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Mps to get behind tougher tiered restrictions. Mass testing begins for university students, to get them safely home for christmas. And in sport. After this terrifying crash, formula one driver Romain Grosjean says hes lucky to be alive. The accident in bahrains highlighted both safety gains and concerns in the sport. Good morning. A fairly cloudy start to the day. We also have patchy rain sinking south. Behind that brighter skies and breezy. All the details in ten minutes. Its monday, the 30th of november. Our top story. Sir philip greens retail empire arcadia, is likely to call in the administrators putting 13,000 jobs at risk. Sources in the Company Whose brands include topshop, burton and Dorothy Perkins have told the bbc they dont expect a last minute rescue deal, as Greg Mckenzie reports. Could this be the end of the road for sir philip greens epic retail journey, one that has brought him riches, a knighthood but also information . Infamy. Arcadias brand once dominated high street fashion. Its chains have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. But its problems stretched further back than that, as it struggled to keep up with online retailers. The company, which includes topshop, burton and Dorothy Perkins, would be the biggest retail collapse of the pandemic. If it went into administration, its shops are expected to still trade for now, while they try to find a buyer. The Arcadia Group has more than 500 stores employing 13,000 people. Topshop alone accounts for 250 shops and concessions in 170 towns and cities across the uk. Senior sources at the company told the bbc they do not expect a last minute rescue deal. The offer of a £50 million loan from Mike Ashleys Frasers Group has reportedly been dismissed. There is also added uncertainty for thousands of arcadia staff, as there is an estimated £350 million hole in the companys pension fund. The bbc understands green is currently on his superyacht, lionheart, which is docked in monacos harbour. He has so far declined requests for an interview. Greg mckenzie, bbc news. Coronavirus infections dropped by almost a third in england during the Second National lockdown according to the latest data. Interim findings from Imperial College london showed lower infection rates across the country after testing more than 100,000 people. Rachel schraer reports. To get a sense of how many people across england have coronavirus, our best option is to pick a sample of people from different age groups, areas and backgrounds, and test them regularly, whether they have symptoms or not. A study run by Imperial College london has done just this, and it gives us the most up to date picture of whats happening with covid 19. The researchers swabbed more than 100,000 people between the 13th and the 24th of november while england was in lockdown. They found that during this 12 day period, cases of coronavirus fell by 30 , compared with the last time the Imperial Team carried out this research. They tested people between the 16th and october 25th, when the country was under a three tier system of restrictions. And at that point, cases were doubling every nine days. Its not the same across all regions of england. So weve seen some of the northern higher prevalence regions have had larger drops than some of the midlands and the southern areas. But overall, weve seen a pretty substantial drop over the period of lockdown. The health secretary, matt hancock, has described imperials findings as encouraging, but he says the country cant take its foot off the pedal yet. The government plans to bring in a new three tier system on wednesday, this time with tougher rules, and more areas have been placed in the highest level of restrictions. The hope is that this will be enough to keep infections falling, while giving people a few more freedoms and allowing shops to open in the run up to christmas. Government scientific advisers have said they expect cases to rise, maybe as much as double, when rules are relaxed over the festive period. So keeping infections under control before then is even more pressing. Rachel schraer ending that report there. The Prime Minister has urged disgruntled conservative mps to show unity as he tries to head off a potential rebellion over a three tier system of coronavirus restrictions in england. The government will today publish analysis of the economic, health, and social impact of the measures. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson has more. Borisjohnson is determined to pull out the stops to squeeze the rebellion he is facing in his own ranks tomorrow. So he has written to the Covid Recovery group of conservative mps, lockdown sceptics if you like, suggesting there is some unity of purpose there, that he has constructively taken on board lots of his suggestions, including more testing of asymptomatic people. But hes also conceded a key rebel demand. That is to produce an economic and social impact of the measures that he is introducing. To put it crudely, his mps want to know if the lives that these restrictions will save will really outweigh the damage to livelihoods that they will cause. Speaking to some of those potential rebels, they are prepared to be convinced but say they are withholding their support until they see the hard data behind borisjohnsons decisions. The mass testing of students for covid 19, so they can go home safely for the christmas break, is starting at many universities across the uk today. If they test negative, many students will leave university in the travel window starting on thursday. 0ur education correspondent dan johnson reports. Two of these tests, three days apart, then 2k hours to make it home for christmas. Thats the safest route on offer ahead of the holidays. And here in east london, these students are helping manage the tests as well as taking them. I think this is the safest way of doing it. I think by allowing all students and staff to be tested, we can ensure that we keep the r rate down and people can go home feeling confident. Youve got to balance the risk, and this just minimizes it a little bit more. So, yeah, iwould be happier knowing that i got the two negatives to go home and see my parents. A positive result will mean confirmation with a lab test, then isolation. Were very confident that we can test everybody. But support is being promised. The wellbeing advisers will contact the students, make sure theyre 0k, offer them emotional support. And i suppose the important thing about doing it now, is that theres a ten day window if somebody does test positive, so that they can then go back home to their families and loved ones. Still get home in time for christmas . Yes, absolutely. Its a huge challenge getting this in place at every university, with enough tests available for all students, and the results being delivered on time, quickly enough so that they can all get home as safely as possible. But this is all voluntary. So the question will be, how many students will actually come forward . In scotland, st andrews started testing on saturday, and students are already getting results. It didnt feel as bad as i expected it to. Like, id heard some stories about it being, like, really u nco mforta ble, but it was actually pretty all right. Obviously, its really important for many of them to get back and see families and loved ones during the winter break. We want to do all that we can to make sure that thats possible for them, but we want them to do so in as safe a way as possible. And thats why this Testing Centre is so important. Some lecturers have warned this travel window could be chaotic after a term thats been so tough for staff as well as students. People feel a bit up and down. I think theyre a bit worried about going home to places where the restrictions are higher. I think especially when people have had such little opportunity to mix in st andrews, i think going home and seeing their family is something that people are quite looking forward to. Its kind of awesome that we can still have some kind of normality and some kind of family time, especially if all the kids are away at uni, ts nice to be home and just to be home and get cooked for and get your washing done and stuff. Good to know some priorities havent changed, despite the pandemic. Dan johnson, bbc news. New restrictions to combat the spread of coronavirus in wales will be announced by the first minister today. Since the end of the 17 day lockdown, the number of cases have begun to rise and hospital admissions remain high. Indoor Entertainment Venues will close, and new rules will be introduced for the Hospitality Industry on friday. French rescue teams have been searching for a missing british woman, who has gone missing in the pyrenees. Esther dingley, has spent the last six years on a campervan tour of europe and was last in touch with her partner a week ago. She was expected to end her hike on wednesday but has not been seen since. Beavers have built their first dam in exmoor in more than 400 years after being re introduced into the area nine months ago. This footage captured on wildlife cameras shows the animals gnawing nearby trees and collecting vegetation to create a dam across small channels that run through an estate in somerset. The animals are being released in different areas as part of a uk wide project. Very clever, arent they . In terms of building dams. They are brilliant at that. I cannot believe you have had a pop at beavers. There are two boys and a girl and they are hoping that there will be more of them building dams. That is very clever. He had just insulted their intelligence but they arent doing all right. Well done. You have. I think they have a very small skill set. Nothing wrong with that. Iam i am saying nothing. Good iam saying nothing. Good morning. This morning is fairly cloudy to start the day. For some of us there is low cloud mist and fog. Patchy rain heading south. This is the band of rain coming in across scotland, Northern Ireland and england which is sinking south. It will be heavy on the north west. Here we have gusty winds. You can see the extent of the cloud cover with rain getting into southern areas. Behind its clearer skies with sunshine. Temperature wise, six in lowick, ten in plymouth and 11 in st helier. The sunsets much earlier. Clear skies across scotland with 80 showers. The same across Northern Ireland. Clear skies across Northern England with a phew show is coming down the north sea coastline. All of this cloud. A view showers. Clear skies follow one behind. A strong wind coming down the north sea coastline bringing showers. In the west there is a cloud coming away with patchy rain and drizzle. A bit more of a breeze, so not such an issue with frost. A quick look at tomorrow put up some sunshine to start the day. This hay is coming down the north sea. Cloud from the west. Hayes. Some sunshine in the murray fair west. Hayes. Some sunshine in the murrayfairand west. Hayes. Some sunshine in the murray fair and aberdeenshire. Thank you. We will see you for the full round up in half an hour. 13,000 people are waiting to hear about their future as their employer, Arcadia Group edges closer to falling into administration. Senior sources have told the bbc they do not expect any last minute rescue of the business which owns brands including topshop, burton and Dorothy Perkins. Ninas in liverpool with the latest. This is potentially a huge story. Good morning. Stores like this have been such a part of the fabric of high street fashion so long. Topshop was the store that made high fashion affordable in the 90s and noughties. Dorothy perkins has been around for a century but now they are on the brink. Experts are looking at what can be salvaged from the business. They owned topshop, Dorothy Perkins and miss selfridge among others. There was a major Restructuring Plan last year which meant they closed outlets internationally but 13,000 ukjobs remain. Outlets internationally but 13,000 uk jobs remain. Despite outlets internationally but 13,000 ukjobs remain. Despite the problems of arcadia, sir philip green, who iu ns of arcadia, sir philip green, who runs the company, has a personal wealth of £930 million. This is an almighty fall for the empire of a man once dubbed the king of the high street. Brash, brave, brilliant, bully. Whatever your view, sir philip green is undeniably one of the big beasts of british retail. Its going to be about Old Fashioned shopkeepers, Old Fashioned operate. This is not any more financialjinx. This is going to be about knowing your business. From miss selfridge to Dorothy Perkins, his clothing brands are on every high street. But it is topshop and its links with high fashion thats driven the groups success. Its just a label, isnt it . Yeah, but its the style of clothes. Its kate moss yeah, its kate moss. Everybody wants to be like kate moss. Its kate moss. Shes gorgeous, man. Shes stunning. It matters that much . Beautiful figure. Tall, beautiful. But its just a label . Its kate moss but its the same thing as with designer clothes, you know . Why do they say that you can spend, you know, £500 on, you know, an outfit . Because you know that this designers designed it, and were all so shallow in this day and age that we dont care, cos its got a label saying armani, gucci, or whatever. And you think you might look like kate moss at the end of it . Id hope so british home stores, or bhs, made his name, and tarnished it. He bought the tired chain for £200 million at the turn of the millennium. But the good times werent to last. And it was sold forjust a pound 15 years later, before going bust with a massive hole in the pension fund. Very sad. 27 years. Sir philips anger was clear to see when he was questioned by mps. Do you mind not looking at me like that all the time . Its really disturbing. But he did agree to add hundreds of millions back to the pension pot. Fashion comes, fashion goes. In recent years, his empire has struggled to keep up with cooler digital rivals. So could this be the final chapter in the philip green saga . Right, youre out of here. Later on today we will find out. Kate hardcastle, a retail expert, joins me now. Fundamental question, what went wrong here . Several things. They lost relevance with their consumers. Consumers are getting savvier, very social media oriented. They want conversations with brands. Topshop tipped out of that. Right next door, brands like primerica or online, boo hoo, selling items much more affordably for young people. And thirdly, i think the fact it was a trader mentality. A lot of people in the organisation were working hard to turnit organisation were working hard to turn it around. 0f organisation were working hard to turn it around. Of the idea of buying a cheap, stack it high and sell it for a profit. Its more sophisticated now. You need to be authentic in your communications and what you do. It does it doesnt wash unless the price is right. It will be dubbed a covid casualty. Thats not accurate in your eyes . No, they were having many problems. They had to try to readjust the brands to make sure there was some worthiness, some opportunity. We know there have been problems before, obviously led by a characterful person who hit the tabloids for the wrong reasons and blighted a lot of the success releva nt to blighted a lot of the success relevant to that. But i think so much of the group is dependent on high street offer. We know that it is about that mix of having online blending perfectly with your stories and perhaps less of a store network too. So covid was an acceleration rather than a cause. Going forward, 13,000 jobs at risk. Is there any hope for any of the individual brands . I think the brands will have a very good relevance online. The jewel in the credits topshop. We know there is going to be a bidding war. Those 13,000 jobs, although they might be an opportunity in e commerce, it will not be the same kind ofjob. The knock on effect to the high street, what will fill holes, what will the knock on effect of beta the neighbours . We have to see rejuvenation in the high street around purposeful social rather than retail. What has happened to how we shop . The way we approach shopping in itself . I think everything now, for organisations, is about understanding the pulse point of your consumer. Ethically, ecological conversations are very important. We have all been living with our wardrobes for a few months this year and have decided we dont need it is much though. Lots of consumers wa nt to is much though. Lots of Consumers Want to engage with fashion in different ways. It does not mean the end of fast fashion but it means a more sophisticated level of fast fashion. Really interesting to see what comes next. For many of the employers of the Arcadia Group this morning, they may be concerned about their pension. Reports there is a three and £50 million hole in that. Pressure from some mps for sir philip green to plug that gap himself. If debenhams is on your high street, you are no large parts of her taken up by acadian brands. They are also in trouble, looking a deal. What will our high street look like in one, two, three years time . Nothing like today. Thank you. We will cover this story throughout the programme this morning. If you are an arcadia employee waiting to hear what is happening, we will bring you the latest. Any and every morning for quite a few people. A nervy morning. Lets take a look at todays papers. The telegraph claims on its front page that pubs and restaurants hit by new covid restrictions will receive extra money to help them get through the festive season. Theres also a separate story with the headline, tills will be allowed to keep ringing 24 7, on reports that shops will be allowed to stay open for longer in the run up to christmas. The picture you can see there is of the british hiker esther dingley, whos gone missing in the pyrenees. The mirror is also talking about retail on its front page its got a plea from high street bosses for people to buy their presents in store this year, after a warning that retailers are facing a £9 million slump in pre christmas takings. The i reports that the Prime Minister Boris Johnson has insisted there will be no more concessions over the tough tier restrictions which come into force later this week. Mrjohnson has appealed to conservative mps to show unity and resolve as he seeks to avert a rebellion. Shall we have a little look at what is going on inside . Ive got a story in the daily telegraph. It is talking about a future beyond covid when we perhaps get to go back to restau ra nts a nd when we perhaps get to go back to restaurants and bars. When that eventually happens that everything is open again. There is a restaurant here that is looking at the possibility of using robots to serve champagne. What do you think about that . Would you like that . Instead of having a human. I like a chap. I like of having a human. I like a chap. Ilikea of having a human. I like a chap. I like a person. They say it might encourage people to come back in because they feel safer and a little bit more secure. If that helps people go back into the Hospitality Industry, in whateverform it people go back into the Hospitality Industry, in whatever form it is, thatis industry, in whatever form it is, that is a good thing. Ive got a bevy of insights. I dont know where to start. Lets do some pictures. This is an amazing picture. A canary wharf skyline emerges through the mist, it says, to cover much of the capital. This was taken by a drone over the weekend. What do you think of that . Look at that. Thats impressive. Ca nary wharf at look at that. Thats impressive. Canary wharf at the top. That is a proper picture. Ive got one even better