost their jobs completely since march. An individual who has learning disability and or autism doesnt mean they cant work. In fact, they are incredible employees and its just about making sure they have the equal chances everybody else does in society. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. On the tube a faulty track is causing some problems this morning, there are minor delays on both the circle and hammersmith city lines. This is how it looks on the a13 traffic is building out of dagenham into barking. Theres been an accident on the m25, we have anticlockwise delays heading towardsjunction 24 for potters bar and in the city, there are roadworks westbound on old street at the junction with hoxton street. Time for the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. Hello, good morning. It was wet and windy for a short while through the night but that rain has now pushed its way eastwards and its left behind plenty of cloud and a few spots of drizzle to wake up with this morning. Temperatures to start off the day in high single figures. That cloud again is going to move eastwards, and well see the sunshine emerge. We should keep long sunny spells for much of the rest of the day. It will stay rather breezy today top temperatures of around 12 14 celsius. Now, through this evening and overnight, there will be some clear skies at first but then well start to get more cloud again, a few outbreaks of drizzle, a few light showers around possibly, but mostly dry tonight temperatures just slipping back into single figures once more. Tomorrow, a dry early start but therell be quite a bit of cloud, therell be some rain through the mid to the late part of the morning, and then some sunshine as we end the afternoon. It will turn wet and windy again at times over the weekend, and also a touch milder. And just before we go, time to tell you aboutjoe wicks aka the body coach hes going to bejoining riz on our 6. 30 programme tonight to talk about his gruelling 24 hour pe challenge for children in need. It kicks off this morning. Ill be back in half an hour. Now its back to charlie and naga. Bye for now. Good morning, welcome to breakfast with Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. Our headlines today. A 30 year old nurse will appear in court this morning, charged with murdering eight babies at a hospital in chester. The economys recovering but theres a long way to go. It but theres a long way to go. Recovered by more th was it recovered by more than 15 . There was a big boost in spending but it wont last. I will ask the bosses of wahaca and waterstones, what now . One of the Prime Ministers closest advisers, lee cain, quits as director of communications, amid signs of behind the scenes infighting in downing street a Bonus Bank Holiday a special four day weekend is announced to celebrate her majestys 70th year on the throne in 2022. Its been six decades since all four nations were at a major football finals. Tonight that could change as scotlands mens side aim to reach their first championships since 1998 whilst Northern Ireland also play for a place at the euros next summer. Good morning. A band of cloud and rain pushing into the night to see them for many it will be dry with some sunshine but it wont last. I will have the details in about eight minutes. Its thursday the 12th of november. A former nurse will appear in court this morning charged with eight counts of murder and ten counts of attempted murder following an investigation into baby deaths at a hospital in chester. 30 year old lucy letby was re arrested on tuesday as part of an investigation which began in 2017. Our correspondent, mark edwardson, is at Warrington Magistrates Court, where shes due to appear later. Tell us more about what we know so far. Yes, charlie, as you say, lucy letby is charged with eight counts of murder and ten counts of attempted murder. That is following baby deaths at the Neonatal Unit at the countess of Chester Hospital. It follows a n the countess of Chester Hospital. It follows an investigation by Cheshire Police which started more than three yea rs police which started more than three years ago. They allege that miss letby was responsible for eight baby deaths and ten what they describe as nonfatal collapses that took place over 12 months betweenjune 2015 and june 2016. Miss letby was first arrested back in 2018 and bailed, and that happened again last year. The charges she faces today are the result of her being arrested on tuesday. Cheshire police say the pa rents of tuesday. Cheshire police say the parents of the babies involved have been kept up to speed, they are being kept informed and are being supported by specialist officers. Miss letby has been remanded in custody and is expected to appear here at Warrington Magistrates Court later today to answer those charges are. Thank you very much. In the last few minutes the latest gdp figures have been announced, which gives us an indication of how the economy is doing. Nina is here for us and can update us. They have just come out in the last couple of minutes. Gdp, Gross Domestic Product, the value of all we make and do. We look every three months to see if there is growth. In the Third Quarter of this year, july to september, there was. It was significant. 15. 5 , that is roughly what we expected. It was that period when we emerged from full lockdown so when we emerged from full lockdown so not a surprise the months that nonessential retail resumes, eat out to help out, but crucially it came off the back of a huge debt in the Second Quarter of around 20 . What it does mean is that technically we are out of a recession but that is a technicality. We are still way behind where we were before it lockdown started, before the pandemic and, of course, we have now re entered significant restrictions across the four nations so we shall see what the Fourth Quarter has in store. We will be speaking to the bosses of wa haca store. We will be speaking to the bosses of wahaca and waterstones. People are hearing what you say and the figures are the figures, it feels like there is a discrepancy between what the statistics are saying and what it feels like. Absolutely. A recession is where for it to month periods, the size of the economy gets smaller stock if it gets bigger we are officially out of the recession but because the debt was so significant between march all the way to the end ofjuly, this between march all the way to the end of july, this recovery between march all the way to the end ofjuly, this recovery we have seen over the tail end of the summer doesnt come as close as we would like to a full recovery. Predictions for when that will happen, it could be up to three years or so. We will look more closely at the numbers and what is boosted that over that three month period because times have changed since thatjuly to september period. Economists always look ahead as opposed to what is behind so we will see what comes next. One of the Prime Ministers closest aides has resigned amid reports of internal tensions in downing street. Director of Communications Lee cain said he was leaving next month, despite having been offered the role of number 10 chief of staff. Lets find out more now from our political correspondent, chris mason, who is at downing street for us this morning. Look, yesterday, we heard the uk reached that awful landmark of 50,000 deaths from coronavirus. Why then do we care so much about what is going on in downing street behind you . Good morning. That is the crux of this, isnt it . As to why this matters. This is an outbreak of Office Politics in the most Political Office in the land. It is also about the resignation of a man you have probably never heard of from a job you didnt know he had. This is why it matters. It influences who is running the country, who has the ear of the Prime Minister. It matters in the context of the coronavirus pandemic because there has been concerns expressed behind that black door in government, in the broader conservative party and in the wider country about how the pandemic is being handled and crucially how it is being communicated by the government. Director of communications is essential to that. There was an attempt in downing street to bring some order to the chaos and offer him a promotion, to make him chief of staff because he has worked alongside borisjohnson for years, going all the way back to the Eu Referendum. But there was an outbreak of real annoyance from the plenty who simply did not want that to happen. One of the most influential voices making that case to the Prime Minister despite the fa ct to the Prime Minister despite the fact that Boris Johnson to the Prime Minister despite the fact that borisjohnson had made thisjob of it fact that borisjohnson had made this job of it was carrie symons, the fiancee of Boris Johnson, this job of it was carrie symons, the fiancee of borisjohnson, but also crucially late former director of communications very plugged into a conservative mps who were no doubt saying they were not keen on lee cain taking this job. Saying they were not keen on lee cain taking thisjob. This matters because it determines how the country is run and this outbreak of fury behind that door last night may not yet be over. Thanks for taking us not yet be over. Thanks for taking us through that. The irish Prime Minister has called on the uk government to knuckle down and agree a deal with the eu on post brexit trade. In an interview with the bbc, Micheal Martin warned that failure to reach an agreement would be very damaging all round. It comes as the uk and the eu enter the final stage of negotiations ahead of the december 31st deadline. Europe does want a deal and is anxious we get it because it is the sensible thing to do. We all represent people, we have all had a very significant shock to our Economic System because of covid 19. The last thing we need now across all of our respective economies is a second major shock. Typhoon vamco has made landfall in the philippines, causing extensive damage and flooding. Residents were ordered to leave their homes as forecasters predicted a nine foot storm surge. Thousands have been moved to evacuation centres in the capital, manila, despite fears conditions could cause a spike in coronavirus cases. More than 20 tropical cyclones have hit the nation so far this year. 7 10am. A four Day Bank Holiday is scheduled forjune 2022 to celebrate the queens 70 years on the throne. Ministers are promising to mark the Platinum Jubilee with what they describe as a spectacular once in a generation show. Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. No british monarch has celebrated a Platinum Jubilee before. By the time the country marks the queens 70 years on the throne in 2022, shell be 96. Nonetheless, the government says this milestone will be marked by what it calls. The celebrations will climax over an extra Long Bank Holiday weekend from thursday the 2nd ofjune to sunday the 5th ofjune inclusive. Events are at an early stage of planning, but theyre likely to echo some of the features of previousjubilees. The queen marked the 25th anniversary of her accession with her silverjubilee back in 1977. 50 years on the throne was celebrated by the goldenjubilee in 2002, when she undertook a lengthy series of visits to different parts of the country. Most recently, in 2012, she marked 60 years on the throne with her Diamond Jubilee which was also celebrated across a long weekend. There was a pageant on the thames which was handicapped by the weather and, after a service of thanksgiving at st pauls cathedral, an appearance on the palace balcony in front of large crowds. Whatever may be in store to mark her 70 years on the throne, itll be an opportunity for the country to show its appreciation for a monarch who continues to break records. Nicholas witchell, bbc news. June 2022, what will the weather be like . Laughter it will be sunny and i reckon that temperature will be around 21 degrees are. Good to know i will probably have retired by then. Good morning. We have a weather front moving steadily towards the north sea, taking cloud and blustery winds with it and also rain. Behind it, some dry and bright conditions. That will not last and this is why. There is the weather front heading up, transient High Pressure settling things down. The next area of low pressure with its attendant funds bringing more rain, figure clad stronger winds. When we say goodbye to that rain which will not be too long now, the next couple of hours, it dries up, the sun comes out, but in the west, head of the weather fronts coming in from the atlantic the cloud will build, we will see patchy rain, drizzle and later as the wind to strengthen, return to some wet weather. Temperatures 11 to about 14 degrees. Through this evening and overnight, some clear skies to start with in the east but not long before the cloud and advances from the west with some sunshine ahead of this band of rain, and gusty winds. The black circles tell you strength of wind gusts to expect. As well as that, some blustery showers and also some will be heavy and thundery. Under clear skies parts of Northern Ireland, western scotland will be cold, but the rest of the uk, relatively mild. Tomorrow we pick up the band of rain as it continues to skip down to the south east. Brighter skies followed behind, still windy in the north west, gusting up to 50 mph with showers. Again the potential for them to be heavy and thundery, temperatures nine to about 14 degrees. Im off to see if it is going to be a white christmas, ill see you later. I thought you didnt like making predictions. We were a lwa ys like making predictions. We were always told, do not ask carol temperature will be like at christmas or whether it will snow. Then we get told you will have one of your famous temper tantrums if we do ask you. Its true you have got no shame, girl no discretion, i think you mean. Laughter there is an e mail coming from you now, isnt there . Yeah . Ok. 7 14am. We have done are talking about the economy. Important figures out this morning but it takes a bit of explaining. Important figures out this morning but it takes a bit of explainingm does. Good news but we have to be careful. The good news the bounce back is on. The bad news its unlikely to last. Confirmation then the economy grew by 15. 