than that. Wait for this. These are the finalists in the International Nature and Wildlife Photographers Bird Photographer of the year competition. This one didnt even win but it is a vulture attacking a jackal. Look at that my goodness. The one that actually won is this one, the kingfisher. This is a swallow coming through a crack in a swallow coming through a crack in a window. This was a runner up as well. A puffin about to land with lots of little fish in its mouth. Dont ask me a nature question this morning after my beaver question comment. Apologies to all the beavers who might be watching. Have you been watching im a celebrity . I land. Apparently the production has been plagued by crows. A plate. They are dive bombing contestants. Members of the production team. They are all of the castle in north wales. A source says the birds are like something out of a horror film. Its like they are watching the celebrities and crew, and when they are inside they swoop on them. So if you werent worried about all of the stuff you have to eat and drink and have bought on your head. Attacked by crows. Ive got a little fact. Did you know that when Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley were divorced, that he sang i was so i will a lwa ys that he sang i was so i will always love you as they went down the steps of the courthouse . Dolly pa rton the steps of the courthouse . Dolly parton has the steps of the courthouse . Dolly pa rton has revealed the steps of the courthouse . Dolly parton has revealed this. Shes done an interview with the big issue. It is in an interview with the big issue. It isina an interview with the big issue. It is in a letter to my younger self section. She says one of a great regret is the fact she turned down elvis having the opportunity to record a version of the song. Why . She says it was a silly issue over money. She didnt realise that she would have actually been entitled to half the rights of anything that elvis had had of the back of that song. She cried all night long because she was so disappointed. She knew he loved the song and she wished shed let him do it. I wish she had led him do it. Can you |magine . She had led him do it. Can you imagine . Thats the end of that. Shall we leave that there . I think we should. There could be a surge upon surge of coronavirus cases in the coming weeks after millions of people travelled home for thanksgiving, according to americas top Infectious Disease expert. The us has recorded more than 13 million cases and more than a quarter of a Million People have died. 0ur washington correspondent nomia iqbal reports. You know whats coming. He is americas most trusted voice on the coronavirus pandemic. And dr anthony fauci, the countrys leading expert on Infectious Disease, painted a dark picture as we head towards christmas. I cant see how were not going to have the same thing, because when you have the kind of inflection that we have, it doesnt all of a sudden turn around like that. So clearly, in the next few weeks, were going to have the same sort of thing, and perhaps even two or three weeks down the line, martha, we may see a surge upon a surge. His warning comes a few days after thanksgiving, one of the biggest holidays in the us. More than nine million americans stuck to the tradition of traveling to celebrate with theirfamilies, despite pleas the day before to stay home over fears it would increase the spread of covid 19. So hang on. Dont let yourself surrender to the fatigue, which i understand, it is realfatigue. I know we can and we will beat this virus. America is not going to lose this war. It will take a few weeks to find out what overall impact those decisions to ignore warnings could have. But already a stark number in la county in california. More than 5,000 new coronavirus cases were reported on thanksgiving day. Officials have now issued a new stay at home orderfrom monday, limiting peoples movements, which will run right up to december the 20th. And as we approach christmas, dr faucis message to americas leaders is close the bars, keep the schools open. He reminded americans help is on the way, with vaccine trials proving to be effective so far. But he said current restrictions and Safety Measures will still be necessary for the Christmas Holiday season, to keep alive any chance of beating the virus. Nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london. Im tolu adeoye. The met police is only answering half of the number of calls it receives to its victims of crime helpline, according to figures released to the bbc. In january last year, 80 of calls to its Crime Management Service were answered. By this september, that figure had dropped to 49 . The force said there had beeen a massive increase in demand and it was taking measures to improve the service. Yesterday was the First Anniversary of the London Bridge terror attack, in which jack merrit and saskia jones were killed. Rosca 0nya, a former gang member turned rapper, who was helped by jack merritt, has now released a Charity Single in his memory. He says jack became like a brother through the support he gave him while in prison. There was one in particular he kept coming back he was a cambridge grad and his name was jack and jacks eyes never saw white or black he saw a failed system and helped fighting back. A new report has found nearly 40 of londons young people and children living in poverty will not get a Christmas Present this year. The Childhood Trust surveyed 39 charities working with disadvantaged children and teenagers. Nearly half of those asked also reported feeling isolated and lonely during the festive period. More than 300 Christmas Trees have been stolen from a store in south london. £3,000 worth of stock was taken from pines and needles in wimbledon on friday. Police say their enquiries are ongoing and no arrests have been made. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. Theres a good service on the tubes this morning. 0n the trains, theres no Great Northern service between Alexandra Palace and hertford north problems with the power there. On to the roads Vauxhall Bridge remains closed northbound, but its due to reopen at 10pm tonight. In denham, denham road is closed just of the aao because of a crash. Finally, in stamford hill, amhurst park is closed eastbound from Seven Sisters road, because of a burst water main. Now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. Hello. Good morning. Once again its a very murky start to the day. Mist, fog, plenty of low cloud around this morning. It is frost free with temperatures generally in mid single figures. And well be keeping all of that very grey and low cloud as we head throughout the rest of the day, so it will never really brighten up. You will notice a little bit more of a breeze than we saw at the weekend and there is a weather front heading our way from the north west, and that is going to give us some outbreaks of mostly light, patchy rain and drizzle, mostly towards the end of the afternoon and then that will continue on after dark. Top temperatures once more of 9, 10 celsius. This evening and overnight, that light, patchy rain will clear and eventually the cloud will break up and well be into cooler air as we enter tomorrow morning. It is a chilly start to the day. Tomorrow, plenty of sunshine. Really cheering up but it will feel colder tomorrow and well be staying in that cold air for the rest of the week. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Now though its back to dan and sally. Bye for now. Hello. This is breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. Coming up on breakfast this morning, who says dreams dont come true. Well meet the six year old, whose love of space has captured hearts across the world, including astronauts Chris Hadfield and tim peake. Hello. Is thatjeffrey . Hello, jeffrey, this is Michael Sheen here. Picking up the phone to tackle loneliness. Actor Michael Sheen tells us how we can all stay connected this christmas. Its beginning to look a lot like christmas everywhere you go and two people, who will be together this christmas, michael ball and alfie boe. Theylljoin us just before 9am, as they celebrate their third number one album. Retail giant, arcadia whose brands include topshop, burton and Dorothy Perkins could face collapse later today. The Company Currently has 13,000 people working across its 500 stores in the uk. Sources at the group have told the bbc they dont expect a last minute deal to save the business. Coronavirus infections dropped by almost a third in england during the Second National lockdown according to the latest data. Interim findings from Imperial College london showed lower infection rates across the country after testing more than 100,000 people. The Research Suggests infections fell by more than half in the north west and north east, but remained higher in the east and west midlands. The Prime Minister has called for unity and resolve from mps ahead of tomorrows vote on the new three tier restrictions for england. The system will come into foce when the current lockdown ends on wednesday. The government will today publish analysis of the economic, health, and social impact of the tier measures. A post brexit overhaul of agriculture in england has been set out by the government bringing an end to taxpayer subsidies. The seven year plan will phase out paying farmers based on how much land they own. Instead, farmers will be rewarded for Sustainable Practices and creating new habitats. The National Farmers union says many of its members will suffer as a result. The Second National lockdown in england has contributed to a 30 drop in infection rates, according to the latest data. How are these restrictions working . Lets discuss this with gp, dr nighat arif. How are you . I am good. It has been a busy week. That weekend was actually 0k where i was. It is nice to be back every week, by the looks of it. Work to make of the latest findings that the infection rate is falling by 30 . The study shows there is a 30 reduction and that is mostly there is a 30 reduction and that is m ostly fro m there is a 30 reduction and that is mostly from when we went into lockdown. The figures before, the getting about one and 100 infected patients in our community and that has now dropped to one and 80. It shows how brilliantly we have been doing. The r rate has gone down to zero point 88. There are lots of other conditions in the winter. 0. 88. We need to make sure we do not have the higher rates of covid 19 in our communities. With the tier system, it is important. Testing has got so much better. 0n system, it is important. Testing has got so much better. On saturday we had a patient. There was a telephone consultation. Had symptoms of covid 19. She got a test within an hour and the results that evening. I am so happy. That is how it should go. The family could carry on with their lives. In case it was negative. With people who are from greater households were living in multiple generational households, areas where there are high levels of deprivation, compared to wealthier areas, asian families compared to white families, there seems to be greater odds of having a spread of covid 19 and we need to look at the far more. Covid 19 has highlighted lots of problems. As a community, it is great that we had driven that number down. How do you feel about the change back into the tiers . Given the interesting figure the infection rate has fallen, how do you feel busy tiers about to come back . Professor witty said every day we ease on lockdown or ease out of restrictions, that is five days further down the road of severe lockdown measures that have to be applied. We had to be able to make sure we are playing our part in making sure we are covering our faces, washing our hands and making sure we have that space. How do i feel . It is a balance between what i know the lockdown causes, loneliness, stress, depression. Livelihoods are at stake. We must drive this virus down. Hopefully, with the rapid flow test in place and the tests better it is trying to get the balance right. It is festive season. People do not want to spend it on their own. It is dark, miserable, the weather is not exactly how we want it to be. This isa exactly how we want it to be. This is a really hard predicament, trying to get the balance right. Where we are locally, we are in tiered two, sticking to the rule of six. Trying to decide who to get over for christmas. Tier 2. The tough discussions will have to happen. Are you concerned about relaxation of rules over christmas . Lots of people saying, keep your doors and windows open when you are having christmas dinner. What are you saying to patients . I am saying to patients, decide who you are going to have around. If some Family Members are too vulnerable, it is worth having the risk. We had ramadan and eid in the risk. We had ramadan and eid in the middle of lockdown as well. It is not easy. We know far more about covid 19 then we did before. Having windows and doors open means you have ventilation going round. Around christmas, there is the aspect of loneliness. Loneliness, we know, causes stress response which can lead to other chronic diseases, like blood pressure. High blood pressure. We are trying to tackle thoseissues pressure. We are trying to tackle those issues as well. On the aspect about christmas and loneliness, i wa nted about christmas and loneliness, i wanted to say to anyone listening, a lwa ys wanted to say to anyone listening, always reach out. There of charities are available. Age uk, british red class, the campaign to end loneliness. Anyone in a particularly dark place great you can text and then there is a trained crisis volunteer who can support you. British red cross. I want to ask you a quick question about vaccines. Have you heard anything . Do you know when the most Vulnerable People might start to see a vaccine arrived . There has been a lot of mumbling. Trying to get the population of a surgery to go to a particular place. Then it is going to happen, honestly, i do not know. How logistically, having the storage in getting patients in. How to have their workforce to enable administration of all the vaccines and whether it is going to be one and whether it is going to be one and then how long do we space out before we have another one . I am hopeful, i am before we have another one . I am hopeful, iam not before we have another one . I am hopeful, i am not talking about covid 19 and next christmas, there isa covid 19 and next christmas, there is a conversation we wont be having. By spring time, if we can behave, stick to the tier system and the face coverings and hand washing, lets not discuss this next year, sally . Just to pick up a bit more about loneliness. We have the great Michael Sheen on the programme later talking about the work he is doing to help people who might be feeling lonely at the moment. Something else coming up later, you are having a p0p coming up later, you are having a pop at beavers ali, saying they were not very clever. I have been doing some research. I had two fascinating fa cts some research. I had two fascinating facts i will share with you later this morning. At this point lets go tojohn, so dan can recover. A terrifying crash. Romain grosjean is lucky to be alive. It has highlighted some of the improvements which have come in the sport and some of the concerns. The halo system, protecting drivers heads, that saved his life but the car really shouldnt have penetrated the barriers in the way it did. Trapping him in there. He was in the viable 420, 30 seconds. The investigation which will follow will around the crash barriers and as to how the car burst into flames like it did. Luckily, he was ok and released a message from his hospital bed. It was one of the most horrifying formula one accidents for years. Grosjean escaping with burns on the back of his hands after hitting the barrier at close to 140 mph. Lewis hamilton said it should never be forgotten that drivers put their lives on the line every time they race. Heres our sports correspondentjoe wilson. The bahrain grand prix begins. 20 cars race, each with a halo a titanium bar protecting the cockpit, protecting Romain Grosjean. And a big fire there fla mes insta ntly surrounded the driver. That should not happen. It will be part of the investigation. But with medics attending, grosjean, hands burning on the metal, was able to force his own way out, an escape which seemed miraculous. Grosjean was able later in hospital to reflect on how the cars improvements had saved his life. Ijust wanted to say i am 0k, well, sort of 0k. Thank you very much for all the messages. I mean, i wasnt for the halo some years ago but i think its the greatest thing that was brought to formula one. Without it, i wouldnt be able to speak to you today. At the circuit, the teams watched the replays. Lewis hamilton tweeted that the crash was a reminder of the risk the extreme danger that is still there. As soon as the grand prix resumed, another collision. A car upturned. Lance stroll was the driver pulled out unharmed. A safety car finally led the racers home after another incident. Lewis hamilton won but 20 drivers came to bahrain, 20 lived to drive again. Joe wilson, bbc news. Wolves rauljimenez was taken to hospital after a sickening clash of heads with arsenals david luiz last night. Alan shearer scathing of the current concussion protocols, which allowed the defender to play on. Jimenez needed oxygen, as the game was stopped for around ten minutes. He is conscious in hospital. But luiz was bandaged up and carried on playing before being replaced at half time. Arsenal say they followed the protocols. Rules state a player with a suspected concussion should be taken straight off and not allowed to return until appropriate treatment has been given. Football needs to get real, it needs to wake up. It needs to get serious. Not next year, not next month, not next week. Now. How on earth is he allowed to come back onto the pitch with a wound that is bleeding through the bandage, dripping down his face . Were talking about life or death here. And players careers, career ending. Its just not acceptable. Not a great night for arsenal, Daniel Podence scored the winner for wolves in a 2 1win. Theyre up to sixth. Its arsenals worst start to a season in 39 years. The fa will investigate a deleted social media post by Manchester United striker edinson cavani, which contained a spanish phrase that is offensive in some contexts. He deleted it once told how it could be seen in the uk. Its after he came on to score twice as united came from 2 0 down at southampton to win 3 2. Their 8th away win in a row. Chelsea tottenham finished goalless. All is not well at champions celtic, fans gathering outside the stadium yesterday in protest at results, throwing missiles at the team and clashed with police. Its after a fifth defeat in ten games. They lost 2 0 to ross county in the league cup. Ross stewart and Alex Iacovitti scoring there. It was celtics first cup defeat in 36 ties. And these the scenes after. Celtic condemed the protests, largely aimed at under pressure manager neil lennon. Celtic said the players were shaken up and Police Scotland say two officers were injured. Meanwhile, Steven Gerrards rangers, who are unbeaten in 21 games and 11 points clear of celtic in the league, are into the last eight. They won 4 0 at falkirk and will face st mirren for a place in the semis. What a day for marine of the eighth tier in the fa cup, the joint lowest ranked side still in the competition. They knocked out havant and waterlooville in extra time yesterday. Classic goalfrom captain niall cummins. He went for a header, and it came off his back. Now theyre not an elite club, so had special dispensation to carry on training during lockdown. Their last match was their win over colchester in the first round. Theyre now in the third, so the Merseyside Club could get drawn against everton or even liverpool. Ijust got a glimpse of it coming over and i thought, i can attack this. Then i seen the seven wind up to do some sort of bicycle kick and thought, oh, no, im getting one in the mush here and, eh, so ijust thought of my body in that direction and luckily, he didnt get a flush connection on it and its hit me in the back and its gone in. Ive just seen the replay and its a lucky goal but ill take it. Its the last minute and theyre not going to be able to reply in that time. And, how do you celebrate . Send the keeper to the local co op to buy the drinks. Bayleigh passa nt dispatched in full kit. It was his brithday as well, so happy brithday for yesterday. Good on him. Ronnie 0sullivan suffered a shock defeat at the uk snooker championship. The seven times winner farfrom his best, beaten by the world number 66, switzerlands alexandser ursenbacher, in a deciding frame. 0sullivan looked like he would edge through after going 5 4 up, but lost the last two frames. And finally, a touching tribute from one of the greatest number tens to another. Lionel messis gesture to maradona yesterday, after scoring for barca he revealed a number ten newells old boys jersey, messis boyhood club, who maradona also played for in the 905. Maradona also played for barcelona. The club also hung a framed signed maradonna shirt above the president ial box during the match. A great goal. A fitting goal as well. A nice touching moment. Really lovely moment. He got booked. For taking his shirt off. Even though he is not exposing flesh underneath. Were they booking thank you. The amount of taxpayer money that farmers receive will be much more dependent on the contribution they make to the environment, under new plans by the government. It will mean traditional subsidies in england will be reduced from next year and payments to protect nature will be introduced. 0ur environment correspondent Roger Harrabin reports. Farming is a toughjob. And in parts of the uk, farmers are struggling to stay afloat. There, good boys, good boys. In sussex, martin is focused right now on a visit from the vet. Come on, chaps. Come on. It seems to have spooked some of the cattle. But the future of the countryside as a whole is far more worrying for Livestock Farmers like him. Thats because for two decades, martins farm has been kept in business thanks to grants from the European Union. The system is frankly bizarre. The richer you are, the more land you own. The more land you own, the more taxpayers money you get. But that is going to change. Its brexit thats driving the shift. Soggy fields are great for wildlife, and the uk government says in future, taxpayers will reward farmers for bringing birds to the countryside and encouraging woodlands to soak up carbon emissions. So basically, martin will be paid to help nature. But will the grants be enough to keep him in business . I think theres a very real concern throughout the industry that the money available to achieve the objectives of farming for more wildlife, is simply not going to be enough for us to deliver successfully, cos delivering wildlife from a farm is an expensive business. Its been announced that farmers will lose half theirformer eu grants by 2024, and all of them by 2028. Farmers who embrace the new policy and farm sustainably and make space for nature on their farms, and who want to improve their profitability, so invest in new equipment, they will all benefit from the new policy. There will be incentives for farming sustainably, grants to help space for nature, and grants as well to help farmers buy new equipment. Some farmers may object, but the future of britains countryside will be fewer sheep and cattle, and more birds and trees. Roger harrabin, bbc news, east sussex. Not all farmers are happy with that at all. We are going to talk to George Eustice later in the programme about this very subject. We have also got to be first minister of scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, who is here at half past eight. A packed programme today. And throughout it we have started the magnificent Carol Kirkwood with a full update. Good morning, carol. Good morning, both. Good morning to you. It is fairly cloudy. Patchy rain in the forecast sinking steadily south. It will brighten up behind that. We have got this cold front producing the brain. Watch how the wind of yea rs. The brain. Watch how the wind of years. The isobars turn more northerly. Quite a breeze than the north sea coastline. High pressure dominating in the south. Cloud and fog this morning. Especially in south wales into the south west of england and gloucestershire. The breeze picks up and we see clearer skies coming in across scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland. These are our temperatures. Six to 11 degrees. As we head through this evening and overnight, a band of cloud and patchy rain continues to sink down into the Channel Islands. Clear skies behind. A brisk cold northerly wind blowing in some showers across north sea coastal counties. More cloud coming in from the west with some patchy rain. These are our temperatures overnight in towns and cities. In rural areas it will be lower than this. Had she and fog. Nothing widespread. Too much of a breeze. Tomorrow blues across many areas. Behind this warm front we see a return to milder yellows. This is bringing in the cloud and patchy rain and drizzle. The best of the sunshine tomorrow will be the further east that you travel. You could also see some holes in the cloud across the moray firth and aberdeenshire. Still a brisk breeze down the north sea coastline. Temperatures between eight and 11 degrees. As we move from tuesday into wednesday, once again another front coming in from the north west will introduce some rain, some snow on the hills, and it is going to be pretty windy later in the day, especially in the north and west. Here is the cold front sinking south, taking its cloud and not much in the way of rain left by then. Clear skies follow. Temperatures in scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland between five and seven. As we come further south, between eight and 10 degrees. There will be some snow above 300 metres in highlands. Thursday into friday we have got low pressure driving our weather. You can see all this snow here. Later in the week it is going to be wet. It will be cooler as well. And thats no you saw coming in from the west, well, its more likely to be on Higher Ground across parts of scotland, wales, the pennines, for example, and the moors in the south west. But in some of the heavier bursts we might see some getting down to lower levels. Worth pointing out it is a long way away yet and the forecast could change. I will keep you updated as we go through this week. Good to know. Thank you. Back in march, italy was for a long time seen as being the global epicentre of the pandemic as cases and deaths soared past other european countries. After a Strict Lockdown and falling infection rates in the summer, the country is now in the grip of a second wave, as our correspondent mark lowen reports. The resuscitation of italys nightmare. We were shown the carnage of the pandemic they thought they were beating. But the second wave has hit harder than the first, says this doctor. And here in the south, theyre struggling to cope. This is calabria, italys and one of western europes poorest regions. Intensive care numbers arent yet out of control, but the countrys weakest Health Care System is on red alert. Translation my staff are truly heroes on the front line and giving it their all. Were fighting this like lions, so as not to keel over. If cases continue to rise, itll be a disaster for the whole of italy, and not just for us. This ward can take 18 people. There were 12 patients here until about an hour ago, when one of them died. Beds filling up, a shortage of staff. Italy thought it had left these horrible scenes behind. But once again, its been caught on the back foot with the second wave. And this time its not just the wealthy north thats been overwhelmed, but here, too, in the countrys most impoverished corner. Italys southern toe has been overtaken and plundered by its mafia, infiltrating health care. Looted by criminals, indebted hospitals were abandoned. So this was one of the closed hospitals. A doctor who exposed corruption five years ago, says he was silenced. Translation our finances were a mess. We couldnt pay creditors and there were fake bills. So even with fewer covid cases, weve gone into meltdown as the mafia got rich. We now have no hospitals, no Health Care System. Were in an emergency. Just days ago, a Police Operation arrested a top local politician for laundering money through pharmacies in exchange for mafia support. Their tentacles are everywhere. When this Award Winning chef refused to pay extortion money 12 years ago, he was threatened and customers stayed away. Now, covid lockdown has again emptied his restaurant history, repeating itself in more ways than one under me. Translation the mafia and covid are both pandemic. Well destroy the virus with a vaccine, but the fight against the mafia will take longer. For now, my heart cannot see the light in this darkness. But we will rise up and defeat both. Calabria is battling to pull through. But in this scarred region, the virus has exposed its fragile heart. Mark lowen, bbc news, calabria, southern italy. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london, im tolu adeoye. New figures show the met police is only answering half of the number of calls it receives to its victims of crime helpline, according to figures released to the bbc. In january last year, 80 of calls to its Crime Management Service were answered. By this september, that figure had dropped to 49 . The force said there had been a massive increase in demand and it was taking measures to improve the service. Yesterday, was the First Anniversary of the London Bridge terror attack, in which jack merrit and saskia jones were killed. Rosca 0nya, a former gang member turned rapper, who was helped by jack merritt, has now released a Charity Single in his memory. He says jack became like a brother through the support he gave him while in prison. There was one in particular he kept coming back he was a cambridge grad and his name was jack and jacks eyes never saw white or black he saw a failed system and helped fighting back. A new report has found nearly 40 of londons young people and children living in poverty, will not get a Christmas Present this year. The Childhood Trust surveyed 39 charities working with disadvantaged children and teenagers. Nearly half of those asked also reported feeling isolated and lonely during the festive period. More than 300 Christmas Trees have been stolen from a store in south london. Thousands of pounds worth of stock was taken from pines and needles in wimbledon on friday. Police say their enquiries are ongoing and no arrests have been made. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. Theres a good service on the tubes this morning. 0n the trains, theres no Great Northern service between Alexandra Palace and hertford north problems with the power there. On to the roads. Vauxhall bridge remains closed northbound, but its due to reopen at 10pm tonight. In denham, denham road is closed just off the a40 thats because of a crash. Finally, in stamford hill, amhurst park is closed eastbound from Seven Sisters road, because of a burst water main. Now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. Hello. Good morning. Once again its a very murky start to the day. Mist, fog, plenty of low cloud around this morning. It is frost free with temperatures generally in mid single figures. And well be keeping all of that very grey and low cloud as we head throughout the rest of the day, so it will never really brighten up. You will notice a little bit more of a breeze than we saw at the weekend and there is a weather front heading our way from the north west, and that is going to give us some outbreaks of mostly light, patchy rain and drizzle, mostly towards the end of the afternoon and then that will continue on after dark. Top temperatures once more of 9, 10 celsius. This evening and overnight, that light, patchy rain will clear and eventually the cloud will break up and well be into cooler air as we enter tomorrow morning. It is a chilly start to the day. Tomorrow, plenty of sunshine. Really cheering up but it will feel colder tomorrow and well be staying in that cold air for the rest of the week. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Now though its back to dan and sally. Bye for now. Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. 0ur headlines today. 13,000 shop workers wait for news on their future, as sir philip greens arcadia empire looks set to become the biggest retail casualty of the pandemic. Topshop, Dorothy Perkins, miss selfridge, burtons, all businesses on the brink. Which of those brands can be salvaged and what next for the future fabric and fashion on the high street . Coronavirus cases in england have fallen by almost a third during the latest lockdown, as borisjohnson tries to convince mps to get behind tougher tiered restrictions. And across the country, students, concert venues and sports halls are being transformed into massive Testing Centre are students are getting tested before the travel window later this week. And in sport. After this terrifying crash, formula one driver Romain Grosjean says hes lucky to be alive. The accident in bahrains highlighted both safety gains and concerns in the sport. Good morning. A lot of cloud around to start with, patchy rain thinking south. More than a breeze then we have been used to. All the details in ten minutes. Its monday, the 30th of november. Sir philip greens retail empire arcadia, is likely to call in the administrators putting 13,000 jobs at risk. Sources in the Company Whose brands include topshop, burton and Dorothy Perkins have told the bbc they dont expect a last minute rescue deal, nina is in liverpool for us this morning. How much of this is down to the pandemic and is entirely caused by the pandemic . A good question. Most of you at home, take a mental walk through your wardrobe. It is more than likely there will be one of the arcadia brand are now. Topshop, miss selfridge, burtons, Dorothy Perkins. High street still works, some of them have been around for 100 years. We learned they were in serious trouble and administrators were likely to be called in. Today we learned that was imminent. Covid has played a part. The truth is, arcadia was in trouble long before this happened facing pressure from brands like zara on the high street, at the other end, primer. Also online, like aysoss. Primark. Other end, primer. Also online, like aysoss. Primark. A lot of people who might be employed by arcadia, what is happening now . Of all the brands, many might be appealing to other companies. They will look at the entirety of the business and which bits can be sold off. It is not impossible there will be a rescue bid. Mike ashley has made an offer of £50 million. He owns the fraser groups. We do not know that that offer has been accepted. There isa that offer has been accepted. There is a £350 million hole in the pension pot. A lot of political pressure on sir philip green. He has a reported personal wealth of more than 900 million. Pressure on him to fill some of that gap. We have been trying to track him down to his yacht in monaco. No interviews being given by him yet. Coronavirus infections dropped by almost a third in england during the Second National lockdown according to the latest data. Interim findings from Imperial College london showed lower infection rates across the country after testing more than 100,000 people. Rachel schraer reports. To get a sense of how many people across england have coronavirus, our best option is to pick a sample of people from different age groups, areas and backgrounds, and test them regularly, whether they have symptoms or not. A study run by Imperial College london has done just this, and it gives us the most up to date picture of whats happening with covid 19. The researchers swabbed more than 100,000 people between the 13th and the 24th of november while england was in lockdown. They found that during this 12 day period, cases of coronavirus fell by 30 , compared with the last time the Imperial Team carried out this research. They tested people between the 16th and october 25th, when the country was under a three tier system of restrictions. And at that point, cases were doubling every nine days. Its not the same across all regions of england. So weve seen some of the northern higher prevalence regions have had larger drops than some of the midlands and the southern areas. But overall, weve seen a pretty substantial drop over the period of lockdown. The health secretary, matt hancock, has described imperials findings as encouraging, but he says the country cant take its foot off the pedal yet. The government plans to bring in a new three tier system on wednesday, this time with tougher rules, and more areas have been placed in the highest level of restrictions. The hope is that this will be enough to keep infections falling, while giving people a few more freedoms and allowing shops to open in the run up to christmas. Government scientific advisers have said they expect cases to rise, maybe as much as double, when rules are relaxed over the festive period. So keeping infections under control before then is even more pressing. The Prime Minister has urged conservative mps to show unity as he tries to head off a potential rebellion over a three tier system of coronavirus restrictions in england. The government will today publish analysis of the economic, health, and social impact of the measures. Chris mason is our political correspondent. Good morning to you. The Prime Minister has asked for unity. Will he get it is the important question this morning. I am still on mental walk through my wardrobe and that is not a place i want to be. As far as the Prime Minister and unity is concerned, i do not think he will get unity but i think he is persuading some other potential conservative rebels. It has been striking over the weekend how things have changed in terms of the governments message. 