5 in july, august and september. Sounds good but thats from a frightening base line. January to march the economy took a hit of 2. 5 as the Global Economy first felt the impact of covid and we entered lockdown at the tail end of march. April tojune a record breaking contraction of the economy by almost a fifth as offices, pubs and restaurants, nonessential retail pulled the shutters down. Ok, so today theres the growth but the scales are not balanced to pre pandemic levels. Of couse we spent big in that period pent up demand in retail, pubs, bars and cinemas. The eat out to help out scheme. But that feels like a long time ago now. Since then weve seen regional restrictions, the tier systems and full National Lockdowns in Northern Ireland, wales and england. What really matters of course are not the numbers but the jobs behind them. Lets speak to two well known businesses faring very differently. Thomasina miers wahaca restaurants are closed again, as are james daunts Waterstones Book stores although his business has been benefiting from online orders as people curl up with a book in lockdown part two. Good mind to both of you. Thomasina, we will start with you. Good news but i bet august feels like an awfully long time ago. A long time ago. I awfully long time ago. A long time ago. Lam awfully long time ago. A long time ago. I am co founder of wahaca, i dont run it, but august is a long time away and of course our industry is unique and employs so many people. 3. 2 Million People directly. Another 1. 5 million indirectly. The government hasnt really addressed this issue of rent and debt yet. It is crucial we get together with landlords, governments and businesses together to work out what will happen with this rent debt issue that has been accumulating since march. Until we do that there will be many more businesses that hit the wall because rents and rates have been so high in the last couple of years, just only going upwards. The other issue is rents and rates are only upward moving. We have seen this amazing trend since lockdown of people working part time from home, a few days a week, which is a really positive thing. But if businesses like ours are going to survive vent rents and rates really have to be downward looking, as well, as the market, the football simply isnt there in the big cities of. The chancellor has released a statement in the last ten minutes and what he saysis in the last ten minutes and what he says is there is a lot of support out there. The furlough scheme, vat reductions, Business Loans and grants. How close does that come to covering your overheads . Their rents and the rates are the things that are really going to wipe out businesses when people are not allowed to come in. I would argue that there was have to be frozen whenever there is a lockdown, whenever there is a lockdown, whenever there is a lockdown, whenever there is a stringent tier syste m whenever there is a stringent tier system where people are basically discouraged from coming into restaurants. We are not forcibly told to shut but effectively our lifeline has completely been taken away. Those fellow schemes lack of those furlough schemes will not come close to covering the cost because the rent and rates are the main things. James, you have had a different opportunity to pivot to online sales. How does that offset the footfall reduction . For a large retailer with an all singing all dancing website, that is fine ish but you still have all of your cost structure embedded in the shops. And for our neighbours, particularly for smaller independent retailers, there is no such lifeline. We live on high streets where we need an ecosystem, an environment that people enjoy coming to. And if we open our doors again, and particularly when we get through to the other side of christmas and into spring and find that lots of independence in particular have closed, permanently closed, that will be a tragedy and will hit us also popular once they are lost, they are gone for ever, many times. It is a fact that the less we humans interact, the virus goes down. Unfortunately that means the economy has to take a hit and that includes you, there is a very human. I might contest that in that other governments, notably the German Government, have recognised that retail itself is a safe environment. Everybody wears masks, social distancing, lots of safety measures. Retail is a safe and that is why the German Government has ke pt is why the German Government has kept all of its retail open. And indeed why this government has kept the substantial part in terms of the Square Footage open. The supermarkets are open, many major retailers are open. Some are closed, disproportionately specialist retailers and small independent retailers. Ironically the very people who are least able to withstand a second shock. It is not based on science, it is based on psychology that a message has to be got out and we support that message. But i think it could have been explained with the backing of science and could have kept retail open. Thomasina, would you accept the governments point that specifically in our hospitality environment we are more likely to let our guard down and interact in a more physical way . Let our guard down and interact in a more physicalway . Sadly, i wouldnt. If you look at all the data, and that is what is disappointing, that this government doesnt seem to read its own data, between two and 3 of transmissions at any time were happening in hospitality. Nothing was transmitted in hospitality. We are the safest spaces. We spent millions and billions of pounds on screens, masks, regular hygiene. I would argue they are some of the safest places where people can come and socialise because fundamentally it isa human socialise because fundamentally it is a human need for us to be together and socialise but we can do that in safe spaces and hospitality provider though is spaces. Things like the knee jerk reactions to cu rfews, like the knee jerk reactions to curfews, they think will do nothing, but it wipes billions of pounds of ourtop but it wipes billions of pounds of our top lines. All it did was push everyone out into the street at the same time. I would argue that is not safe, but letting people come in and enjoy themselves in very safe spaces. We saw injuly and august millions and millions of people coming out to see each other and eat again and they were no rises in cases of the virus. The rises only happened when a large amounts of people came back from their Summer Holidays from abroad, bringing the virus with them, and people started flooding back into schools, universities and workplaces. Even when those lockdown measures happened up north, the cove covid ratesjust carried on rising. It didnt matter when you shut hospitality at. We will have to leave it there, many thanks to you and james daunt from waterstones we re and james daunt from waterstones were talking to us this morning. The government would say that the less we interact the increased restrictions would mean the r number of the virus will decrease. They have also pointed to the furlough scheme, vat reduction and reduction in business rates. It is very difficult, it is what the Prime Minister talks about repeatedly, the balance between protecting our health and the economy. Thank you very much. A 26 year old libyan man has pleaded guilty to killing three men earlier this year as they enjoyed a summer evening in a reading park. James furlong, david wails, and Joseph Ritchie bennett were stabbed to death in forbury gardens injune. In moment well speak to a friend of theirs but first this report from our Home Affairs Correspondent daniel sandford. It was a warm june evening as the first covid lockdown was starting to ease when Khairi Saadallah launched his extremely rapid and deadly attack. Forbury gardens was full of people. The pubs including the nearby blagrave arms, popular with readings Gay Community were still shut. Three friends from the pub a schoolteacher called james furlong, an american Customer Services manager called Joseph Ritchie bennett, and a scientist called david wails were sitting together when they were all stabbed from behind. Minutes later, Khairi Saadallah was arrested. He had apparently deliberately cut himself to make it look like he was a victim. At a hearing at the old bailey next month the prosecution will argue that he should be given a whole life tariff, that he should never be released from prison. They say that this was an ideologically motivated terrorist attack and it was substantially premeditated. The defence will argue that the sentence should be reduced because of Khairi Saadallahs poor mental health. Daniel sandford, bbc news. Were joined now by michael main, who was a friend ofjames, joe and david. Very good morning to you. Thank you so very good morning to you. Thank you so much for talking to us today. I wa nt to so much for talking to us today. I want to festival. Can i get your reaction to the guilty plea . How did you hear about and what did it mean to you . The guilty plea made me feel a bit more confident that we are going to get a bit more justice for what this person has done. Tell us a little bit more about the incident itself and how it resonated within the community amongst your friends and those people in that community who used that part, as well. Its quite difficult to talk for other people, but for me personally, i found it a bit more difficult to go in there now. But it is quite weird not to go in there with them either, because we always used to. From what i understand, you knew all three of them but it was david who you knew it most. Can you tell us. I think it most. Can you tell us. I think it is important in tragic circumstances like this, and ive read a lot, all three of them, from theirfamily read a lot, all three of them, from their family and friends about their characters, what they were like. Tell us a bit about david. David, he was. Oh, iwasnt tell us a bit about david. David, he was. Oh, i wasnt preparing for this david was. He had a funny sense of humour. He was the first person that actually spoke to me when i first got to reading and he made me feel welcome and always did that for everyone. He would do anything he could for anyone. didnt mean. Im sorry if i sort of off track to you. I didnt mean to surprise you. I think sometimes it is very important when we talk about the horrific incident like this, it is important to remember positively the people who have been victims, and i think from what i am reading about what people are saying, these Three Friends where people who were really loved, had many friends in the local community. Yes, they were. Michael, in terms of Going Forward now, has it changed the way you think people. Have people been behaving and their patterns . I know we are living in extraordinary times at the moment. Yes. I know i walked down the street with what i have to feel is like eyes on the back of my head. I know i shouldnt have to feel like that but i think that is what this plea, this Court Hearing will actually help with. If it is deemed to be a terrorist and ideological, then we cannot get scared as such, but we can. It gets it put out there that it still does happen, these attacks. We appreciate you speaking to us today. I know its not always easy today. I know its not always easy to speak when you have lost someone as close as you have. Thank you very much. Thank you, thank you. Time now is 7 27am. We have a lot coming up on the programme today. We will be speaking to joe wicks, on the programme today. We will be speaking tojoe wicks, you are recognising from his fitness Classes Online which kept so many People Company through lockdown. He is taking ona company through lockdown. He is taking on a 24 hour fitness challenge for children in need. He will be talking to us before it kicks off, jumps off, just after 8am. Good morning. Im sonja jessup. Police investigating an incident where a car crashed into a Police Station in north london last night say theyre satisfied theres no risk to the wider community. Footage posted on social media shows a vehicle partially embedded into the entrance of the building in edmonton, and a man then pouring petrol onto the street and setting it on fire. Police say its not being treated as terror related and are questioning a man on suspicion of arson. Croydon councils been accused of playing monopoly after effectively declaring itself bankrupt last night. Emergency spending restrictions have been imposed. The leader of the opposition, jason perry, criticised the labour council, saying theyd been warned. The recently appointed leader hamida ali accepted the authority had made mistakes on top of the impact of coronavirus. The Charity Mencap has raised fears the coronavirus pandemic has made it more difficult for people with learning disabilities and autism to find and keepjobs. Its a concern shared by the Leonard Cheshire charity, who found that seven out of ten disabled people have either lost income, been furloughed, or lost their jobs completely since march. An individual who has learning disability and or autism doesnt mean they cant work. In fact, they are incredible employees and its just about making sure they have the equal chances everybody else does in society. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. We still have problems on the tube as they try to fix a faulty track this morning. There are minor delays on both the circle and hammersmith and city lines lets take a look at neasden. There are eastbound delays heading towards the iron bridge. Its due to works taking place near Great Central way and theres been an accident in bexleyheath, erith road is closed at Mayfield Place west. We have queues southbound back towards the barnehurst rail bridge. Time for the weather now with elizabeth rizzin. Hello, good morning. It was wet and windy for a short while through the night but that rain has now pushed its way eastwards and its left behind it plenty of cloud and a few spots of drizzle to wake up with this morning. Temperatures to start off the day in high single figures. That cloud again is going to move eastwards, and well see the sunshine emerge. We should keep long sunny spells for much of the rest of the day. It will stay rather breezy today top temperatures of around 12 14 celsius. Now, through this evening and overnight, there will be some clear skies at first but then well start to get more cloud again, a few outbreaks of drizzle, a few light showers around possibly, but mostly dry tonight temperatures just slipping back into single figures once more. Tomorrow, a dry early start but therell be quite a bit of cloud, therell be some rain through the mid to the late part of the morning, and then some sunshine as we end the afternoon. It will turn wet and windy again at times over the weekend, and also a touch milder. And just before we go, time to tell you aboutjoe wicks, aka the body coach, hes going to bejoining riz on our 6. 30 programme tonight to talk about his gruelling 24 hour pe challenge for children in need. It kicks off this morning. Ill be back in an hour. Hello, this is breakfast with Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. In the last half hour weve heard that the economy bounced back from recession growing 15. 5 between july and september. The rise came after a six month slump caused by the first lockdown. Analysts are warning its likely to shrink again because of recent restrictions in different parts of the country. We can speak now to the housing and communities secretary, robertjenrick. Good morning and thanks for being with us this morning. So, a 15. 5 jump with us this morning. So, a 15. 5 jump injuly to september, so technically the uk is out of recession, but the reality years, that the uk economy is still not in a healthy place. Thats right. The numbers published today are good news but i dont want to overstate them but it shows the economy did bounce back over the summer and there was good Economic Activity but over the autumn it began to slow as rates of the virus started to increase and people became more concerned about what the autumn and winter might bring in the new National Measures we have put in place this month which we had to put in place will no doubt have had a further effect on that as well, so its going to be a challenging year for the economy, but what we can do in government in addition to all of the support for people who find themselves in challenging circumstances, like the fellow scheme that has now been extended to the end of the Financial Year is to try to provide hope and opportunity for those people who have had to leave their jobs for those people who have had to leave theirjobs or are considering doing so. Today, for example, we are announcing the first group of young people starting on the chancellors kick start scheme which helps people to get theirfirst kick start scheme which helps people to get their first opportunity in the workplace despite the economic challenges that they are experiencing. How do these 90,000 young people in the kick start scheme have jobs to go to when we saw 314,000 scheme have jobs to go to when we saw 314, 000 redundancies scheme have jobs to go to when we saw 314,000 redundancies made in the period between july and saw 314,000 redundancies made in the period betweenjuly and september . Where have the jobs come from. Although some parts of the economy are in an exceptionally challenging situation there are growing businesses as well. And the chancellor and Prime Minister visited tesco yesterday who are taking on kick starters and that is a business that has been able to grow as people are working from home and making more use of their local supermarkets and ordering online online deliveries. As with any recession, some businesses will benefit and as others suffer and contract so there are good Job Opportunities out there and we want to ensure through the kick start scheme that the government is helping employers who feel able to recruit at this point to take on young people, about 4000 employers have already signed up to the scheme andi have already signed up to the scheme and i hope more will do so in the weeks and months ahead. That will bring forward tens of thousands of opportunities but what we know already from this economic downturn is that young people are going to be the group particularly exposed and it will be very challenging for them on top of all the other things we are seeing for example with learning being disrupted at school and at university so the chancellor and Prime Ministers priority is to ensure that we learn the lessons from previous recessions and try to put in place as many schemes whether apprenticeships, training or programmes like this where the government steps in and helps to pay the wages of young people for a period of time to ensure young people get opportunities despite the challenges. Hospitality uk predicts half a millionjobs challenges. Hospitality uk predicts half a million jobs could challenges. Hospitality uk predicts half a millionjobs could go in that sector alone this year and youve suggested tesco the supermarkets, so what other industries are the jobs freely available for young people and for those 340,000 made redundant in the last three months . There are some sectors of the economy performing relatively well and i dont want to overstate the case. But you did say they were Job Opportunities. I will give you some examples. We have worked hard to keep the housing and construction sector open, for example, a sector that initially in march contracted and closed many of its sites during the First National lockdown but they have now opened and despite the new National Measures we have been able to have those sites continue and actually the Housing Market is proving quite robust and resilient and we hope that will continue although there is no guarantee of that and that itself depends on wider Economic Confidence going into next year but thats a sector that has done much better than many people would have predicted. In some of the big beneficiaries we are seeing art technology, health care, life sciences, those businesses in which the uk has huge strength, not careers available to everyone in all parts of the country although we wish that was the case, but there will be opportunities there and there are many Great British businesses very much at the forefront of the big changes we are seeing not just forefront of the big changes we are seeing notjust in our economy but in the Global Economy as a result of peoples understandable move to Online Retail and the new ways of working we are experiencing. So, the kick start scheme will help a quarter of a million young people. Is that correct . We hope so. There is no limit on the number who could benefit. The reason i asked. The reason i ask is because there are three and a half million under 25 is not in full time education and around 700,000 young people leaving education this year, so if we focus on that quarter of a million, after six months, how many would be guaranteed jobs . We dont know how many will be guaranteed jobs but we do know that those young people will have spent six months in the workplace with reputable employers and have gained all of the experience that comes with that of that particular professional career but also the workplace skills that come with being in a job for a sustained period of time. Their cv will be much stronger than it was six months or so before so whether they stay with that particular employer and we hope that is the case, but even if they dont they will be in an immeasurably better position to go and find another role than they would have been beforehand and that is what we have learned from previous recessions. If you can get young people intojobs quickly than they are much more likely to stay in it or be able to move to another one. Its when people of any age have sustained periods out of the workplace that they start to get into difficulties and you find that their long term Career Prospects are really set back, so that is what the chancellor is trying to prevent with the kick start chancellor is trying to prevent with the kick sta rt programme, chancellor is trying to prevent with the kick start programme, but its one of a number of interventions to help younger people and as i say, more investment in apprenticeships, more investment in apprenticeships, more investment in apprenticeships, more in careers advice both in schools and afterwards and more support for training in the workplace. And for older people as well, of all ages, the Prime Minister is also announcing a lifetime skills guarantee that ensures people can access good quality technical or vocational education, regardless of age. Right, cani education, regardless of age. Right, can i talk to you about the director of communications at number ten. He has said he is going to resign. You will be well aware that we understood that the uk has now had 50,000 deaths from coronavirus but we hear on the same day that lee cain, director of communications has quit, and there are factions in downing street and all of this while the public is expecting a strong, sta ble tea m the public is expecting a strong, stable team focused on tackling coronavirus not focused on tackling infighting. Can you explain or can you reassure the public that your focus is on keeping us safe and getting rid of this pandemic . certainly can. Its understandable that journalists in certainly can. Its understandable thatjournalists in particular will be interested in the personalities of who works as advisors in number 10 downing street, but the Prime Minister runs the government, he is surrounded by a good team, a strong tea m surrounded by a good team, a strong team of advisers and of course the cabinet who are busy working on their particular areas to move the country forward. Its a challenging time as we know, and weve been discussing the state of the economy and the concerns and anxiety people will have their with respect to the jobs, but our sole focus on government is trying to steer the country through the pandemic, protect peoples jobs and also to ensure all the other things people ca re ensure all the other things people care about are not neglected as well. This week has actually been a week of good news, and of course the figure of 50,000 deaths is a tragic one and we mourn every one of those individuals and our thoughts are with theirfamilies individuals and our thoughts are with their families and friends but we have seen hope as well this week, particularly with the vaccine use which gives us the prospect of moving into a better world next year, and also the work that has been done by the nhs and the military in liverpool with a mass testing there which we now hope to roll out to other towns and cities across the country, so science is working and we are seeing signs of hope and opportunity for the future. The government now needs to focus on our day job the government now needs to focus on our dayjob which is shepherding the country through this difficult period. Robert jenrick, thank you for your time this morning. Time to go over that way, because mike is there. You have some european football action. We will start with a little guest the year question, so what year was this. The spice girls we re what year was this. The spice girls were number one at christmas with goodbye and tony blair was Prime Minister and furbies became many peoples favourite pet and it was the year google was founded. 1998. A voice from over there has got it right. You see, i can read the otoole q. Stop cheating. I was going to say 1992. I can read the autocue. The reason im talking about 1998, that is how far scotland fa ns about 1998, that is how far scotland fans have to go back to the last time that there mens side reached a majorfinal. 