2000 words are written in the times about the prospect of Cancer Patients not being able to get chemotherapy, people who had had a heart attack not being able to get treatment if there were not sufficient restrictions to ensure hospitals we re restrictions to ensure hospitals were overrun. By yesterday, more than a splash of emollients from the Prime Minister in an article and a couple of letters to mps reassuring about more data and more testing, promising this Impact Assessment that will be published this afternoon. I think some are being persuaded and therefore, in the end, these restrictions are coming on wednesday, whether you like it or not. What about the labour party . Where do they stand . They matter because if there were enough rebels and labour were to oppose the government, then the government could be in trouble. What i am told is that seniorfigures could be in trouble. What i am told is that senior figures in the labour party will have a call today with the chief medical officer for england. They continued to push for extra help for people who are self isolating. They acknowledge they sound like a stuck record on this but they absolutely want to keep on making that argument. In the end, labour has backed government measures all the way through this pandemic when it has come to the crucial vote and they will do again tomorrow, i am sure. Put that together with what will happen on the conservative benches and these measures will pass. England will come out of its Second National lock come out of its Second National lock come back into a tougher tiering system come back into a tougher tiering syste m o n come back into a tougher tiering system on wednesday. New restrictions to combat the spread of coronavirus in wales will be announced by the first minister today. Since the end of the 17 day lockdown, the number of cases have begun to rise and hospital admissions remain high. 0ur wales correspondent tomos morgan is in cardiff. Tomos, do we know any more details . We do know that cinemas will be closing in the nearfuture but we do know that cinemas will be closing in the near future but today will be about the Hospitality Industry and i will be restrictions on hospitality which will come into force on friday. They will be announced at 12 15pm by first minister mark drakeford. Some things which have been rumoured as a possible similar scenario with what is going on in the highest tier, early closure, restrictions on alcohol sales, Something Like that but we will not know the full plans until this afternoon. This is having to come into force because after the firebreak numbers had come down. We are now at a point where levels are the same as they were before the lockdown said the Welsh Government feeling something has to happen to curb the spread as we go into christmas, as there will be that easing over the Christmas Period. I understand there will not be restrictions on people meeting up the muscle at the moment people can be in the muscle at the moment people can beina the muscle at the moment people can be in a bubble with one other household and can be in a group of four from different households. Household and can be in a group of fourfrom different households. The restrictions will be on hospitality and they will ask what that will be so they can get plans into place as soon as so they can get plans into place as soon as possible because it has been very difficult yearfor soon as possible because it has been very difficult year for then and many places will have already got their stock in for the festive period and over the course of december. There might be a package to help the industry for those restrictions coming in. At 12 15pm, we will know what the rules will be. French rescue teams have been searching for a british woman, who has gone missing in the pyrenees. Esther dingley has spent the last six years on a campervan tour of europe and was last in touch with her partner a week ago. She was expected to end her hike on wednesday but has not been seen since. A post brexit overhaul of agriculture in england has been set out by the government bringing an end to taxpayer subsidies. The seven year plan will phase out paying farmers based on how much land they own. Instead, farmers will be rewarded for Sustainable Practices and creating new habitats. The National Farmers union says many of its members will suffer as a result. Shops could stay open longer in the run up to christmas, and throuthanuary, in a plan to boost high streets in england. Councils will be given the power to temporarily waive the rules restricting shop opening hours. In an article in the daily telegraph, the communities secretary, robertjenrick, says the move should ensure more pleasant and safer shopping. Its 7 11am. Carol is with us this morning. Earlier in the programme i think she definitely mentioned snow. Did you drop it . You certainly did. Top of the class to you. Tomorrow is the 1st of december and there is snow in the forecast on wednesday on Higher Ground in scotland, on thursday on Higher Ground in scotland and on friday it looks like we will see some snow coming in from the west. More likely it will be above 200 metres, 300 metres across parts of the highlands, the pennines, the moors in the south west. In some heavier bass we could see snow at lower levels. A lot to play for. No snow in the forecast today. What we do have is a lot of cloud. That cloud will produce rain for some as it continues moving southwards. You can see that nicely on the radar picture. Some of it is heavy on some of it is not. It is tending to be lighter. Ahead of it, a lot of cloud and fog to watch out for, particularly in parts of the south west of england, wales and midlands before vicar cloud and patchy rain arrived. Behind that we will see clear skies and sunshine. A noticeable breeze this morning across the far north and west of scotland. Temperature 6 degrees in the far north to 11 in the south. In the far north to 11 in the south. In the latter part of the afternoon we are looking at clear skies across much of scotland, bar a few showers in the west and showers on the north sea coastline generally for the clearer skies in Northern England. 0nce clearer skies in Northern England. Once again we are back into all this cloud across the rest of england and much of wales with patchy rain continuing its journey getting much of wales with patchy rain continuing itsjourney getting down eventually into the Channel Islands. Overnight we hang on to the clear skies. Brisk winds blowing in some showers. Vicar cloud and patchy rain and drizzle coming in from the west. In the west temperatures will not be as low, particularly the south west. These temperatures indicate what you can expect in towns and cities. In rural areas they will be lower than this. Tomorrow we start with the brisk wind down the north sea coastline. A lot of sunshine to start the day. Vicar cloud with patchy rain and drizzle coming in from the west which will be drifting eastward through the day. Vicar cloud. Around the marie firth, aberdeenshire, we will hang on to some sunshine. 11 degrees in stornoway and ten in st helier and plymouth. We will pay very close attention. Especially when she talks about snow. You are quite excited about snow. You are quite excited about that. Are you worried . You do not love it. Then you have to travel across the pennines to get to work thenit across the pennines to get to work then it is not the best option. I need a snowplough. The mass testing of students for covid, so they can go home safely for the christmas break, is starting at many universities across the uk today. If they test negative, many students will leave university in the travel window starting on thursday. 0ur education correspondent danjohnson is at the university of bristol this morning. Good morning to you. Give us an idea of the scale of these tests and how much of a challenge it will be . Yeah, it is a huge logistical challenge. This is bristols Student Union, which has been transformed into a Testing Centre, which starts today. Students will register here from 10am. They should have booked an appointment online. They will be brought through into here. This is normally the University Concert venue, which has been transformed into a Testing Centre. Students will ta ke into a Testing Centre. Students will take themselves into these booths and do the test. But under the supervision of a trained member of staff. It is the sort of thing we showed you at leicester being piloted at de montford university. They will be a member of staff here through the screens helping them with those tests. Two tests taken over three days. If they get two negatives they are able to safely travel home to be with their families. So the first testing sta rts families. So the first testing starts today, with the travel window opening on thursday. If you recognise these booths, that is because they are actually from bristol council. They are used as polling booths normally. Lets have a chat with a medical student. And paul, who is in charge. You are going to be helping with the testing, right . What made you want to do that . So i find it important to do that . So i find it important to use the Clinical Skills i was able to acquire to help students travel home safely at this time. Are you going home for christmas . Yes i am. I you going home for christmas . Yes i am. Lam you going home for christmas . Yes i am. I am so excited to go home. I havent been home for four months. Are you confident this testing will enable you to do that safely . Yes, i think being tested, ensuring that i am going home, yeah, ensuring that im going home, it would just be great. This test will allow me to go home safely. How are you feeling about it after a difficult time . Im feeling tired and happy to be going home. Thank you very much. Paul is in charge of operations. I will alter this work . What is the key to getting this right and getting everybody home . How will all of this work . Students have had the opportunity to book an appointment from wednesday. They will be turning up from wednesday. They will be turning up at ten oclock. They will take a test, hopefully they will be negative. They will book their second test. We advise them they need that second test. If that is negative they are advised to travel within 204 was of the second test. It is important the results come quickly and people know what is happening and when. How will you make sure it is done on time and efficiently . So when they arrive through the doors, they register their test kit with a bar code. When its taken here, the testing supervisor registers that result and the student will get a notification on an e mail or a text message within 20 minutes, but within a few hours certainly. How good are these tests . Hours certainly. How good are these tests . There have been some questions about the reliability. think that is probably a question for our Clinical Experts as to the efficacy of the test. But it will offer enough reassurance so that the student can travel safely. But if they are going to still need to wash their hands, where they facemask and keep their social distance. Can stu d e nts keep their social distance. Can students go home and safely hug Family Members . We still have to maintain all of the distancing and keep to your household. Its not a license to go out and party. So when they have had their first test, we would prefer that they keep following the guidance in place. When they have the second test, if thatis when they have the second test, if that is negative, keep following the guidance. Then they will be able to travel to wherever they need to travel to wherever they need to travel to wherever they need to travel to at christmas. And its all volu nta ry. Travel to at christmas. And its all voluntary. Worth stressing that what you are encouraging students to come forward . You are encouraging students to come forward . Absolutely. We would be thankful if they come forward. We would be delighted if they come for the second test. And its important that the student behaviour seemed to reflect that they are following the guidance, with the 5500 appointments booked so far. Thats every indication they are keen to take the test and observe all the guidance in place. Have you got enough tests for every student . We have got capacity to do 2000 tests a day for the travel window. We think we will be able to meet the demand from students. 0k. Thank you very much. We wish you all the best. This is the sort of thing being rolled out across the country from today. It will be thursday before any students get on the road heading home for christmas. The idea is at least having some reassurance from these two negative tests will help them go home confident that there are not bringing home any surprises, nothing nastier than a dirty pile of washing anyway. 0h, nastier than a dirty pile of washing anyway. Oh, dear me that is a lovely thought at 20 past seven in the morning. We have been discussing beavers on the problem for the this morning. For the first time in over 400 years, eurasian beavers have built a dam on exmoor after being re introduced into the area nine months ago. We can see here some footage of the beavers creating their new home on the holnicote estate in somerset. Its just one of a number of programmes to release the creatures across the uk. Lets speak now to the National Trusts project yuko is a debate earlier by basically saying beavers are a bit dense. No, isaid dense. No, i said they had a very narrow skill set. Building dams, chewing. I have done some research. I have two very interesting facts. Did you know that in1948, interesting facts. Did you know that in 1948, there was a bit of an issue in idaho between locals and the beaver population . What they decided to do was rescue the beavers and move them somewhere else. The way they did that was, they borrowed some parachutes left over from world war ii, and they actually dropped the beavers in a big box into a different part of idaho, so they sky dived in these beavers. All but one of them survived. 76 beavers were able to skydive into this park in western idaho. 0ne only one of them died. Are you believing the internet again . Until the 1100s, there was a strange myth that beavers actually nibbled off their own testicles. And the reason why they said this was because they felt that hunters were chasing them for their testicles, and therefore they nibbled them off. They thought they we re very clever, nibbled them off. They thought they were very clever, but thats been disproved. So we get some sensible beaver chat . You need to check these things out. Yes. Youve been reading the intranet too much. Lets speak now to the National Trusts project manager, ben eardley. Good morning. This subject has proved very interesting to us all this morning. Tell us about what is happening and why its so important that they are being reintroduced in the way they are . Well, its really important. I just like to the way they are . Well, its really important. Ijust like to say the way they are . Well, its really important. I just like to say we didnt parachute our beaver in, which i guess in some ways is disappointing. But its really important because of the change they have affected. So our releases and release. But the beaver change the habitat around them. Thats what they have done in this instance. They have created a wetland in what was just a fairly standard woodland over the course of a weekend. We went in and did the site checks on the friday and came in at the beginning of the next week and hey presto, there was a wetland, whereas before there hadnt been any. It was that instant and profound change, and the benefit that creates for other wildlife and for us. Ben, give us an other wildlife and for us. Ben, give us an idea of the skill involved in this entire impressive is the building of this dam, and what happens after that . Yeah, we couldnt have done a betterjob i sell. It is a work of engineering. You are talking about whether they are bright or not. I dont think i could answer that question. They are very instinctive. They put the dam in exactly the right place to impound the exact amount of water. If you can imagine, it wasjust impound the exact amount of water. If you can imagine, it was just a few strea ms if you can imagine, it was just a few streams through a woodland. Now there is essentially a very large pond, which creates opportunity for other wildlife. It slows the flow, it improves Water Quality, sequesters carbon. There are huge ecosystem benefits for this kind of work we beavers do. So what knock on effect will there be now because of this . What other wildlife would you expect to see coming in . A host of wildlife. So, birds, bats, invertebrates. A big part of it is they create a lot of standing deadwood, which is a really important part of habitat. Its that wetter habitat thats missing from the uk landscape at the moment. Weve lost a lot of our wetland. Beavers can be a really important tool for re establishing that of habitat. And the benefits of that. Can it cause issues . Not everybody, i would imagine, can it cause issues . Not everybody, iwould imagine, will can it cause issues . Not everybody, i would imagine, will be happy. Is there potentially an issue with flooding in farmland and stuff like that . Yeah, there can be impact. In most cases you wont even know they are there because if there is deep water there already they will have a borrow on the bank and have a browse. That important in itself in that that it creates diversity and an abundance of complexity. It is in the headwaters where they look to engineer. Those impacts, if they do start to dam and pond in areas where you dont want them, its easy to move them along. As you can put in a beaver deceiver. That lowers the level of the pond behind it very easily. It is about there being clear guidelines and procedures in place, so that if there are any impact they can be mitigated easily. Weve been watching this gorgeous Little Family this morning, beavers, two boys and a girl. Is next for them . So that is yogi, boo boo and grills. That is three animals. Whats next for them . Hopefully they will breed. They will build a big lodge. They will continue to positively impact that habitat within the enclosure. Grills is a little survivor. She is a hardy little survivor. She is a hardy little animal. Shes great. Tis is a real character. Before we let you 90, real character. Before we let you go, can you settle something for us . Are they clever or not . go, can you settle something for us . Are they clever or not . I would say they are instinctive. That is a politicians answer are beavers clever . Some are more clever than others, id say. Yeah. That would beat out here. Some are more instinctual, some are brighter than others. Some beaver are brighter than others, there you go. That is a magnificent swerve. Appreciate you talking to us. Thank you to all those enjoying the information around the beavers this morning. Its been very informative. We have covered all bases. And a few extra ones i love that answer from covered all bases. And a few extra ones i love that answerfrom ben about them putting in a beaver deceiver. Did you hear that . Yes 0h, deceiver. Did you hear that . Yes oh, dear. The very best news for us. Im going to stop talking. I carry on. This really is what dreams are made of. Coming up in the next half hour, well meet the six year old, whose love of space has captured hearts across the world, including astronauts Chris Hadfield and tim peake. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london, im tolu adeoye. New figures show the met police is only answering half the number of calls it receives to its victims of crime helpline according to figures released to the bbc. In january last year, 80 of calls to its Crime Management Service were answered. By this september that figure had dropeed to 49 . The force said there had been a massive increase in demand and it was taking measures to improve the service. Yesterday was the First Anniversary of the London Bridge terror attack, in which jack merrit and saskia jones were killed. Rosca 0nya a former gang member turned rapper, who was helped by jack merritt, has now released a Charity Single in his memory. He says jack became like a brother through the support he gave him while in prison. There was one in particular he kept coming back he was a cambridge grad and his name was jack and jacks eyes never saw white or black he saw a failed system and helped fighting back. A new report has found nearly 40 of londons young people and children living in poverty will not get a Christmas Present this year. The Childhood Trust surveyed 39 charities working with disadvantaged children and teenagers. Nearly half of those asked also reported feeling isolated and lonely during the festive period. More than 300 Christmas Trees have been stolen from a store in south london. Thousands of pounds worth of stock was taken from pines and needles in wimbledon on friday. Police say their enquiries are ongoing and no arrests have been made. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. Theres a good service on the tubes this morning. 0n the trains, theres no Great Northern service between Alexandra Palace and hertford north. Problems with the power there. On to the roads. Vauxhall bridge remains closed northbound but its due to reopen at 10pm tonight. In denham, denham road is closed just off the a40 thats because of a crash. Finally in stamford hill, amhurst park is closed eastbound from Seven Sisters road because of a burst water main. Now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. Hello. Good morning. Once again its a very murky start to the day. Mist, fog, plenty of low cloud around this morning. It is frost free with temperatures generally in mid single figures. And well be keeping all of that very grey and low cloud as we head throughout the rest of the day, so it will never really brighten up. You will notice a little bit more of a breeze than we saw at the weekend and there is a weather front heading our way from the north west, and that is going to give us some outbreaks of mostly light, patchy rain and drizzle, mostly towards the end of the afternoon and then that will continue on after dark. Top temperatures once more of 9, 10 celsius. This evening and overnight, that light, patchy rain will clear and eventually the cloud will break up and well be into cooler air as we enter tomorrow morning. It is a chilly start to the day. Tomorrow, plenty of sunshine. Really cheering up but it will feel colder tomorrow and well be staying in that cold air for the rest of the week. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in an hour. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Now though its back to dan and sally. Bye for now. Hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. The Prime Minister has called for unity and resolve from mps ahead of tomorrows vote on the new three tier restrictions for england, which will replace the current lockdown from wednesday. Meanwhile, the government is publishing what it calls a road map towards the reform of farming. We can get more on this with the environment secretary, George Eustice. Morning to you. The government publishing this report today. Why now . What are you telling farmers and how well their work lives change . We have always said leaving the European Union created an opportunity to do things far better than we had under the Common Agricultural policy. It was renowned for being hopelessly bureaucratic and it also meant they simply doled out money to farmers based on how much land they owned or rented and, asa much land they owned or rented and, as a result, the biggest sums of money go to the largest and wealthiest landowners. We dont think that makes sense. Gradually, over the next seven years, we are going to change the system to remove arbitrary area based subsidy payments and instead reward farmers for creating space for nature on their farms, for creating space for nature on theirfarms, humming for creating space for nature on their farms, humming more sustainably to improve Water Quality and enhancing animal welfare. Farming. Some are not happy. Expecting farmers to run viable businesses, continuing to improve food while phasing out existing support is a high risk and a very big ask. We are very mindful of the dependency at the moment on their subsidy payments. That is why we are not going to do this overnight. This will be an evolution not revolution and we will change this over seven yea rs. We and we will change this over seven years. We believe that we properly reward farmers to what they do for the environment and pay them something which also has a margin in it to incentivise good uptake, that will help their profitability. We also have other measures set out in our agriculture bill to improve fairness in the supply chain. 0ne reason farmers have needed subsidy payments is they do not get a fair enough share for the food they produce. We want them to get a fair price for the feed they are producing. That is the way to address poorfarm producing. That is the way to address poor farm profitability. There is an expectation from many farmers that prices will have to go up. Surely that is not something the consumer wants to see. We think prices of feed will remain broadly stable. That is our objective. We are making available grants to farmers so they can invest in new equipment and technology to reduce costs. That improves profitability. If you remove this area based subsidy, we are likely to see an adjustment in land rent which will reduce adjustment in land rent which will red u ce costs adjustment in land rent which will reduce costs to farmers and if we can have more transparency in the supply chain, the feed price for the consumer will not go up but the share of the price going to the farmer well and thats what we want to achieve. Moving on to the current situation, moving out of lockdown and into the tier situation, all the evidence suggests that lockdown is very effective but the tier system not so much. We did not want this lockdown to last for ever. These are highly disruptive economic things to do. We did not take it lightly it because we did think it was the right thing to do. Some data today shows a significant reduction in the incidence of the virus. That is very encouraging and vindicates the decision awaited. About the different tiers, tier 1, is unlikely to keep the infection value bedlow one and the disease is likely to grow. The other tears, it is just short of a lockdown and will enable us, we think to hold the spread of the virus in check. Tiers. Us, we think to hold the spread of the virus in check. Tiers. Many in your party are not convinced. There is a great deal of frustration in this pandemic, with emergency measures we have been full steam take. I completely understand that. Asa take. I completely understand that. As a government we had to persuade parliament that we have a route through this. We do know with the Great Potential to deploy a vaccine in short order during the first three to six months of next year, we will actually start to get this virus under control and turn the corner hopefully by early summer. Like napa it is a government with a huge majority having to turn to labour and ask for help. The government is having to deal with a very difficult pandemic, as our governments around the world and having to take quite draconian emergency measures to save lives and prevent the nhs from being overwhelmed. That is not easy. There isa overwhelmed. That is not easy. There is a lot of anxiety about long Term Economic impacts. We believe it is necessary in order to protect the nhs and to save lives. But we need to do in parliament is demonstrate a clear road map, a clear way out of this. We believe the advent of these vaccines enables us to do that. Lets have a look at the numbers in more detail. You are facing 70, may be more of your own mps who do not agree. We are facing a large number of ourmps agree. We are facing a large number of our mps who are unsettled by the measures that have had to be taken and the potential impacts of that. We absolutely understand that anxiety, that apprehension administers, the Prime Minister himself and the chief whip, will obviously be working very hard to try to reassure those mps while these measures are necessary and i think the data we have seen today proves they are being effective. They are necessary for now but we dont want to maintain them for a moment longer than is necessary. As we roll out the vaccine, we have a way through this. We should not stumble at this last hurdle. We have had to take some difficult decisions. We need to see it through and stick to the course. We will be parliament a say on the review of these measures later injanuary. What happens labour does not support the tier system . My own personal view is at times of national emergency, which is what we have here, where we are having to take some highly unusual emergency measures, it is not the moment for any Political Party to play politics. These are times when people of all parties need to try to make the right judgment. People of all parties need to try to make the rightjudgment. We are doing this, we are not doing it lightly, we are taking these steps to reluctantly to save lives. I would not think the labour party would not think the labour party would vote against that but if they do we will have to deal with that situation at the time. I never how many mps in your own party do not support it . Many mps in your own party do not support it . How many mps . I do not have that estimate. It is not something that other ministers like myself will get involved with. We are seeing reports in the papers at shops in the run up to christmas might be able to open for 24 hours a day. We do not one overcrowding in stores. Retail venues will open from the 2nd of december and that is very important. We want to ensure we can maintain social distancing and want to avoid crowds. A range of measures are being considered. I am not aware yet whether there is a decision on around the clock opening but there has been discussion about some sunday trading hours and easements with that. John is looking at a really busy weekend of sport and if anybody missed it, a remarkable survival story really from formula 1 at the weekend. Romain grosjean was involved in a horrific crash in the bahrain grand prix. It was the halo system introduced a few years ago that saved his life. Some of the more concerning elements are the way the barrier split and tracked him. The way the car essentially burst into flames. It was an instant viable. He was trapped for a long time. It was a very lucky escape. The halo system wasnt a universally popular introdution when it came in two years ago, but no doubt amongst drivers on the grid yesterday, it saved Romain Grosjeans life. Heres what happened. Have a look at the back of your screen. The haas driver came off the track and hit the barriers at 137 Miles Per Hour on the first lap. His car split in two on impact and caught fire immediately, leaving grosjean engulfed in flames for up to 30 seconds. Amazingly, he walked away. An investigation will assess why the barriers split and why his car burst into flames which its not designed to do. Grosjean was being treated in hospital last night for burns on his hands. Ijust wanted to say i am 0k, well, sort of 0k. Thank you very much for all the messages. I mean, i wasnt for the halo some years ago but i think its the greatest thing that has come to formula 1. Without it i wouldnt be able to speak to you today. Thanks to all the medical staff at the hospital. Hopefully i can write to you some messages and tell you how it is going. Good to see him in high spirits. Lots of reaction on social media. Lewis hamilton said fellow british driver lando norris said and f1 said. And obviously a full investigation will come. That was echoed by the formula 1 managing director, who said a number of things should not have happened in that investigation will follow. Wolves striker rauljimenez was taken to hospital after a sickening clash of heads with arsenals david luiz last night. Alan shearer scathing of the current concussion protocols which allowed the defender to play on. Jimenez needed oxygen as the game was stopped for around 10 minutes. Worrying scenes on the pitch and the sidelines. He is conscious in hospital. But luiz was bandaged up and carried on playing before being replaced at half time. Arsenal say they followed the protocols. Rules state a player with a suspected concussion should be taken straight off and not allowed to return until appropriate treatments been given. Football needs to get real, it needs to wake up. It needs to get serious. Not next year, not next month, not next week. Now. How on earth is he allowed to come back onto the pitch with a wound that is bleeding through the bandage, dripping down his face . Were talking about life and death here. And players careers, career ending. Its just not acceptable. Not a great night for arsenal Daniel Podence scored the winner for wolves it finished 2 1. Its arsenals worst start to a season in 39 years. The fa will investigate a deleted social media post by Manchester United striker edinson cavani, which contained a spanish phrase that is offensive in some contexts. He deleted it once told how it could be seen in the uk. Its after he came on to score twice as united came from 2 0 down at southampton, to win 3 2, their eighth away win in a row. Chelsea and tottenham finished goalless. Totte n ha m tottenham go top of the table. Fans gathered outside the stadium at celtic and threw missiles at the police. The demonstrations were largely aimed at neil lennon. Two officers were injured. Meanwhile, Steven Gerrards rangers, who are unbeaten in 21 games and 11 points clear of celtic in the league, are into the last eight. They won 4 0 at falkirk and will face st mirren for a place in the semis. A busy day yesterday. Obviously, there events in bahrain are taking there events in bahrain are taking the headlines this morning. I really lucky escape for Romain Grosjean and we will wait to see what comes back following the investigation. That is the last thing the sport needs. Heres carol with a look at this mornings weather. Good morning everybody. There is some fog around this morning as you can see in east sussex from one of our weather watchers pictures. It is not just east sussex. Our weather watchers pictures. It is notjust east sussex. It is across southern areas. There is a weather warning across south wales, 0xfordshire and the south west until eight oclock. Quite a lot of cloud and patchy rain. As the rain sinks south, what you find is that it will brighten up behind it. Gusty winds in the north and west of scotland. The winds in a cool direction. A brisk wind down the north sea coastline later. Meanwhile, we have our weather front are sinking south, taking patchy rain with it. Some heavy rain likely across parts of wales and the south west through the afternoon. Brighter skies following into Northern Ireland, Northern England and scotland, withjust into Northern Ireland, Northern England and scotland, with just a few showers in the north and also coming down the north sea coastline. Temperatures six to 11 degrees. Through this evening and overnight, eventually the rain get into the Channel Islands. Behind it, some clear skies. Brisk winds still down the north sea coastline with a few showers. By the end of the night of thick cloud and patchy rain and drizzle across the west. Here, temperatures will not be as low as they will be in central and eastern areas. These temperatures represent towns and cities. They will be lower than that in the countryside. Tomorrow we start off with all these cold air in place across many areas. It is replaced by some milder atla ntic it is replaced by some milder atlantic air coming our way. We start off on a cold node with a fair bit of sunshine. Still a breeze coming in from the north sea. The cloud ramps from the west to the east through the day. Sunshine will last longest are the moray firth and aberdeenshire. 6 degrees in newcastle, ten in st helier. As we move newcastle, ten in st helier. As we m ove over newcastle, ten in st helier. As we move over night, tuesday into wednesday, and wednesday itself, we do have this weather front slipping south. The gradient in the ice bars tightens the wind would pick up. We still have High Pressure in charge for a time still have High Pressure in charge fora time in still have High Pressure in charge for a time in the south. A lot of cloud in the south. Here comes the weather front, with cloud in the south. Here comes the weatherfront, with increasingly patchy light rain. Clearer skies behind with a lot of showers in the north and west. The wind picking up. Snow in the highlands down to about 300 metres. That is where it will accumulate from above three out of metres. Temperatures only 5 degrees in stornoway and aberdeen. 10 degrees in plymouth and also st helier. As we head through thursday and friday, low pressure takes charge. You can see these fronts coming in. Rain with that. This white stuff is actually snow. Later in the week, the cool theme continues. There will be some rain and some snow. At the moment we expect the snow to be across the pennines, the highlands, wales. In some of the heavier burst, we could see some of that getting into lower levels as well. Thank you very much for that, carol. We will see you again just after eight oclock. Nine years ago, former footballer Anton Ferdinand was in the middle of the biggest racism case in english football, after an incident with playerjohn terry. Tonight, in a new documentary, well hear, for the first time, about the impact that had on him, and the ongoing issue of racism in the sport. Lets take a look. I remember you and mum was always saying, speak up, say something. Although wed rather youd voice your opinion, it was a little bit difficult for us. When you are in that bubble, in the midst of the whirlwind that is going on, all the media attention, all the press, its ha rd media attention, all the press, its hard to make decisions when it is like that. I was in myself. You know i wasnt myself. No, like that. I was in myself. You know iwasnt myself. No, definitely. And its hard to stand and watch, you not being you. Anton has been waiting to talk about this for a long time. The incident that he was involved in was the catalyst really for a downturn in his career. Who knows howl catalyst really for a downturn in his career. Who knows how i would react in that situation when every stadium that you go to people are making you feel like youre the instigator, the aggressor in the situation . You really are the victim. They are shouting obscenities at you all the time regarding the case, so you can never get away from it. It is a really powerful programme. Anton ferdinand joins us now. Thank you so much for being with us this morning. Listening to your brother in the documentary, and in the documentary there are other members of your family and friends who speak as well. Looking back, it seems quite clear from watching it, do you regret not speaking out and not talking about it more at the time, anton . Yes, i do. I do regret not speaking out. That is the burden ive carried for the last nine yea rs. Ive carried for the last nine years. Is going against what i could do my mum and dad, which if something is bothering you, you speak about it, you speak out about it and show that it is not affecting you. That is the bird and i have really carried for the last nine yea rs. Really carried for the last nine years. Burden. Really carried for the last nine years. Burden. We were to go through the history of what happened and at times that looked incredibly personally painful for you. And at times that looked incredibly personally painfulfor you. Did it help in any way though . Has it been cathartic to get to this point where now you have made this hour of television, telling everybody what actually happened to you . Yeah. I never went into this, doing the documentary. We were approached two yea rs documentary. We were approached two years ago and i never went into it thinking it was going to be therapeutic for me, but it actually has been. Ive now learned so much about myself. Ive learned that things were bothering me my mother passed away, where i havent slept properly for certain reasons, and watching the documentary allowed me to really understand why that was. Stuff was in the back of my mind, they werent at the forefront of my mind. They were subconsciously there. Being able to watch the documentary allowed me to bring these subconscious thoughts from the back of my head to the front, so i was able to deal with them. It has been a very therapeutic period for myself. Anton, you talk in the film about the abuse that actually your mum received when you were little. And sadly, your mum, who is no longer with us, she feels like she is quite a big part of this film. In some sense do you feel you are doing this because of her . Yeah, definitely. I know she would be proud of me. I know that she is watching down, not just proud of me. I know that she is watching down, notjust on me but all of us. She suffered abuse when me and rio was younger. Before we we re me and rio was younger. Before we were born, probably. Being with our dad, who is black. That wasnt the thing to do back then. So she suffered abuse for that. And she suffered abuse for that. And she suffered abuse for us. So when it was my time, when i was suffering abuse on social media and being part of this incident, i realised how ha rd of this incident, i realised how hard it was for her. Notjust her, my whole family, watching me change from being the person that i normally am, to someone that im not. And at the time i never knew that i was actually in some kind of bother in terms of a mental state. But watching it back, and going through this process, allowed me to actually see it. Its really interesting. 