22 years on from that world cup a win against serbia in belgrade and theyll seal a place at next summers european championship. I was still playing the last time scotland qualified, a very, very long time ago, so yes, there is definitely a generation that has missed the atmosphere and the feeling you get as a nation when you do qualify, that proud feeling, so hopefully the group can deliver. And if you were watching an hour ago, apologies there will be no fans in belgrade , but over in belfast there will be exactly one thousand and 60 as Northern Ireland take on slovakia at windsor park. They ended a 30 year wait, for a trip to a major finals by reaching euro 2016 and could now make it, back to back european championships, with a win later, captain steve davis says the team, want to win for the fans, and is looking forward, to having some in the stands. Hopefully that will help us. We are obviously disappointed we cant have a full house because whenever you have a game of this magnitude you want the fans who have followed you through thick and thin to be there and try and enjoy the moment. Obviously its been difficult times for a lot of people and a lot of people will be able to tune in and, as i say, hopefully we can put a smile on their face, give them something to look forward to in the future off the back of whats been a difficult year so far. Also tonight, england play the republic of ireland in a friendly while wales take on the usa. The other big story is in golf. The masters, starts today, seven months later than scheduled, so its a year and a half, since tiger woods rolled back the years with his stunning victory, to don a fifth greenjacket. Now the flowers of spring have been replaced by autumn shades, and Augusta National will have a very different feel over the next four days, but how differently will it play . Patrick gearey looks ahead for us. One of sports greatest beauties in a new seasons clothes. This is autumn in augusta a scene we rarely see. In the worlds imagination its always spring here, like it was 18 months ago for the incredible second blooming of tiger woods. Imagine this without the noise, without the people. Its strange. But sometimes it might be better to have peace particularly for those who have suffered failure among the azaleas. Rory mcilroy would have felt quite relieved to be without spectators when it all went wrong in 2011, and hes happy to be heading into the one major he hasnt won. Quietly. I dont mind this. This is. This is nice. Its, you know, it feels like everything this year its more subdued, its more relaxed. Its sort of, just. Thats the feel for me, anyway. Obviously, brysons going to be feeling a little different because, you know, the attention is on him. Bryson is bryson dechambeau, who looks nothing like he did at the last masters hes added 45le of muscle and set about smashing the worlds golf courses apart. Few can even imagine hitting the ball where he does. And without spectators, theres more space for him to aim at. As of this year, its going to be different because im going to be able to hit it on certain lines where patrons would be. And ifeel like it does provide me a little bit of an advantage in that case to be able hit into those areas without thinking about it at all. Augusta national sees itself as a sanctuary from the outside world, but the bubble cant keep everything out. The flowers have gone, the galleries will be empty, but there will still be a story. And at the end of it all, there will still be a master. Patrick geary, bbc news. You can see the first day of the highlights at 1130 and you are saying Tommy Fleetwood might sneak it. That was a conversation we were having fair. I thought it was fair comment. I think is very underrated. He has been successful, but i am not putting any money on anything. You cant. The masters is a different thing. These new conditions as well. Excellent. Heres carol with a look at the weather. Cloudy . Theres a lot of things going on, cloudy, sunny, wet and windy as well, but this is a gorgeous weather watcher picture from eastbourne and you can see the sun is out and we have got a weather front continuing to push on to the north sea and behind it it will be mainly dry and there will be sunshine, but then its going to cloud over from the west and we will see the arrival of more rain and windy conditions as the next area of low pressure comes our way. In between the rain in the next area of low pressure we have a transient ridge of High Pressure which is settling things down. A bit of cloud to clear eastern areas with spots of rain and it will stay around shetland into the afternoon before it leaves you and then a lot of dry weather and a fair bit of sunshine and already in the west we will see cloud advancing with drizzle in Western Areas as well as the odd bit patchy rain before the main band of rain arrives late on with strengthening winds. Temperatures today ranging between 11 in the north to 14 in the south. We start the evening with clear skies and eastern areas but the cloud will advance and we will see showers and then we have the rain coming in from then we have the rain coming in from the west pushing south and east and it will also be a blustery night or windy, depending on where you are and these black circles indicate the strength of the wind gusts we expect, so the strongest winds will be in the north west. Also in the north west where we have clear skies and in western scotland and Northern Ireland it will be a cold night the temperature is holding up elsewhere and we will still have showers, some of which could be heavy and also sundry, more especially in the north and west. Tomorrow, here is the weather front continuing to drift southwards and eastwards and look at the isobars tells us it will be blustery and strong winds across the north west, gusting to about 50 miles an hourand north west, gusting to about 50 miles an hour and still the showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery. At the other end of the country we see say goodbye to the weather front clearing into the near continent and we will be left with a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine and the odd shower here and there. Temperatures between ten and 14 degrees. Into the weekend, we have areas of low pressure coming our way and the fronts will bring in rain and if you look at the isobars, that tells you it will be windy, especially so in southern areas on sunday. That wind is coming from a southerly direction, so look at the yellows a nd southerly direction, so look at the yellows and ambers crossing the screen. That also tells you it will turn milder, however on sunday, a hint of blue comes in from the atlantic, so not absolutely everywhere. In summary for the weekend, it will be wet at times with rain or showers and there will be brightness and sunshine in between but on sunday it looks like southern areas, especially expose southern areas, especially expose southern areas, especially expose southern areas and parts of wales will have the strongest winds and potential for gales. The other thing on sunday as we have a new moon and high tides, so they might be coastal topping to look out for as well. Do you know what is coming up next . Ive got a little bit of a hint, yes. Are you looking forward to seeing it . Anything to do with it, my brian. A little clue there. As part of this years children in need appeal, pudsey has been inviting people across the country to take part in the act your age challenge. What i am confused about is how act your age, bryan adams and the weather all mixed together. Easily done, you are right to say it. Although i have a query over my age and they might have lied over my birth certificate. Lets take a look at how naga and carol did with their particular challenges. Hello, pudsey. Hello. Is that for me . Thank you. I dont normally get mail in the studio. Here is your act yiur age challenge. Take your age, and this is how many items of clothing you need to put on as quickly as i can. 45 pieces of clothing. Challenge accepted. Take your age, clothing. Challenge accepted. Take yourage, 58, clothing. Challenge accepted. Take your age, 58, well, that is alive for starters, and this is how many seconds you have to the weather this morning, but there is a twist. We know you are the biggest fan of brya n know you are the biggest fan of bryan adams, so we thought we would test your knowledge and see how many of your songs you can squeeze in. Lots of love, pudsey. Shes 45, five foot three, and a half it is salfords answer to tiger woods, Naga Munchetty. Shes 58 and a complete ray of sunshine. Its carol kirkwood. Bring on the clothes. Everything i do, pudsey, i do it for you. So here i am on this brand new day with the mornings weather. It certainly knows summer of 69 as the morning temperatures are heading towards freezing. And please forgive me if this is bad news for you. The heavens are set to open around lunchtime, and further north, and a day like today, and this may cut like a knife, you are also likely to see some rain, but you will be on cloud number nine to hear it will brighten up later. If youre fed up with the rain and cold, dont give up, because next week the sunshine will be coming back to you. Temperatures will get as high as 18 till i die. I dont know about you, but im ready for things to warm up so we can but im ready for things to warm up so we can have a stroll down and open road, and if not, i will be flying somewhere soon. Could i be wearing any more clothes . There you go. Isnt there an episode of friends where somebody. Its jolly. And our producer who was working on that said, i dont know if you remember in friends, joey has a cuddly toy, like a penguin, and i look a cuddly toy, like a penguin, and i loo k exa ctly a cuddly toy, like a penguin, and i look exactly like the penguin. You did well. I think you should rock this look more often. Do you know who my inspiration was . this look more often. Do you know who my inspiration was . I am frightened to ask. I willjust leave you guessing. Very Impressive Knowledge of brian adams, might i say. It was straight from the heart. Is that another one . Do you know what . If you were to have your eggs made for you in the morning from anyone other than brian adams, may i advise that you dont ask charlie to make your breakfast. Why not . Take a look at this. Scramble that up. Not sure we have enough heat on that. Im going to put it out anyway. That looks really uncooked. Turn the heat up a bit. A bit more on the table. Pudsey, be careful, some might go that way. One, that one is definitely. Do not eat that one. He likes it he likes it. No, no, pudsey. No, rude, pudsey. Sensible pudsey. That was me seeing how many eggs i could cook in 58 seconds. Extraordinary. Charlie, we are the same age, stop knocking yea rs of we are the same age, stop knocking years of your age. That was funny. Well done. Fancy breakfast with charlie . If hes not cooking absolutely. If hes cooking, i might be washing my hair that morning. Absolutely. If hes cooking, i might be washing my hair that morningm was the machinery. Do you understand . A bad workman blames his tool. Exactly. There may be more than 18 months to wait, but the uk is set to be treated to an extra day off to mark the queen reaching 70 years on the throne. It will be part of a weekend of celebrations for her majestys Platinum Jubilee injune 2022 it will be the first time that a british monarch has reached the milestone. Before we speak to our next guest, lets remind ourselves ofjubilee celebrations from years gone by. Your majesty, we ask you to accept this key formally on your 25th year. The royal correspondent for the sunday times, roya nikkhahjoins us. I dont know about you, and i dont know if you could see those, but looking at those images, apart from anything else at the moment, just seeing those gatherings of people, it feels like a time gone by. But who knows, byjune 2022 we will be backin who knows, byjune 2022 we will be back in that place. Thats very much the hope and it was wonderful watching the pictures because i could remember covering the Diamond Jubilee in 2012 and the huge throngs of people that turned out for the queen was something extraordinary andi queen was something extraordinary and i think this is very much a focal point and something to look forward to in 18 months time and we hope everything is back to normal because there are huge plans afoot. Its worth repeating, february the 6th, 2022, the queen will have reigned as monarch for 70 years. That is quite extraordinary. She has broken so many records during her reign in her lifetime, the longest serving british monarchy and the first british monarch to pass the Platinum Jubilee but also other amazing records. This is a woman who came to the throne aged 25 in the early 19505 when it was very much a mans world and i think that will be an interesting thing to reflect on come 2022. I know there is a timeline of sort, but is there any more information as to how things might pan out . I think we might see similar set pieces to the diamond you believe. There will be some big focal points and a big concert and im sure there will be an affectionate look back at some of the key changes during her reign and we will also see a lot of the pomp and pagea ntry we we will also see a lot of the pomp and pageantry we see on the big set pieces, what the uk is very good at andi pieces, what the uk is very good at and i suspect there will be a look at the creative industries, technology, but the queen at the end of the day will be 96 then and write at the focal point of all of those activities and hopefully there will be an opportunity at that point for the public to see her and her to get out and about because we dont see a5 out and about because we dont see as much as we did for obvious reasons. The dont knows where we will be with the pandemic but in a way its always been the case because of how long the queen has watched and seen and experienced life in this country that the pandemic, coronavirus, the lockdown, will become part of the story, as pandemic, coronavirus, the lockdown, will become part of the story, a5 is the nations. It already has and weve seen the queen adapt quickly to ways of working, video calls for first time but the also those addresses 5he first time but the also those addresses she gave at the start of lockdown, they will undeniably be a huge part of the legacy, the way the royalfamily huge part of the legacy, the way the royal family responded in the way people looked at her to be the head of nations and it is a fact that in the last few years of her reign, coronavirus has become one of the big national cri5e5 coronavirus has become one of the