0ne actually see it. Its really interesting. One of the part of the documentary when it clearly hits you quite hard is where you go to see your old manager, neil warnock, who was in charge at qpr at the time. People might not remember, the game was qpr against chelsea. And he said it did affect you. He said you play differently after that. We heard your brother, rio, talk about how it affected your career. People might forget that you only actually played 11 premier league games after that took place. Looking back now, having listened to neil warnock say that you are a different player after that, do you feel that yourself now . Can you watch a setback and maybe think, it did change you not only as a person but as a footballer . 10096. I was a person but as a footballer . 10096. Iwas in a person but as a footballer . 10096. I was in denial. I thought i was actually 0k. I was in denial. I thought i was actually ok. I thought i was playing well. I thought my football was getting me through the day to day abuse and stuff that came with the incident. And of the social media abuse. I didnt think there was anything different around that time. Football has always been my get out for anybody that has ever happened to me. Or anything. Thats what i thought was happening. It wasnt until i spoke to neil warnock that it actually had my comb. And i was like, wow, this is my manager telling me i wasnt the same player. Its quite clear to see in the documentary that i am a bit taken aback by that, because for nine yea rs i have aback by that, because for nine years i have felt like i was just 0k. And i thought my football was ok andi 0k. And i thought my football was ok and i dealt with it by playing football. Anton, im curious to know, what did stop you from speaking out at the time . You talk about that at length in the film tonight. But looking back now, why did you feel you couldnt say more . The whirlwind around it was almost insta nt. The whirlwind around it was almost instant. And i have no shame now sitting here saying i was scared to speak out. I was scared to speak out because of the whirlwind around it. I couldnt get away from it, the abuse on social media was daily. Every time i looked at my phone it was there. Something new. Every time i went to the training ground, it was in the papers every day. But on the papers was stuff that, in my eyes, wasnt the correct way. It wasnt the correct things that were being said. But itjust got me to a point where the whirlwind was so bad that i didnt feel like i could speak. I was scared to speak out. I was told i couldnt speak out because it could harm the case in hand. And because it could harm the case in hand. And i trusted the authorities. And looking back now, that was something i maybe shouldnt have done. Anton, people will remember there was a court case, there was an fa enquiry as well. One thing that important to point out is this documentary is not you versusjohn terry. You do reach out to him and he didnt respond to the programme. He didnt respond to your texts. His people, right at the end, say that he tried to reach out at the time and he has moved on with his life. If you are to move on with your life, do you feel that at some stage you need to talk tojohn terry . Life, do you feel that at some stage you need to talk to john terry . Do you need to talk to john terry . Do you know what . Im actually passed that. As you said at the start, this documentary is not an anton versus john terry documentary. I never wa nted john terry documentary. I never wanted to be that. I made that very clear to the bbc from the get go that if this was that type of documentary i dont want any part of it. What i do want to do is make a documentary about positive change. And ifelt, documentary about positive change. And i felt, and documentary about positive change. And ifelt, and i still feel now, that to make positive change, to see me and john terry come together and speak about the implications and the ripple effects of an incident like ours, ithink ripple effects of an incident like ours, i think that would be more powerful than anything, to help the organisations like the fa, the premier league, the pfa, in how not to deal with a situation or an incident when it actually occurs. And for me, and i say this a lot in the documentary, its bigger than me and him. The fight that we are fighting right now across society and in football, its bigger than me and in football, its bigger than me and him. And that is the reason why i wanted him to speak and commonly documentary and speak. But i have to respect his decision. He didnt want to bea respect his decision. He didnt want to be a part of it. But the door is a lwa ys to be a part of it. But the door is always open. The door is always open. So on that, you talking about the fact that you and him together talking about this would put out quite a powerful message, would you try and make that happen . The documentary speaks for itself and i think. The ball is in his court now. I have left it over to him. He knows, not just now. I have left it over to him. He knows, notjust him, the fa, the premier league, the pfa, kick it 0ut, they all know the door is open. Iam here 0ut, they all know the door is open. I am here to help. I want positive change. That is what the documentary is about. Positive change. And i am here to help fight for positive change, in the right way. And that does really come across any documentary. Really appreciate your time. We should say, if you want to know more, it is on tonight. You can watch Anton Ferdinand football, racism and me, tonight on bbc one at 9pm. A six year old boy with brittle bones who captured the hearts of tv viewers when he shared his dreams ofjoining a Space Mission has received a special invitation from nasa. Adam king appeared on the late, late toy show, a special christmas edition of irelands longest running tv programme, and since making his debut his profile has rocketed. Lets take a look. Rocket man. Hello eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. Lift off we have lift off its been a very, very emotional and overwhelming and humbling 40 hours in our lives. Contact from people outstanding in their field, in our lives. Contact from people outstanding in theirfield, in in our lives. Contact from people outstanding in their field, in the world, in terms of space travel. Out of the world out of the world, yeah its a bumpy landing. Its a bumpy landing. I was proud adam was on it. thought he was really good. It was the best toy show ever. thought he was really good. It was the best toy show ever. I have landed safely, captain. He has got a winning, fantastic personality and a positive attitude. Would you have like would you like to be announced astronaut at some stage . Well, i cant be an astronaut because i have brittle bones. I am really excited. We are over the moon. We love adam to bits. Is a wonderful child. The world is seeing what we see in what everyone has seenin what we see in what everyone has seen in adam since he was born, he was born, hes a wonderful kid. What you want to be when you grow up . M nasser, captain of ground control. Its the best paying job in nasa other than an astronaut. Its all about the money, is it . and i think its going to be a long, long time. When you are a capcom, who are you sending into space . My brother danny. Because danny knows a load about space. I saw you on the late late toy show and i loved your smile and spirit and determination and especially your love of space. Like you said, there are a lot of cool things you can do at nasa, like being a capcom that you dont have to be an astronaut to do. I would love to see you at nasa someday but whatever you do, i wish you all the best. Keep dreaming big and thank you for inspiring us all. One of the things that heartens me from it is people like that, reaching out to ourfamily and reaching out to our little guy here, i think it reminds mejust that people like that see the importance of children having a dream and holding onto that dream and pursuing it. We really are grateful to them and we would like to say thanks to all of them. And i think its going to be a long, long time. The whole thing has been humbling and overwhelming but its always very heartening and warming to hear it and to feel the response from people in the community and we have had such a wonderful response from the people of east cork and the Wider Community of ireland as well and i think adam might have to come to terms with the fact now that he is part of a more Global Community now, arent you, adam . Yeah. Thats gorgeous, adam and his family, good morning to you all. Headlines on the way. Good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. 0ur headlines today. 13,000 shop workers wait for news on their future as sir philip greens arcadia empire looks set to become the biggest retail casualty of the pandemic. Good morning, topshop, miss selfridge, Dorothy Perkins, just some of the businesses on the brink. What does this tell us about what it means for the future fabric of fashion on the high streets . Coronavirus cases in england have fallen by almost a third during the latest lockdown, as borisjohnson tries to convince mps to get behind tougher tiered restrictions. Stu d e nts students are facing a different kind of test at the end of this term. Then use like this, sports halls and concert venues then use like this, sports halls and concert venues have then use like this, sports halls and concert venues have been formed into mass Testing Centres which will open later this month to get students home safely at christmas. There is a lot of cloud around this morning and some fog and patchy rain heading south. Behind the rain it will brighten up with a few showers but it will be breezy. More in ten minutes. Its monday the 30th of november. Our top story. Sir philip greens retail empire, arcadia, is likely to call in the administrators putting 13,000 jobs at risk. Sources in the Company Whose brands include topshop, burton and Dorothy Perkins have told the bbc they dont expect a last minute rescue deal, as Greg Mckenzie reports. This could be the end of the road for sir philip greens epic retailjourney, one that has brought him riches, a knighthood, but also infamy. Arcadias brand once dominated high street fashion. Its chains have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. But its problems stretched further back than that, as it struggled to keep up with online retailers. The company, which includes topshop, burton and Dorothy Perkins, would be the biggest retail collapse of the pandemic. If it went into administration, shops are expected to still trade for now, while they try to find a buyer. The Arcadia Group has more than 500 stores, employing 13,000 people. Topshop alone accounts for 250 shops and concessions in 170 towns and cities across the uk. Senior sources at the company told the bbc they do not expect a last minute rescue deal. The offer of a £50 million loan from Mike Ashleys Frasers Group has reportedly been dismissed. There is also the added uncertainty for thousands of arcadia staff, as there is an estimated £350 million hole in the companys pension fund. The bbc understands he is currently on his superyacht, lionheart, which is docked in monacos harbour. He has so far declined requests for an interview. Greg mckenzie, bbc news. Coronavirus infections dropped by almost a third in england during the Second National lockdown according to the latest data. Interim findings from Imperial College london showed lower infection rates across the country after testing more than 100,000 people. The Research Suggests infections fell by more than half in the north west and north east, but remained higher in the east and west midlands. The Prime Minister has urged conservative mps to show unity as he tries to head off a potential rebellion over a three tier system of coronavirus restrictions in england. The government will today publish analysis of the economic, health, and social impact of the measures. Chris mason is our political correspondent. Live in westminster this morning, unity is what the Prime Minister is calling for so will it happen . Prime ministers always want unity and that is certainly what Boris Johnson ministers always want unity and that is certainly what borisjohnson is driving for this morning. Will it happen . No. Will he hope he can persuade enough conservative mps to back him in the end . Yes. And i think perhaps there is some evidence some might be softening up and willing to support the measures, albeit very reluctantly. 0ver willing to support the measures, albeit very reluctantly. Over the weekend we got different messages from different parts of the government with senior cabinet minister michael gove on saturday, 2000 words spent in pretty apocalyptic pros talking about the danger of Cancer Patients not getting chemotherapy, people suffering heart attacks and not managing to get treatment if the nhs was overwhelmed, and the tier system was overwhelmed, and the tier system was absolutely necessary. By yesterday, the Prime Minister sprinkling emollients all around with letters to mps and also a newspaper article acknowledging how difficult it was to try to persuade people. I am told this morning that cabinet ministers and the chief whip who manages the numbers in these votes has been making calls to mps to try to persuade them. This was the environment secretary on brea kfast the environment secretary on breakfast earlier. Its fair to say there is a great deal of frustration with this pandemic, with the measures we have been forced to take, and measures we have been forced to take, and i completely understand that. What we have to do is a government is persuade parliament but also the country at large that we have got a route through this. I think we do now, with the Great Potential to deploy a vaccine in short order during the first 3 6 months of next year. We will actually start to get this virus under control and turned the corner hopefully by early summer. And where are labouron hopefully by early summer. And where are labour on all of this . They havent publicly said what they were the vote in the commons tomorrow. Seniorfigures will call the vote in the commons tomorrow. Senior figures will call the chief medical officer for england later. In the end, i am sure labour will support the government, so as far as it matters beyond the rows at westminster, come wednesday, england will be in this new system of tiered restrictions. Chris, thank you, speak to you later. New restrictions to combat the spread of coronavirus in wales will be announced by the first minister today. Since the end of the 17 day lockdown the number cases have begun to rise and hospital admissions remain high. 0ur wales correspondent tomos morgan is in cardiff. Tomos, do we know any more details . What might be said today . We know it will be based around restrictions on the hospitality sector, a sector that has already been hit very hard this entire year, during the pandemic. It is thought and has been rumoured to the model could be based on the restrictions seen on the toughest areas of scotland, so may bea toughest areas of scotland, so may be a restriction and bringing down of closing times to earlier in the evening and potentially a restriction on the sale of alcohol as well. We will find out the detail at 12. 1 5pm. There will also be a financial package in place to help the sector and we know it will be mostly based on hospitality sector today. There will be no restrictions on people muting up, and the other places due to close will be cinemas, although gyms and nonessential shops will remain open in the lead up to christmas. Its monday morning and we can find out what is happening with the weather. Heres carol with a look at this mornings weather. Thats a bit foggy it isa it is a foggy start for some of us this morning because not this was a picture from hastings, one of our weather watchers are sending it in. Across many southern areas, including wales and the south west, there is fog around and also quite a lot of cloud and some patchy rain, and that patchy rain will continue its journey heading south through the rest of the day. Some rain will be heavy as it moves across wales and the south west of england. Behind it, brighter skies following into Northern Ireland, parts of england and northern scotland and coming down the north sea coastline to stop gusty wind across the north and west of scotland and the wind picking up down the north sea coastline later on in the day. That will continue later on in the evening and overnight with showers coming in and the rain eventually getting into the Channel Islands and a lot of clear skies, but out to the west, the cloud is building and we will see a return to patchy rain and some drizzle. As a result of that, temperatures in the west will not be as low as they will be across central and eastern areas and these temperatures represent towns and cities and in rural areas it will be much lower than that. Tomorrow, the cold air in place across much of the uk but gradually from the west it will be usurped by milder atlantic aircoming ourway. Many will be usurped by milder atlantic air coming our way. Many will start with a fair bit of sunshine, a brisk breeze down the north sea coastline. The cloud advancing from the west towards the east with patchy rain on it. Temperatures tomorrow, could see as high as 11 in stornoway, but generally, eight, nine and ten. Back to you. And more weather in around half an hour. Arcadia group which owns brands including topshop, burton and Dorothy Perkins could fall into administration as early as today putting 13,000 jobs at risk. Senior sources have told the bbc they do not expect any last minute rescue of the business. Ninas in liverpool with the latest. What more do we know . Good morning. Around seven oclock this morning some staff arrived here at topshop in liverpool and gathered for a team huddle. I asked one of them if they we re huddle. I asked one of them if they were aware for the plans for the company, they said yes but did not wa nt to company, they said yes but did not want to comment further, understandably. You cant underestimate the importance of the Arcadia Group for the high street. There will be very few of you watching who dont have an item of clothing from topshop, Dorothy Perkins, burton, and even few of you watching who are older than the group with Dorothy