big National Crises and something shes responded to and led the nation with. On a different note, prince charles, the royals branch out in various ways and he now has a fashion line and i think we can see one or two of the pieces, so can you talk u5 one or two of the pieces, so can you talk us through what that is all about and what they are like, these items . This is an interesting collaboration that the prince has done with design students in italy and the whole theme of the collection is called the modern artisan, so the clue is in the name and its all about Cutting Edge Technology de5ign, and its all about Cutting Edge Technology design, but the key is sustainability, so they are not cheap but they are meant to last a lifetime and they are meant to echo his own feelings of buy once, by well, things that will last a lifetime and this is a man who is still wearing a pair of shoes made from 200 year old leather found still wearing a pair of shoes made from 200 year old leatherfound in still wearing a pair of shoes made from 200 year old leather found in a shipwreck and still wearing his overcoat from the 19805 and these pieces are luxurious, meant to last and its all about sustainability but the timing is interesting. This i5a but the timing is interesting. This is a collaboration between italian 5tu d e nts is a collaboration between italian students and the pieces are made in scotla nd students and the pieces are made in scotland and a5 students and the pieces are made in scotland and as we are looking at our future relationship it scotland and as we are looking at ourfuture relationship it is scotland and as we are looking at our future relationship it is quite canny timing to highlight tho5e links. Good to chat to you and thanks very much, and for your information, i am told that £1250 for a cashmere Bomber Jacket information, i am told that £1250 for a cashmere bomberjacket i5 information, i am told that £1250 for a cashmere bomberjacket is one of the items. So, not cheap. When did you last where a bomberjacket . A cashmere Bomber Jacket . Did you last where a bomberjacket . A cashmere bomberjacket . I dont really wear Bomber Jackets. Headlines coming up. Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. Our headlines today a rebound for the uk economy but still a rebound for the uk economy but 5till concerns for a long recovery. What predictions i will be short lived as the autumn measures take their toll. What predictions there are. A 30 year old nurse will appear in court this morning charged with murdering eight babies at a hospital in chester. One of the Prime Ministers clo5e5t advisers lee cain quits as director of communications, amid signs of behind the scenes in fighting in downing street kylie tells us about her new album, what its been like working from home, and life in lockdown. Thankfully, as someone whos lived a lot of their life on the road, i know how to do my own roots, and my boyfriend give me a trim one day. And in sport a huge night for scotland, as the mens side aim to reach their first majorfinals since 1998 whilst Northern Ireland also, play, for a place at the european championships. Good morning. The cloudy and damp start in the east. Then it will be dry with some sunshine, but its not going to last. I will have all the details in ten minutes. Its thursday, the 12th of november. Our top story the uks economy grew by 15. 5 between july and september, according to figures released by the office for National Statistics this morning. It comes after a six month slump brought on by the first coronavirus lockdown, but gdp remains below pre covid levels, and is expected to dip again. Ninas here with more. Just take us through the picture. Yeah, quite confusing, so a bit more detail. These are gdp figures Gross Domestic Product the value of all we make and do. Were looking every three months to see if theres been growth. Growth means more money. More money means morejobs. So the Third Quarter of this year, july to september, yes, there was it was at 15. 5 . That is roughly what we expected because its that period where we emerged from full lockdown; non essential retail reopened. Eat out to help out. But, crucially, coming off the back of a huge dip of nearly 20 in the Second Quarter. It does mean that technically we are out of recession but that is a technicality. When you look more closely at the figures growth in september was disappointing. And that was as life started to change again regional restrictions, a tier system, and full lockdowns in Northern Ireland, wales then england. That means we have had less opportunity to spend through the autumn months, but also the prediction that pulic confidence has taken a battering and that is so important when it comes to spending. Weve heard from the chancellor, got his reaction to the latest figures in the last few minutes. his reaction to the latest figures in the last few minutes. I think todays figures show that the economy was recovering over the summer economy was recovering over the summerand that economy was recovering over the summer and that that recovery slowed coming into the autumn. Its likely that that slowdown continued given the necessary restrictions weve had to put in place more recently to control the spread of the virus, but looking forward i think there are reasons to be cautiously optimistic. That is the confusion about the Fourth Quarter. Only last week, charlie and naga, the bank of england predicted in the Fourth Quarter we would see a depth of about 2 again but that was before the announcement of the vaccine in the announcement of the vaccine in the last few days, and we also have the last few days, and we also have the spending boost over christmas, but then you offset that with the restrictions and we dont yet know where they will end so there is a prediction for this dip, a smaller one, but longer term it could take three orfour one, but longer term it could take three or four years to get back to the point we were last year and that means a lot ofjobs will go in the meantime. Nina, thanks very much. One of the Prime Ministers closest aides has resigned amid reports of internal tensions in downing street. Director of communications, lee cain, said he was leaving next month, despite having been offered the role of number 10 chief of staff. Lets find out more now from our political correspondent, chris mason, who is at downing street for us this morning. Chris, we need to put this into context, i suppose as to why we care, because people hearing yesterday afternoon that the total coronavirus linked deaths has hit 50,000, yet there is a focus on what is happening when it comes to the machinations and workings of the office at 10 downing street . Yeah, good morning, naga, and that is a really important good morning, naga, and that is a really im porta nt context, good morning, naga, and that is a really important context, isnt it . This is an outbreak of Office Politics, yes, in the most Political Office in the country, and the resignation of a man youve never heard of from a job you probably didnt know he had, but this is why it matters. It matters for the very reason you touch on. People behind that door are in charge of the response to the coronavirus pandemic. There has been lots of criticisms of it, of course, and particularly criticisms of its communication by government and lee cain was the director of communications here in downing street. What there had been an attempt to do by the Prime Minister was restore some order. There is an irony because we have this eruption of disorder. By offering lee cain thejob of chief of disorder. By offering lee cain the job of chief of staff, but there was a huge backlash from people working in there, others in the conservative party and the government, who didnt want that to happen, including carrie symons, the Prime Ministers fiance who used to be the director of communications for the conservative party, and threw her some of the anxieties about lee cain being promoted were expressed, so late last night as opposed to getting a promotion he ended up saying he was resigning and he will leave at christmas. This morning here on breakfast the cabinet minister did his best to try to convince us that this was not a big deal. The Prime Minister runs the government, he is surrounded by a good team, strong team of advisors, and of course the cabinet, who are busy working on their particular areas to move the country forward. A challenging time, we know, and we have just been discussing the state of the economy and the concerns and anxiety many people will have regarding their jobs, but our sole focus in government is trying to steer the country through the pandemic, protect peoplesjobs, country through the pandemic, protect peoples jobs, and country through the pandemic, protect peoplesjobs, and also to ensure all the other things people ca re ensure all the other things people care about are not neglected. Nothing to see here, guv, the basic argument there. But this does matter. It might involve a series of personalities we are not that familiar with day to day but it matters because it determines who ru ns matters because it determines who runs the country and how the country is run. Yes, the Prime Minister sits at the top of the pile behind that black door, but those who advise him and influence him, have face time with him and can catch is here help shape the whole direction of a government and when those figures change, and you see as we have seen here this public outbreak of animosity, it matters because of how we are governed, whatever a cabinet minister might try and convince us of. Chris, thanks very much, chris mason at downing street. A former nurse will appear in court this morning charged with eight counts of murder and ten counts of attempted murder following an investigation into baby deaths at a hospital in chester. 30 year old lucy letby was rearrested on tuesday as part of an investigation which began in 2017. Our correspondent, mark edwardson, is at Warrington Magistrates Court, where shes due to appear later. Mark, what more do we know . As you say, charlie, lucy letby is charged with eight counts of murder, and ten of attempted murder, following investigations into baby deaths at the hospital in chester. Whilst that hospital is in england, western cheshire, it also serves parts of north wales as well. The actual investigation has been carried out by Cheshire Police and started a roundabout three and a half years ago. They say that lucy letby was responsible for the deaths of eight babies and what they are describing as ten incidents of nonfatal collapses at the Neonatal Unit at Chester Hospital over a 12 month period over june unit at Chester Hospital over a 12 month period overjune of 2015 and june of 2016. She was originally arrested back in 2018 and bailed. That happened again last year, and this week on tuesday in fact she was rearrested, effectively arrested for the third time, and last night she was charged with those eight murders and ten counts of attempted murder. Cheshire police say they are supporting the families of the baby is involved. They are getting support from specialist officers and being kept up to date with proceedings the babies involved. Lucy letby, who is 30 and from hereford, she was charged last night, remanded in custody, and as you say she is expected to answer those charges here at Warrington Magistrates Court later today. Mark, thank you very much. Typhoon vamco has made landfall in the philippines causing extensive damage and flooding. Residents were ordered to leave their homes as forecasters predicted a nine foot storm surge. Thousands have been moved to evacuation centres in the capital, manila, despite fears conditions could cause a spike in coronavirus cases. More than 20 tropical cyclones have hit the nation so far this year. Ten past eight is the time. When 96 year old Kenneth Meredith moved into a care home five weeks ago, his wife betty missed him so much, she felt like she couldnt live without him. The couple didnt know when theyd see each other again because of coronavirus restrictions so betty, whos 91, surprised kenneth by moving into the care home to be with him. And this is the moment the pair were reunited at the bourn view care home, in birmingham, which was captured by their granddaughter. Those are the pictures you can see. You can see kenneth, who has dementia, he came through the door in his zimmer frame dementia, he came through the door in his zimmerframe before bursting into tears. He sees his wife sitting at the table. The table you can see is decorated specially, heart shaped balloons and roses, by the care home staff. What a very special moment that was. You know, that will resonate with so many people, because we have spoken, havent we, about how many people are missing touching their loved ones, hugging, being able to speak to them in certain care homes where there are certain care homes where there are certain rooms where you are divided, and you can see there kenneth and sigma coming together, it is lovely. Kenneth and betty coming together. And people in these care homes doing everything they can, these very difficult times. Thank you to the family for passing those on. It was the granddaughter who caught that, wasnt it . Didnt catch her name, but very glad you passed that on, and glad that kenneth and betty are together. Carol would have loved that story, wouldnt you . Means so much. It absolutely does. So moving and tender and loving. Well done, everybody. This morning there is a beautiful start to the day for some. You can see in North Lincolnshire the sun is up and going through the course of the day more of us will see some sunshine. More cloud in some eastern