Perkins being more than a century old. But these businesses are on the brink of colla pse businesses are on the brink of collapse and the administrators are probably being called in at lunchtime today looking at what is salvageable for the business. To remind ourselves of the size of the Arcadia Group, we have topshop, Dorothy Perkins and miss selfridge among others. There was a major restructure last year which meant they closed down International Outlets but 13,000 jobs remain in the uk. Despite the problems of the company, sir philip green, the owner, has an estimated personal wealth of more than £900 million. Every empire has its day, but this is an extraordinary fall for the man once dubbed the king of the high street. Brash, brave, brilliant. Bully. Whatever your view, sir philip green is undeniably one of the big beasts of british retail. Its going to be about Old Fashioned shopkeepers, Old Fashioned operators, theres no more financialjinks, this is about knowing your business. From miss selfridge to Dorothy Perkins, his clothing brands are on every high street. But it is topshop and its links with high fashion that striven the groups success. Its just a label, isnt it . Yeah, but its the style of clothes its kate moss yeah, its kate moss its kate moss everybody wants to be like kate moss its kate moss, shes gorgeous, man, shes stunning . It matters that much . Beautiful figure, tall, beautiful. But its just a label. Its kate moss but its the same thing as designer clothes, why do they say you can spend £500 on an outfit . Because you know this designers designed it. And were all so shallow in this day and age that we dont care. Because its got a label that says armani, gucci, whatever. And you think you might look like kate moss at the end of it . Id hope so laughter. British home stores, or bhs, made his name, and tarnished it. He bought the tired chain for £200 million at the turn of the millennium but the good times werent to last. It was sold for just £1, 15 years later. Before going bust with a massive hole in the pension fund. Really sad. Ive been here 27 years. Sir philips anger was clear to see when he was questioned by mps. Sir, do you mind not looking at me like that all the time . Its really disturbing. But he did agree to add hundreds of millions back to the pension pot. Fashion comes, fashion goes. In recent years, his empire has struggled to keep up with cooler, digital rivals. So could this be the final chapter in the philip green saga . Right, youre out of here. We find out later today. Maria malone is a lecturer in business and fashion, good morning. How did it go from that . Affiliated with the coolest cat in fashion, kate moss, now two staffing those doors, wondering what the future holds . Competition and change. The customer has changed and the high street has changed, it has moved online, an awful lot of the spending. The customer now looks for something thatis customer now looks for something that is good value, great price, good quality, and well designed. That is the key well designed. A lot of what you see here is similar to what other people are doing. A similar product, similar quality, but a better price. The implication from you, maria, is that this isnt anything to do with covid, this demise . They were in trouble before covid. Yeah. But during covid the big winners have been those who have a big online presence. There has been a lack of investment in digital, notjust from been a lack of investment in digital, not just from the been a lack of investment in digital, notjust from the point of view of the retailer, digital, but the back room end of digital, getting a really lean, slick supply base and a supply chain that is all digitised and gets the product to market quickly. Finally, how much of this is to do with sir philip green . How much did he damage the brand . Enormously, in my opinion. People have so much choice as to where to shop. Look where we are on this high street, we have got primark next door and that old building that used to be part of the Littlewoods Group which used to which has morphed into very. And next has an online and in store presence, people have choice as to where they spend their money and they dont necessarily wa nt to money and they dont necessarily want to give it to philip green. Interesting to see what comes next. You cannot underestimate the affection for these brands. Thank you for your tweets this morning. Hannah said her trips to topshop made herfeel like a grown up in the 905. Herbie 5aid made herfeel like a grown up in the 905. Herbie said he started at bertens in 1968, measuring suits and michelle saying i studied at top5hop for £6 an hour. I will miss it if it goe5 for £6 an hour. I will miss it if it goes i for £6 an hour. I will miss it if it goe5 i started. Enormou5 for the high street if it goes into administration. It is a Court Procedure that we expect to learn later today. Thank you, i am sure there will be plenty more on this story throughout the day. If we get any more until 9 15am, we will bring it to you. Almost an hour to go. Yes. Weve spoken a lot about loneliness during the pandemic, and despite restrictions being ea5ed over christmas, there will be plenty of people spending it alone. A new initiative, set up by the Jo Cox Foundation, wants to tackle this and is urging people to contact those who might be living on their own or shielding as our home editor, mark ea5ton, reports. Seven year old james is on a mission. Stepping outside his north london bubble, he is on a space walk in the lockdown void. Destination next door. Objective the delivery of seasonal goodwill. Hello, jame5. 0h, youve got my cards. 95 year old mick lives on his own, but feels connected to his community by small acts of covid safe kindness from neighbours, friends, and visiting astronauts. How important is it to have people looking out for you over christmas . Very important. Very important, because if i sat at home all the time and i couldnt get out, i dont know what i would do. Feelings of loneliness and isolation are always particularly acute at christmas. But in the midst of a pandemic, a survey suggests that one person in six in britain is dreading the festivities this year. So the great winter get together is encouraging the country to rediscover the Community Spirit that blossomed during lockdown and the spring. The together campaign helped organise this years birthday clap for the nhs and is supported by volunteering groups like the scouts and guides, religious leaders, businesses, charities and political leaders, all aiming to heal the divides and bring the country closer together. 0ur Covid Christmas must be celebrated in bubbles, but for those feeling left out, its hoped some spontaneous seasonal cheer might bring us all a little closer together. Mark ea5ton, bbc news. One of the celebrities who supports the campaign is actor Michael Sheen, who joins us now. Good morning, michael, lovely to see you this morning. Good morning. How do you feel you and we can make a difference . I think, you know, this has been an extraordinary year and this christmas will be a christmas like no other, really. A lot of people are feeling anxious about being on their own or not being in contact with anyone over christmas, particularly on Christmas Day and we know there is hope on the horizon because of the news of vaccines but we have some of the darkest and cold est we have some of the darkest and coldest months to get through yet. So, that Christmas Spirit of goodwill and reaching out to people has never been more important. The together coalition, which is hundreds of coalitions like the royal volu nta ry hundreds of coalitions like the Royal Voluntary Service and the Jo Cox Foundation are coming together to encourage people that to make no one feels alone this christmas. This christmas together campaign is asking people to help in two ways, to reach out to someone you think you would like to hear from you. We all know someone. There may be a neighbour on their own or shielding orafamily neighbour on their own or shielding or a Family Member you havent been in touch with for a while. Give them a call, have a chat. A lot of people playing christmas games online this year. Maybe invite someone to be pa rt year. Maybe invite someone to be part of that. Or if it is an option, get together and go for a walk together. If there isnt someone you can think of but you would still like to help, you can get matched with someone through the nhs volunteer responder programme. You can go to the website, together. Org. Uk christmastogether website. If you are in england. You can get the information in wales, scotla nd can get the information in wales, scotland and Northern Ireland on how to volunteer in your area. Lots going on. Tell us aboutjeffrey, a gentleman you had a chat with, what did you speak tojeffrey about . Gentleman you had a chat with, what did you speak to jeffrey about . My goodness, i was talking tojeffrey yesterday. He is 79, lovely gentleman, and he was telling me. Lots of his stories were about the club, his local club where he lives and he met his wife of 56 years ago in that club. At a dance. They danced there every saturday night for most of the years they were married. He had a point with tom jones there on the day that tom jones there on the day that tom jones was going to be onjukebox jury. They had a point as the snow was falling outside, a wonderful story. His wife, sylvia, passed away just over a year ago, sadly. He was telling me about how on the weekend he was watching dancing with the sta rs, he was watching dancing with the stars, which are used to love watching with sylvia. He has a dog, badger and he said that as he was watching with the stars, he said that badger was letting the tears off my face as he was crying. 40 minutes until i felt better. And i thought stories like thatjust finish you off, dont they . Beautiful. Absolutely gorgeous. Yeah. You tell that story and you can imagine the effect that one person can have on one other person. What should ordinary people do who just want to get involved and help in any way . Does it have to be a phone call . What can we do . Yeah, you are right, something that could seem very, you are right, something that could seem very, very small to one person can make someone elses christmas, can make someone elses christmas, can really make a big difference. Try and think of someone. We all know someone who might really benefit from just a bit of contact, connection. Just to let them know that you are thinking of them, they are not on their own and maybe it is are not on their own and maybe it is a call and are not on their own and maybe it is a calland a are not on their own and maybe it is a call and a chat. Like i say, people are doing all kinds of Different Things that they picked up through the year about going online and playing games and all that kind of stuff. If you can maybe meet up and go fora of stuff. If you can maybe meet up and go for a walk, if that is safe and go for a walk, if that is safe and an option, that would be brilliant. Just to let people know that they are thought of. Particularly at this time of year. That is really important, michael. Last christmas, we spoke to a lovely old gentleman called terence who had been volunteering through age uk. I spoke to him on the sofa and he said that the age uk stats said 350,000 people like terence wood to spend christmas on their own. He said that for 20 years he would sit crying into a turkey sandwich on Christmas Day even though there were people on his street who he spoke to but they didnt know how lonely he was. It makes you think, doesnt it . It brea ks makes you think, doesnt it . It breaks your heart to think there are so many people like that who just need a phone call, a board game, someone saying hello to them, whatever it might be. It makes a massive difference, particularly at this time of year. Exactly. At christmas time, people have so much to think about. Family and all kinds of things going on. It can be difficult sometimesjust of things going on. It can be difficult sometimes just to imagine there might be someone so close, even as close as next door, who hasnt got any one with them and is on their own and being able to have that little bit of bandwidth to think about that, if you have the chance, can make a massive difference. There is already so much going on. 0ver difference. There is already so much going on. Over the years, people locally to me had been putting on days, cooking meals for people, putting on events for people who are on their own. Amazing to see stuff that people do. In east port talbot, Neath Port Talbot cbs do a Community Companions programme, which had to go online but it was about getting people face to face at meeting up with people and chatting. It makes a massive difference. It can be bad at this time of year, tricky for people, certainly challenging, but this year more than ever is going to be tougher, isnt it, michael . Yeah. I think people who may be have not experienced what it feels like to be lonely or feel isolated have felt it this year. Everybody i have spoken to has and i have. For people. Who in other years might have been on their own or feeling lonely, in other years might have been on their own orfeeling lonely, this year is going to be even more extreme. There is hope. We know there is light on the horizon with there is light on the horizon with the really positive news around vaccines. Those dark, cold months over the Christmas Period can be tough to get through at the best of times. And this year, you know, its going to be a real challenge. But that kind of spirit that was there early on in lockdown, when people we re early on in lockdown, when people were reaching out, we need to try to get back into that. Every year, people are doing extraordinary things all over the country to reach out and try and be there for people who are vulnerable but this year we really wa nt who are vulnerable but this year we really want to encourage everyone to just put that little bit of extra effort to makes sure nobody feels alone this christmas. A wonderful message. Thank you for proving that anybody who watched stage, the background behind you was your actual house thank you for proving that this morning. Right from the set great to talk to you, have a fantastic christmas and hopefully see you soon. Can you imagine getting a phone call from Michael Sheen . That fantastic voice coming down the phone wonderful. I am sure jeffrey had a great time on the phone. Nicola sturgeon coming up on the programme ina Nicola Sturgeon coming up on the programme in a couple of minutes time. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london, im tolu adeoye. New figures show the met police is only answering half the number of calls into its victims of crime helpline. In january last year 80 of calls to its Crime Management Service were answered. By this september that figure had dropped to 49 . The force said there had been a massive increase in demand and it was taking measures to improve the service. Seriously. Yesterday was the First Anniversary of the London Bridge terror attack, in which jack merrit and saskia jones were killed. Rosca 0nya, a former gang member turned rapper who was helped by jack merritt has now released a Charity Single in his memory. He says jack became like a brother through the support he gave him while in prison. There was one in particular, he kept coming back he was a cambridge grad and his name was jack jacks eyes never saw white or black he saw a failed system and helped fight it back and the proceeds from that single will go to Prison Reform and criminaljustice charities and organisations. A new report has found nearly 40 of londons young people and children living in poverty will not get a Christmas Present this year. The Childhood Trust surveyed 39 charities working with disadvantaged children and teenagers. Nearly half of those asked also reported feeling isolated and lonely during the festive period. More than 300 Christmas Trees have been stolen from a store in south london. Thousands of pounds worth of stock was taken from pines and needles in wimbledon on friday. Police say their enquiries are ongoing and no arrests have been made. Lets take a look at the travel situation now. Theres a good service on the tubes this morning. 0n the trains the Great Northern line has minor delays via hertford north after problems with the power supply. On to the roads Vauxhall Bridge remains closed northbound but its due to reopen at 10pm tonight. In Denham Denham road is closed just off the a40 because of a crash. Finally in stamford hill, amhurst park is closed eastbound from Seven Sisters road because of a burst water main. Now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. Hello. Good morning. Once again, its a very murky start to the day. Mist, fog, plenty of low cloud around this morning. It is frost free with temperatures generally in mid single figures. And well be keeping all of that very grey and low cloud as we head throughout the rest of the day, so it will never really brighten up. You will notice a little bit more of a breeze than we saw at the weekend and there is a weather front heading our way from the north west, and that is going to give us some outbreaks of mostly light, patchy rain and drizzle, mostly towards the end of the afternoon and then that will continue on after dark. Top temperatures once more of 9, 10 celsius. This evening and overnight, that light, patchy rain will clear and eventually the cloud will break up and well be into cooler air as we enter tomorrow morning. It is a chillier start to the day. Tomorrow, plenty of sunshine. Really cheering up, but it will feel colder tomorrow and well be staying in that cold air for the rest of the week. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Now though its back to dan and sally. Bye for now. Hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. Ina in a moment we will speak to the first minister of scotland, Nicola Sturgeon willjoin us on the programme. Straight after brea kfast on bbc one is morning live with kym marsh and gethinjones. Lets find out what they have coming up on the show. Its one of the biggest scandals of lockdown, hundreds of thousands of ca re lockdown, hundreds of thousands of care home residents have been cut off from loved ones. We have heard cou ntless off from loved ones. We have heard countless heartbreaking stories of families having to communicate through windows, but finally there could be a solution in sight. Today we have one of the first looks at a trial safely reuniting families, and even allowing them to hug. The wait is finally over. After eight long months, pat is allowed to hug her mother, ivy, in ppe, of course. Hello, mum its patricia. What a moment, touching and exciting and a really uplifting film. Its cold and flu season, but can you tell the difference between covid and the common cold . We have the definitive advice with dr xand, and also why over the counter remedies might make cold symptoms worse. He is beaming with us this morning, he has been with us this morning, he has been with royalty this weekend. Its cyber monday, so we will be looking at how to cash in on all the cash with dragon sara davis. And we have a reunion. Its not hearsay for the first time in five decades, the original line up of the nolans will be making their first public appearance here live. That and so much more at 9. 