areas with patchy rain but that will move away and then later in the west we will see a return to some wet and windy conditions, courtesy of this next area of low pressure. In between the front clearing and is next area of low pressure we have a transient ridge of High Pressure so things are settling down. The rain went clear in shetland probably until mid afternoon, for many the rain easing and cloud settling but patchy light rain and drizzle through the afternoon here. The wind will strengthen then we will see the rain. Temperatures ranging from 11 in the north to 14 in the south. This evening there will be some clear skies to start with but the cloud already in the west will move to the east with some showers then the rain will follow one hot on its heels. Gusty winds, especially in Western Areas, especially the north west, with exposure. Over here to some showers, some being heavy and also thundery. Clear skies and parts of scotland and Northern Ireland, and it will be cold there, but for the rest of the uk generally speaking temperatures holding up. Tomorrow we watch this band of rain advance down toward the south east then eventually clear and behind it againa lot then eventually clear and behind it again a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine around, but still simple key showers in the north and west, some heavy and thundery, gusty winds, as much as 50 mph, top temperatures 13 or 14. Naga and charlie. Carol, thank you very much. 14 minutes past eight. This is the bit of the programme where we feel a bit bad forjust programme where we feel a bit bad for just sitting programme where we feel a bit bad forjust sitting on a sofa. Speak forjust sitting on a sofa. Speak for yourself im going for a run later. I was speaking for both of us. Joe wicks is coming up next joe wicks became one of the most famous people of this year, showing determination and generousity when he delivered a free online work out to the nation every day through lockdown. So hes the perfect person to be challenged by children in need to put himself through a mammoth 24 hour workout for charity well catch up withjoe in a minute, but first lets remind ourselves of what he does best. Three, two, one. Good morning, everybody, and welcome back to pe withjoe. Fast as you can. Oh, my word i must be the fittest panda in the world. Go and get that guitar, and show us how the training on the guitar is going. Tune in to pe withjoe. Obviously, some schools are returning to normality, some people are going back to work. So i thought, i want to keep it going. Im not retiring, but im going part time instead. Hello and welcome to day number two of wake up withjoe, my short, 15 minute work out series to get you moving, lift your mood, lift your energy and hopefully have you feeling a little bit more energised and positive for the rest of the day. And lunge, perfect. 0h tell you what, five minutes of that was enough. Have you ever done that pose . Because you do a bit of yoga and stuff. And joe joins us now from his dressing room at the bbc radio 2 studios, where hes getting ready to start the challenge. How are you . I am good, but i have signed up for a 24 hour pe work out. Talk us through how that works. You cant literally be going the whole time. I would like to say i get a nice half hour break, but im going to be doing 24 hours of exercise on my own in the bbc radio theatre here in london. I get a five minute break every hour and i can rotate around different exercises. Ive got a treadmill, a bike, a rower, a punchbag, but i am also going to doing 5 live 20 minutes work out to get people engaged in real time. Its going to be exhausting, but with everyones support, i will get through it. What is going to be your motivation . You might manage three 20 minute hiit workouts in 24 hours. When you get to the fourth and fifth, assuming some are late at night or in the middle of the night, who is going to be motivating you . Well, i have days when i film three, four or sometimes five workouts a day for my Youtube Channel to share content and im exhausted by the end of the day. I dont want to talk to anyone, im grumpy, iwant to of the day. I dont want to talk to anyone, im grumpy, i want to go straight to bed. Set is going to be a physical and mental challenge because i am on my own. Im in the with no one visiting. But when the money starts to come in and we hopefully raise millions for children in need, which is such an important charity right now, children need our love and support and that will be my motivation. We are used to the upbeat, inspiring joe, but maybe we will see grumpy joe. Its a mindset thing. I know its going to be tough, but i will get through it. Last year, rylan raised £1 million doing karaoke for 24 hours. He texted me this morning to wish me good luck. If rylan can do it, i will get through it. To wish me good luck. If rylan can do it, iwill get through it. Its interesting, because we were running a film earlier looking at matty and how important it was that people know what this money is used for. Children are often the beneficiaries and you have made no secret of the fa ct and you have made no secret of the fact that you grew up in a chaotic household, and exercise was a real inspiration for you. But you know how important it is that children know there is someone looking out for them. Definitely. Being a parent now myself with a two Year Old Girl and a one year old boy, i know how much love and care and affection they need. So when you think about children who dont have that or who are ina children who dont have that or who are in a difficult situation, it is times like these when you may think the charity is just a company, where does the money go . But i have been to some of the projects and they are helping children and teenagers change the direction of their life. It is such an important charity and i know its a tough time of year but if you can support it by telling friends and family what is going on, we will hopefully raise millions. am sure you will. But i am worried about your welfare. In your five minute breaks, how will you sustain yourself . Have you got it planned about what you eat and all that . am here in the dressing room. I have got all my pants and socks, pairs of trainers, loads of food, junk food but also healthy food. And i have to keep eating because doctor says i might burn 1000 calories an hour. Im going to need a lot of energy. Its going to be tough, but i am staying positive and i hope the feedback will reenergise me and raising money for children in need will keep me going. My ears pricked up will keep me going. My ears pricked up at thejunk will keep me going. My ears pricked up at the junk food. What treats have you got . I have got chocolate, cookies, i have got fruit, aribo, hula hoops, chocolate orange. Perfect. We will catch up with you tomorrow morning, so we will see how youre doing. We wish you all the best. Relax for a moment before you start. Good luck you have an hour and five minutes. Look after yourself. Time for a stretch. Joe is one of those people who makes you feel better just seeing one of those people who makes you feel betterjust seeing the way he goes about stuff. If you want to donate tojoes children in need fundraiser you can do so by text, you can find the details over on the bbc radio 2 website, at bbc. Co. Uk radio2. Well, tomorrow marks 40 years since the launch of children in need and since then, thousands of young people have been helped through some of the most challenging times of their lives. The pandemic continues to affect the Fundraising Efforts of many charities, so this year donations will be more vital than ever. Breakfasts Graham Satchell has been speaking to one family who are being helped when they need it most. Its just mind blowing. It started off as literallyjust one letter, and then loads of people started sending me letters. When matty first became ill, his family set up a Facebook Page asking people to send letters of encouragement. It really helps me. It perks me up and ive had letters from all over the world. When you get a child thats written to you and theyve drawn a picture, its just brilliant. Matty was diagnosed with a brain tumour when he was 12. Hes been through surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy. I think its hard to put into words the impact mattys illness has had on the family. Our life will never be the same again. But it doesnt mean we dont live a happy life. Making memories is what we do. Its the most important thing in our life, and i think watching someone in our family whos the youngest member of our family go through such a horrific thing has been the worst thing that you could ever imagine. Im on my way. 2018, and a magic moment. Matty was given the news that he was cancer free. Ive had my treatment and ive been given the all clear. Then i was on mastermind. Name . Matty. Age . 13. And your specialist subject is . The harry potter films. Words cant describe how amazing it was. It gives me great pleasure to present this children in need mastermind trophy to matty. We were just happy, happy. I cant explain, youre just happy again. It was like, 0k, youve been thrown this massive curveball, but youve come out the other side. And then he relapsed, and it was the biggest smack in the face ive ever had. It was just horrendous. I cant explain how devastating it was to know that the cancer was back and they werent sure they could do anything to help us. It can be a roller coaster ride for a lot of our families. They have some difficult times and difficult journeys, and were just there to try and help them create special memories and support them along that journey. This is rainbows childrens hospice. Its provided a vital refuge for matty and his family. The people at rainbows are amazing. Theyre so caring, and they make everyone feel so welcome there. They do his medication, they do all his care, so we can be parents to him while were there. With Charity Shops shut and fundraising events cancelled, money is tight. Children in need has been helping to support rainbows with funding. Oh, the hospice has been my lifeline. From the word go, they just looked after me. Theyjust do everything and theyre so supportive. Theyre like an extension of yourfamily. We need to know that mattys happy. Its a sad time but if we spend our time crying, then what memories is that . We have to enjoy life. He is an absolute inspiration to us all and he is what keeps me going too. He fights and he fights and hes had so much happen to him. Hes 16 years old, and he keeps smiling. Hes so positive, and i couldnt be more proud of him. When i was on my treatment, everyone used to say, oh, youre so brave. I never used to see it like that. Ijust used to see it as life and youve got to. Get on with it, in a sense. So i hear them say it all the time, but. I never actually realised what they mean because to me, itsjust life. I try to just live a normal life. I hope matty and his family were watching this morning because if they dont know already, a film like that, hearing those words from a young man who has been through so much, it has a resonance for other people. Whatever you are dealing with, that notion ofjust getting on with, that notion ofjust getting on with it will resonate. And also to let us into their home ata and also to let us into their home at a difficult time, you heard alison say when the news came again that the cancer had recurred, how ha rd that the cancer had recurred, how hard it hit them. But obviously, they want you to donate because the money makes a difference to families like mattys. A big thank you to matty and his family for speaking to us. If you want to donate to this years children in need appeal, heres how you do it. As you saw with mattys story, every little bit counts. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning, im sonja jessup. Police investigating an incident where a car crashed into a Police Station in north london last night say theyre satisfied theres no risk to the wider community. Footage posted on social media shows a vehicle partly embedded into the entrance of the building in edmonton and a man then pouring petrol onto the street and setting the car on fire. Police say its not being treated as terror related and are questioning a man on suspicion of arson. Croydon councils been accused of playing monopoly after effectively declaring itself bankrupt last night. Emergency spending restrictions have been imposed. The leader of the opposition, jason perry, criticised the labour council. The recently appointed leader hamida ali accepted the authority had made mistakes, on top of the impact of coronavirus. The Charity Mencap has raised fears that the coronavirus pandemic has made it more difficult for people with learning disabilities and autism to find and keepjobs. Its a concern shared by the Leonard Cheshire charity, who found that seven out of ten disabled people have either lost income, been furloughed or lost their jobs completely since march. An individual who has learning disability and or autism doesnt mean they cant work. In fact, they are incredible employees and its just about making sure they have the equal chances everybody else does in society. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. Time for the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. Hello, good morning. It was wet and windy for a short while through the night but that rain has now pushed its way eastwards and its left behind it plenty of cloud and a few spots of drizzle to wake up with this morning. Temperatures to start off the day in high single figures. That cloud again is going to move eastwards, and well see the sunshine emerge. We should keep long sunny spells for much of the rest of the day. It will stay rather breezy today top temperatures of around 12 14 celsius. Now, through this evening and overnight, there will be some clear skies at first but then well start to get more cloud again, a few outbreaks of drizzle, a few light showers around possibly, but mostly dry tonight temperatures just slipping back into single figures once more. Tomorrow, a dry early start but therell be quite a bit of cloud, therell be some rain through the mid to the late part of the morning, and then some sunshine as we end the afternoon. It will turn wet and windy again at times over the weekend, and also a touch milder. Thats all from me remember, joe wicks, aka the body coach, will bejoining riz on our 6. 30 programme tonight to talk about his gruelling 24 hour pe challenge for children in need. Ill be back in half an hour. Bye for now. Hello, this is breakfast with Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. Good morning. Morning live will follow breakfast on bbc one today. Kym marsh and gethinjones are here to tell us whats on todays programme. Morning, both. Morning, charlie and naga. In morning live we have an even more exclusive line up than usual. We will be hearing from the prince of wales as he launches his very own fashion line. Look at that, the Great British sewing bee. Patrick grant will be inspecting the princes threads, and we will also talk to alex scott who will be sharing a very special preview from children in need just with us. Sharing a very special preview from children in needjust with us. She loves herfashion as children in needjust with us. She loves her fashion as well. And a very special day in the studio for drxand very special day in the studio for dr xand getting to the bottom of whether the nhs really is open for business. If you are one of the millions who have missed appointments and want to know where to turn to next, get your questions into him right now, morninglive bbc. Co. Uk. Into him right now, morninglive bbc. Co. Uk. We into him right now, morninglive bbc. Co. Uk. We will into him right now, morninglive bbc. Co. Uk. We will also look at a fascinating study into alzheimers into how we treat the disease. If that is not enough we have the actress mixing with the hollywood a list is. All coming up on morning live. See you then. Have a good show official gdp figures are out this morning and they show that the economy grew by 15 point 5 between july and september, according to the office for National Statistics. Dont forget, it comes after a six month slump brought on by the first coronavirus lockdown, but gdp remains below pre covid levels. Nina is here and has been looking at the numbers. You have been talking to various Business Leaders as well about how they see the economy. Regardless of they see the economy. Regardless of the number is element absolutely, and it is peoplesjobs the number is element absolutely, and it is peoples jobs and livelihoods, and the good news is that bounces back on but the bad news, unlikely to last. Confirmation the economy grew by 15. 5 overjuly, august and september. Sounds good but thats from a frightening base line. January to march the economy took a hit of two and a half percent as the Global Economy first felt the impact of covid and we entered lockdown tail end of march. Then look april tojune a record breaking contraction of the economy by almost a fifth as offices, pubs and restaurants, non essential retail pulled the shutters down. Ok, so today theres the growth but the scales are not balanced to pre pandemic levels. Of couse we spent big in that period; pent up demand in retail, pubs, bars and cinemas. The eat out to help out scheme. But that feels like a long time ago now. Since then weve seen regional restrictions, the tier systems and full National Lockdowns in Northern Ireland, wales and currently in england. The chancellor rishi sunak has been giving his reaction to todays gdp numbers and told us this. And a bit of a warning about the autumn. I think todays figures show the economy was recovering over the summer the economy was recovering over the summer but that recovery slowed coming into the autumn. Its likely that slow down continued given the necessary restrictions weve had to put in place more recently to control the spread of the virus, but looking forward i think there are reasons to be cautiously optimistic. Reasons to be optimistic. Lets put that to the shadow chancellor, anneliese dodds, whojoins us from oxford. Good morning. 15. 5 growth in the Third Quarter, your reaction to that, first of all . Well of course we all desperately need to see that growth, we need to see jobs being retained and businesses able to operate and growing and having that confidence. I think these figures are worrying, however. Of course they are going in the right direction but actually they confirm our country is experiencing the worst downturn in the g7. Our country is experiencing the worst downturn in the 67. We have a long way to go, and of course we are backin long way to go, and of course we are back in lockdown again now, so i would agree with the chancellor on this. Unfortunately we are likely to see a very severe this. Unfortunately we are likely to see a very severe impact on that feeding into the last quarter of this years figures. Tell me, what would you have done differently over the summer and into the autumn . Well, its very clear that even going beyond the impact of those different forms of restrictions, whether we are talking about national or local ones, the really clear determinant of Economic Impact during this crisis across all countries is whether people and businesses have got to trust in the government because my ability to sort out the Public Health challenges we face, and that has been relatively low in the uk. We have not had that confidence. That meant that although we did see, yes, an increase in Economic Activity over the summer, we were not back to normal and not actually shifting back to where our country had been at that time last year. With many other nations, they were pretty much getting back to where they had been before, but people were still concerned about the disease and its impact in the uk, so still those fundamental issues that have kind of dogged us throughout this crisis still need to be sorted out now. Test, trace and isolate, the government has to be getting that syste m government has to be getting that system working effectively so we can get out of this lockdown hopefully and there know where the disease is and there know where the disease is and deal with it rapidly and quickly. And of course we need to learn the lessons from test, trace and isolate so we can deliver that vaccine as speedily and effectively as possible as well when it comes. Earlier in the year over half term you did advocate a full lockdown Circuit Breakerfor you did advocate a full lockdown Circuit Breaker for the whole of the uk. Businesses are telling us they think you are wrong about that, they say there is limited evidence in retail and hospitality the virus spreads and they should maintain the opportunity to do theirjobs. spreads and they should maintain the opportunity to do theirjobs. I have to say i am opportunity to do theirjobs. I have to saylama opportunity to do theirjobs. I have to say i am a little surprised if that was the message received from business. From our discussions with business, time and time again people said to us, yes, if it is necessary to take action now, particularly at a time when of course the schools we re a time when of course the schools were closed anyway over half term, if we have to experience that pain, as it were, of closure, so we can then have more certainty for the future and in particular so that test, trace and isolate can be sorted out actually a number of businesses said to us they thought that would be a sensible approach. Of course that wasnt taken by the government. To an extent this is water under the bridge now, government. To an extent this is water underthe bridge now, but government. To an extent this is water under the bridge now, but the failure to act speedily and decisively, to have a Circuit Breaker which would have been less damaging, it could have been more effective because schools were closed anyway, and that undoubtedly has had an impact notjust in health terms but economic terms as well. What would you do next, then . You say that is water under the bridge. Businesses are really keen to hear about the plan. If you are chancellor, what would come next . The absolutely critical thing now is certainty and confidence. What government must do is provide clarity about what will happen when we move out of this lockdown at the beginning of december. The tier system, to be honest, was a mess, it was not clear, the criteria for moving in and out of it, it was not clear what business support was provided, to areas in particular affected by tier 3, and we had those massive negotiations that caused so many problems, and now we need a clear plan from government, they need to be clear that when areas might need to move in or out of restrictions, what support will be there for business, and the government needs to be trying to lift its head above what is happening right now and have that longer term approach. We urge the chancellor to do that around wage support, he eventually responded and provided that longer term which support through the furlough scheme and the self employed scheme, but we need to learn from that and how that longer term approach more generally and not have such an ad hoc, last minute response from government. What we know from labour as you would invest more, borrow more to pay for that, but what is not clear is how labour would pay for it long term. We do not expect a detailed ma nifesto term. We do not expect a detailed manifesto pledge from you but we do expect some clue on where that money would come from. Actually, what weve been saying is not that we would be, in every case, borrowing more in order to invest more. Weve been saying what government needs to do is to invest wisely and effectively, and weve not seen that, unfortunately, during this crisis. Weve had £12 billion being spent on a test, trace and isolate syste m spent on a test, trace and isolate system that has not worked effectively to the standard necessary, and actually if that funding had been invested locally in existing institutions then we know it would have functioned more effectively, so the big question is actually about whether government is spending its money wisely. We set out a spending its money wisely. We set outa numberof spending its money wisely. We set out a number of occasions where we thought a different approach would have delivered better, in Public Health terms but in economic terms as well. I have consistently said many of the forms of economic support should have been targeted more carefully. So many people had those different systems for economic support. If it had been differently targeted we would be in a different. We have to leave it there. Annaliese dodds, shadow chancellor. Disagreements on where that money should be spent, but the chancellor and shadow chancellor both agreeing that, yes, the last three months were positive, but be really careful when looking ahead to the next three. Nina, thank you very much. Many people used the first lockdown earlier this year as a chance to be productive and Kylie Minogue was no different using the time to finish off a new album. When you think of Kylie Minogue, as well as all the pop hits, many also think of how candid she has been over her own health. Absolutely. She had to postpone a glastonbury performance due to concern with cancer, but she did manage to perform. She has been talking about how people were feeling about the potential cancer diagnosis. And also about lockdown. I went to meet her before englands latest lockdown restrictions were put in place. Kylie, hello. Naga. Weird times firstly, where has it gone, and how is it gone . So weird hows it been for you . Hows lockdown been . Its been. Ive had my own mini roller coaster, like everyone has. Thinking back to the start of lockdown, to that just absolutely feeling adrift and anxious and lost, and confused and just, you know, that eerie silence outside, yeah, i was asked to do so many things, which i would have loved to do. But, in all honesty, i was like, i cant i cant pretend to be happy right now. I cant pretend to be solid and be that person. I really was finding my way to deal with it. How did you deal with it . Finish an album ifeel like anything could happen the stars look different tonight theyre flowing all around me its flowing through my body i can feel it. Once i got the home studio set up, that really was a coping mechanism and something that really was a mission. It was a distraction, it was joyful. So are you now a technical guru, with your home studio . We could roll with that, but actually. I know the basics and the basics got me through. So how did it work, recording disco . I was keen to do new music, so i went into the studio late last year, early this year, right up until lockdown, was in and out the studios every day. Obviously, we knew that lockdown was looming, so there was. You know, the atmosphere was changing in the studio each day, not least, as soon as anyone left, wash your hands , so there was all of that. So then, yeah, it was just the choosing to pick it up in lockdown and find ways to do it remotely. There were definitely moments where buffering was a bother. The bane of everyones life. Technical stuff, spinning wheel. In the darkest place. Lets talk big hair, disco. Well, actually, for the album cover, that was my first real day at work out of lockdown, like, the first tentative day, like, theres a covid supervisor, everyones got masks, everythings different. And actually, we thought, ok, weve got the kind of idea. Well, were kind of, like, no hair hair. You know, fashion speak next thing, massive curls, massive earrings. How have you been looking after your hair . Thankfully, as as someone whos lived a lot of their life on the road, i know how to do my own roots. And my boyfriend gave me a trim one day, had just a simple trim, easy. But i was like, that are you doing . Whats going on back there . I gave him a haircut as well. Youve got a concert as well, an online concert. Its prerecorded. We did that last weekend. It was different and it was really very difficult to to plan what to do. It actually felt a lot more emotional than i had anticipated. But seeing through that, i would normally be on the road and its like, oh, theres the four spot operators and, you know, theres some riggers. It was kind of bittersweet to see them for that moment, but im not sure what im going to see you again. Do you think now the future of recording a performance is going to change . Because some people say, you know, like working from home, for example, it works for some people and it has its benefits. I have seen other artists say that theyve got vocals that theyjust have not managed to get before because. There isnt the tension of todays the day. Get yourself to the studio. It shouldnt be a pressure, but itjust kind of is. Its like, 0k, were recording now. And ifound doing recording from home, particularly when ive done other things that were post the album like acoustic performances and things like that. I will be up till very late doing way too many takes and ive really enjoyed that. I iwas on i was on the run. So apart from the album, what did you kind of resort to . Did you learn a new language . Did you cook more . I hate to confess. I really didnt. You know, the kind of basic list of of all of that time. Ill rearrange those copies, ill sort those things. Ill go through the emails, like sorting none. I tried to become a gardener, which was. Not very successful. So monty don and Alan Titchmarsh have nothing to worry about. But they were great company, as were you, through a lot. We were watching it. Yeah. I managed to see family. I am always good at staying in touch with families. So as per of course i havent seen any of them because theyre all in australia. Any plans . No plans. Earlier on in the year when australia was a shining example of handling covid, i mean, trust me, i would have loved tojust, ijust wanted to run home. I really did, but i was committed to the album and staying here. But i was thinking, ok, if we get through these months then ill go to australia and that would be that. But of course, that wasnt that at all. And in particular melbourne and victoria, where my family just went through the second stage for lockdowns. So yeah, ive been pretty worried about them, but theyre theyre all doing ok. Listen, if you are someone weve spoken about this before who has had Cancer Treatment and has gone through that, and you would have heard there are so many people that youre not. I am going to say a scary and anxious time, you just want to get it done, you want answers, you want reassurance, and you want to get on with your treatment. So my heart breaks every time im hearing stories about that. So, you know, sending all my best to all of those people. Thats really kind. And you love christmas, dont you . Do you know what, as christmas is going to be quite different, i might go overboard with the decorations, bring on the Christmas Movies, make us feel like things are slightly as we have always known them. Favorite Christmas Movie . Mine is die hard its set at christmas im probably going to be looking for things to do on christmas day, so ill let you know how die hard goes. There you go. You know, the last time we finished an interview, we hugged. Stop it. Dont upset me. Next time. I know. It isjust so. So unnatural, isnt it . But well get there. And youve got your dancing shoes on. Well, kylie, to you and charlie, hell appreciate it. Yeah. And everyone watching. Thanks so much. I hope we keep you company in the morning. You always do. On the subject of the dancing shoes, people will be wanting to know that there is another little bit of that interview which wasnt shown, which isa interview which wasnt shown, which is a dancing sequence. She was teaching me to dance one of her moves and involves canapes and serving people. Its on our social media. And it was socially distanced . Absolutely, but she also said she would like charlie to do it as well. So maybe next time we get to talk to kylie, we will get you to dance with her. Its unlikely, lets be honest. Kylies new album, disco, is out now. Mike, isaw mike, i saw your eyes light up when kylie said big hair is on the way back. You have been there. Yes, indeed. Two words, pot and kettle. I love kylie. Anyway, we are concentrating on a huge night ahead. What a night it could be for these two men. Scotland boss steve clarke and his opposite number at Northern Ireland ian baraclough. Tonight they can guide their countries to next summers european championships. For scotland you need to go back to 1998 for the last time the mens side last reached a major finals. That was the world cup. Their captain Andy Robertson was four, while manager clarke was still playing football the scots are unbeaten in 8 games but they will still be the underdogs, against serbia in belgrade, in a winner takes all game. There will be no fans in belgrade but over in belfast there will be exactly 1,060 as Northern Ireland take on slovakia at windsor park. Thats how many are allowed in due to social distancing. Northern ireland ended a 30 year wait for a trip to a major finals, by reaching euro 2016 and could now make it back to back european championships with a win later. Two other games to remind you about tonight too england play the republic of ireland in a friendly, while wales take on the usa. It really is a huge day of sport. Thats because over in the usa, the masters golf gets under way later, but like never before. Usually its the first golf major of the year, in april. And so its a year and a half, since tiger woods rolled back the years with victory to pop on a fifth greenjacket. Could this be the year rory mcilroy, finally wins his first title at Augusta National . Well, hes not won a major since 2014 and finished in the top 10 just twice, since the tour resumed injune. Us open champion, bryson de chambeau, is certainly among the favourites ahead of what will be a dramatic four days. You can watch highlights tonight on bbc two. Heres carol with a look at this mornings weather. What have you got for us . Can you do brya n what have you got for us . Can you do bryan adams again . With pleasure. We we re bryan adams again . With pleasure. We were talking about songs in the weather, of course. You can see a beautiful blue sky here, sent in by one of our weather watchers this morning. We also have a weatherfront which is continuing to clear away from the east. It takes its time before eventually moves away from shetland. But then this next area of low pressure comes our way, bringing you more cloud, some rain and strengthening winds. So a lot of sunshine, the wind easing through the morning. Towards the west, we have cloud building ahead of the weatherfront. That will be thick enough for the odd shower and possibly some patchy rain before we see it coming in in a more organised form later in the day. After some clear skies in the evening in the east, the cloud will continue to build, producing some showers, and an in comes the rain. Some of this will be heavy on the company to buy gusty winds. The black circles give you an indication of what strength of gust you can expect. The strongest gusts will be with the exposure in the west. Here, we will also see hefty showers, some of which will be thundery. It will be culled in Northern Ireland but for the rest of us, it is going to be a relatively mild night for the time of year it will be cold in Northern Ireland. There will be dry weather and sunshine on friday. A breezy day with exposure in the north west, and still those showers as well, some of them and thundery. What about the weekend . It is looking unsettled as rain comes our way. There will be some bright spells, particularly on sunday, but on sunday, strong winds with expression in southern areas including south wales. And coupled with the high tides, there may be issues with overtopping on the coastline. But the temperatures are slowly starting to rise again. should say that what carol was referring to was the children in need act your age challenge. You can see that online. She does as many brya n see that online. She does as many bryan adams songs, and charlie makes scrambled eggs, and i put on as many clothes as i can. All to raise money for children in need. The pandemic has meant many care home residents have had limited contact with the outside world since march. But one home in county down, in Northern Ireland, decided to reach out on social media in search of pen pals. Two months later and theyve received more than two thousand letters from people around the world. Here to tell us all about it is care worker laura, and madge, who is a resident at brookland care home in kilkeel. Can we check that you are hearing is 0k . Can we check that you are hearing is ok . Give us a big wave. Good morning lovely to see you both. Madge, this sounds like a fantastic idea. Tell me about the letters you have received . We have received hundreds. Yeah, madge has received letters from all over the world. From australia and america and poland and all over. We have had people writing to us, telling us all about their lives. We have had quite about their lives. We have had quite a lot of schools and different youth groups reaching out as well, so we have had all ages from kids right up to people who have retired, telling us about their life and checking in to see how everybody is doing in lockdown here. Its been a great experience for everybody. Within the project, we had 11 residents involved and we have 68 residents here in the home. So we tried our best to get everybody involved with the project, in opening the letters with us. A lot of people sent gifts as well to our residents like chocolate, so its been a very heart warming experience for everybody. Laura, you will know its been very difficult for family to visit. I imagine madge and many of your residents have been going through this and you are working ha rd to through this and you are working hard to make that happen when possible. With the absence of family and loved ones, how important have these letters been just in terms of mood and engagement and a sense of purpose . It has lifted everybodys mood. As you said, everything has changed, especially here, with residents so used to having family coming in daily. That doesnt happen now with everything going on. Family do visit through the window and we have video calls and phone calls. We do our best to make sure they are still all connected, but with the pen pals, it has lifted everybody up because never in a million years did we think we would have got such a reaction. It has been so lovely. Even being on here today has given madge such excitement. It does when isaid we madge such excitement. It does when i said we were going on the tv today, we have been in the local newspapers and we have done radio interviews. So yes, we have been receiving the letters, but it has given the home and the staff and the residents a lift and a bit of positivity in all this madness. Laura, i would like to say a couple of things to madge. Madge, your necklace is fantastic. But i also understand that you are able to have your hair done understand that you are able to have your hairdone in understand that you are able to have your hair done in a care home . understand that you are able to have your hair done in a care home . I get my hair done. She was back in this week for the first time in a few weeks. She was delighted to get her hair done for coming on the tv. Oh, i was. Madge, its hair done for coming on the tv. Oh, iwas. Madge, its naga hair done for coming on the tv. Oh, i was. Madge, its naga here. Hair done for coming on the tv. Oh, iwas. Madge, its naga here. Do hair done for coming on the tv. Oh, i was. Madge, its naga here. Do you wa nt to i was. Madge, its naga here. Do you want to Say Something to laura and all the staff there who are trying to make sure that your lives are a bit more fun in these difficult times . I thank them very much for the good time we have. Yes, i enjoy it very much indeed. Its lovely to catch up with both of you. Now i am looking at madge more closely, i can see you have had your nails done as well she does my nails every week it isa well she does my nails every week it is a brilliant idea. I wish you well and thank you very much. Thank you for having us. Youre watching bbc breakfast. Good morning. This is bbc news im annita mcveigh. The latest headlines at nine Economic Activity in the uk jumped by more than 15 over the summer months after the end of the first lockdown but it wont be enough to reverse the reduction in growth caused by the pandemic. That recovery slowed coming into the autumn. Its likely that slow down continued given the necessary restrictions weve had to put in place more recently to control the spread of the virus. Turmoil at number ten one of the Prime Ministers closest advisers, lee cain, quits as director of communications, amid signs of behind the scenes in fighting in downing street. And if you want to get in touch about any of todays stories, please do