15. I thought we were going to get a burst of pure and simple. You have to wait for that. The Scottish First minister Nicola Sturgeon says she has never been so certain that scotland will become independent, if there was to be another referendum. Its led to criticism from opposition parties who say another vote would be divisive, and attention should be focussed on recovering from the pandemic. The first ministerjoins us now. And happy st andrews day. Thank you very much you open to the snp conference by talking about independence. Some of your political opponents have accused you of being distracted when they say your first focus should be on the pandemic at the moment. How do you respond to that . In my first, last and in between focus right now, its on the pandemic. I spent all my energies on that and even my worst critic would probably have to concede thats the case and it will continue to be the case and it will continue to be the case as long as required. The point iam making case as long as required. The point i am making is, case as long as required. The point iam making is, as we case as long as required. The point i am making is, as we recoverfrom covid, all countries will face the question of what kind of societies did they want to see emerge from the crisis. I do think for scotland, having the ability to build a country we want, not one in the image of Boris Johnson country we want, not one in the image of borisjohnson and his brexiteers, and having all the powers and tools at our disposal to do that, is a really important question for us. Right now the focus of the scottish government, as it has been everyday since the start of this pandemic, is trying to steer the country as safely as possible through this most challenging of times. I would like to talk to you about the this morning as well, but i was interested, are you able to guarantee that if you were to win the election next year that you would hold another referendum . There will be a referendum if people vote for one. I will put my faith in democracy, as i think any politician should do. I will go to the people of scotla nd should do. I will go to the people of scotland in may of next year and ask them to give me authority to call a referendum. My point is that there cant be a guaranteed referendum unless borisjohnson says it can go ahead. This point about whether the Scottish Parliament can do it without westminsters say so has never been tested in the courts andi has never been tested in the courts and i hope it never has to be tested in court because i think the democratic argument should prevail. But if Boris Johnson democratic argument should prevail. But if borisjohnson wants to stand in the way of democracy then of course we will consider all those options. But lets all agree as democrats, we can argue over whether or not scotland is right in wanting to be independent or not, thats perfectly legitimate, but i dont think its credible, sustainable or right in any form for borisjohnson orany right in any form for borisjohnson or any other Prime Minister to say, regardless of how people in scotland vote, i will decide what should and shouldnt happen. Lets put our faith in the power of democracy. We have seen across the atlantic right now what happens to leaders who try to hold back the tide of democracy. They get swept away. Boris johnson looks to donald trump for many things so perhaps he should look and learn in that respect as well. Would you hold an advisory poll without consent . I am absolutely clear that any referendum has to be legal because if it is not legal then we will not win the authority we need to make scotland independent. I have a lwa ys to make scotland independent. I have always been clear about that. The point i made earlier on, the issue about whether it needs westminster consent, which we always come as a matter of fact in the past, have accepted it is the best way of doing things, that has never actually been tested in court. If we all agree to abide by the democratic will of the scottish people, then there is no reason why it should have to be tested in court so lets allow democracy to be the decider here. Scotla nd democracy to be the decider here. Scotland will not become independent if people dont want to be independent. The polling suggests it is now the majority view in scotland but i dont take anything for granted. I only get the authority from the scottish people to have a referendum if we win the election next may. At every step of the way, its democracy that we should trust to guide us. I heard you say yesterday on the television that you area yesterday on the television that you are a democrat, and often our viewers, if i look at how they reacted to you saying that, they often come back and say, there was a once ina often come back and say, there was a once in a generation, your words, a vote that didnt go your way, and here you are saying you want to follow democracy. Thats the response from many who will listen to you this morning. I understand that. Let me respond pretty bluntly on that. I did respect the result of the 2014 referendum, and do. Scotla nd the 2014 referendum, and do. Scotland is not independent by definition, that vote has prevailed. But democracy is not a single moment in time. Its notjust about what i want. The polling right now suggests a majority of people in scotland wa nt to a majority of people in scotland want to be independent. Politicians dont have a right to say, no, you had your chance and there should never be the opportunity to reconsider these things again. The very nature of democracy involves the right of people to change their mind. Scotland will only become independent if the majority of people in scotland choose to be the case. You have spoken about conversations with borisjohnson. To ask you a bit about christmas, those agreements that were made across the four nations, you have slightly changed and are making changes to the way things are happening in scotland. At what point did you make the decision to go separate to some other regulations in other countries . I didnt quite understand the question in terms of when i made a decision to do what. We decided to come to a broad agreement across the uk which was, i guess, recognising the reality of christmas for many people, the importance of it, but also it is a time where some people arejust also it is a time where some people are just not prepared to leave loved ones on their own. In a sense, the reality we recognises that some people would choose to come together regardless of what people like me and other leaders said. Rather than allow that to be a free for all, we have tried to put boundaries around that. We agreed that because our regulations are already different, there are points of detail each country would have to determine for itself. Within this, it is still the case, and i think this is true across the uk, certainly true on the pa rt across the uk, certainly true on the part of me and my government, because we are setting boundaries for what people can do if they feel it necessary, it doesnt change the default advice, that if you can get through this christmas without seeing people in other households, thats what we advise you to do, because the virus will not take the day off. With the possibility of a vaccine now so close, lets not take these risks if we can possibly avoid it. Are you being more cautious because of current death rates in scotland . I am being cautious because i think we have to be cautious to try to control the virus. To take the point about death rates, i had some figures put to me yesterday on the Andrew Marr Show that took four weeks out of a nine month pandemic to make the point that scotland had a higher death rate. I didnt mention those comments and i wasnt comparing the scottish death rate to england. I didnt mention a comparison. You have said one death is too many and i agree with you on that. What i wa nt to i agree with you on that. What i want to ask you about, a number of people who have died in care homes in scotland, which is a relevant question. Im not interested in comparing that to england. I think when you look at why only one sixth of people discharged from hospitals and went into a care home were tested, do you think looking at that particularly, its an area where m ista kes particularly, its an area where mistakes made have cost lives . will come directly to that, my apologies to going to the comparison. The bbc were using figures yesterday that were a bit misleading and i thought thats where you were going so my apologies ijumped where you were going so my apologies i jumped too where you were going so my apologies ijumped too far where you were going so my apologies i jumped too far ahead where you were going so my apologies ijumped too far ahead of where you were going so my apologies i jumped too far ahead of your line of questioning. 0n the issue of care homes, more people have died in care homes, more people have died in care homes than i would ever feel co mforta ble homes than i would ever feel comfortable with. I would never try to say we didnt make mistakes. In terms of testing at an earlier stage in care homes, the advice then around the efficacy of testing people without symptoms was very different to what the advice is now and therefore we have change the position around testing. Back then, we chose to put a lot of emphasis on Infection Prevention and control, isolating people in their own rooms in care homes, because the advice then was different around testing. Yes, there are elements in which we will have made mistakes and i think thatis will have made mistakes and i think that is absolutely unavoidable, but there are also aspects where there are things we know now that frankly we didnt know back then, because the knowledge and understanding of the knowledge and understanding of the virus has developed in the months since then. I know regret is a hard thing for politicians to talk about, but do you think you and others would have made different decisions . Yes. If i others would have made different decisions . Yes. If could turn others would have made different decisions . Yes. If i could turn the clock back and know everything then that i know now, undoubtedly i would make different decisions. I dont expect anybody to feel any sympathy for politicians but i regret anything, if i think, if only i had known this then then i could have done Something Different and that will probably live with me the rest of my life. I feel the responsibility of what we have gone through in the last few months acutely. I think it is right people in my position do. I will try every single day to get these decisions as right as possible, and learn from things that either we stra ig htforwa rdly things that either we straightforwardly got wrong, or things we have learned differently as the pandemic has gone on. For every day we are living through this i will do my level best and dedicate all my energy to try to get it right and save as many people as possible and save as many people as possible and get the country through it as safely as i possibly can. To pick up on something you said on the alex salmond situation you said on television yesterday. You mentioned dates and allegations, april 2018, november 2017. I dont want to get into that, but the leader of the scottish conservatives, douglas ross, accused of telling an outright lie and disgracing the office of first minister. Have you and did you . No and no. Anything i do as first minister, its for the people of scotla nd first minister, its for the people of scotland to decide, ultimately. I have set out in written evidence to the parliamentary enquiry what i knew and when. I havent yet had the opportunity to give oral evidence to the enquiry and i will do that as and when. People can then make up their minds. Through this episode i have been simultaneously accused of covering up things about alex salmond, or colluding with him on the one hand, and conspiring against him on the other. Both of those things are completely untrue. At all stages, all i have tried to do, and this all happened initially in the light of the me to movement episode, we tried to have a system in scotla nd we tried to have a system in scotland where any complaints could be properly investigated without any fear or favour regardless of who it was about. The me two movement. Nicola sturgeon, thank you. The mass testing of students for covid, so they can go home safely for the christmas break, is starting at many universities across the uk today. If they test negative, many students will leave university in the travel window starting on thursday. 0ur education correspondent, danjohnson, is at the university of bristol this morning. Dan are universities ready for the challenge of mass testing their students . They say so, yes. This is bristol universitys biggest Testing Centre. This is a constant venue which has been transformed. If you recognise the booths that will be used for stu d e nts to the booths that will be used for students to take the tests, they are the polling booths used normally for elections but they will be useful stu d e nts elections but they will be useful students testing themselves. Two tests ta ke n students testing themselves. Two tests taken three days apart and 24 hours, if they get the double negative for students to head home. Lets talk to some of those students, robin, georgiana and teddy. Robin, how are you feeling about this double testing and going home . Will that give you the confidence to do that safely . think so. Its really good to have some level of reassurance because i am going home this christmas to family. We are really lucky to be one of the universities that has been selected for this. It provides you with some sense of reassurance and some knowledge you can go home safely and celebrate christmas with Family Members. Georgiana, you said you have a grandparent who is 85 . Yeah, my grandma is 85. I feel really lucky that we are one of the university is able to get this quick turnaround test so i know that when lam going turnaround test so i know that when i am going home, turnaround test so i know that when lam going home, i turnaround test so i know that when i am going home, i am turnaround test so i know that when lam going home, lam not turnaround test so i know that when i am going home, i am not putting her life at risk. And obviously i can spend time around the dinner table with her and make sure it is a say. Do you know how confident you would be . Would you be able to go home and hug her . I dont think would ever be able to be that confidence, i dont think you can be because i could get it on the transit home somehow. But i feel lucky i am able to have some level of assurance. The fact that i can be in the same house as her over christmas, i am fortunate to do that. Teddy, how are you feeling at the end of this tough time, it has been difficult, hasnt it . Yes, real and surreal and disturbing to see these booths but it provides that level of reassurance. It has been an odd time because we have been in a pandemic and there is no getting around that. Hopefully the vaccine going our next term might be a bit more normal. But we are yet to see. You have had to isolate this time . For two weeks. How was that . It was tough, it was odd. Everything was online. You just had to make that transition. It is just online. You just had to make that transition. It isjust a bit odd. You feel you have been out of university for two weeks and you come back and the classrooms are smaller and things like that. This whole time hasjust been a bit surreal and odd. Hopefully we will get some normality later. How are you feeling, georgiana, about the learning you have been able to do this year . Like teddy said, it has been really tough. Most of my learning has been online. And it has just meant that a lot of the time, i am in my room, ratherthan just meant that a lot of the time, i am in my room, rather than getting the University Experience that i had been used to for the last two years. Ive been sat behind a laptop screen with very, very little face to face interaction and it is such a shame that that is a part of my very limited time here. If you get home for christmas, robin, what do you think about the new year and coming backin think about the new year and coming back in january . It is nerve racking. There is a lot of. You dont know what is going to happen and we dont know the situation injanuary. Happen and we dont know the situation in january. There happen and we dont know the situation injanuary. There has been discussions about a third locked out and tab restrictions and we will be in tier3 in and tab restrictions and we will be in tier 3 in bristol. I dont have complete confidence in anything. Tougher restrictions. I hope we will have a good christmas and new year and be able to return and still do you need. Thanks. I hope so. If we ta ke you need. Thanks. I hope so. If we take it outside, we can talk to sarah bertie from the university. It has been such a tough term for so many students. They are all third yea rs, many students. They are all third years, they have perspective but think about the first years who have lost out on so much so far this year. Sarah, this testing, will this give students the confidence they need to go home safely . We think it will give students and their families the confidence for students to go home safely. If they have a two negative tests, there is a very low risk of having coronavirus. Being sensible when you go home is still very important, remember hand washing and social distancing. It is a good thing. What would you say to stu d e nts a good thing. What would you say to students about the way this term has played out . It has been tough. Students about the way this term has played out . It has been toughm has been tough for students all across the country and particularly you are saying about first years as he came out here, what a way to study at University Experience. You came tables that we have done all we can to deliver teaching face to face safely and online to support students who have had to self isolate and support students who have had to self isolate and to support students who have had to self isolate and to try and encourage them to be able to do as many things they can. We have been working with our Student Union to deliver things in a safe way for students. Thank you, we appreciate you having us this morning. Testing sta rts you having us this morning. Testing starts at 10am. You having us this morning. Testing starts at10am. In you having us this morning. Testing starts at 10am. In scotland, some stu d e nts starts at 10am. In scotland, some students have already been getting their result and the travel window opens on thursday. Some students who have had two tests by then will travel normally but there is a week in which to stagger those journeys to make sure as many students can get home as safely as possible to be home with their families. Amazing pictures in the papers today, lets show you this one from the times newspaper. This is looking out over tower bridge with canary wharf in the background and you can see the misty fog all over the place. Some pictures like that in the papers this morning. You talked a bit about mist and fog but you can tell us what else is happening at the moment. That is right, dan. Good morning. Quite a bit of fog this morning, particularly across some central and southern areas. And we have some rain but as the rain cleared the south, it will start to brighten up. You can see one of our weather watchers this morning. Sent in a picture. A lot of cloud to start with and the rain sinking south. Returning to sunny conditions and some showers. Watch how the isobars revert to a northerly direction. The rain will pick up down the north coast. Lots of cloud and mist and fog and then this rain sinks south and we will see an improvement with heavy rain across wales and south west england. An improvement across Northern Ireland and Northern England and scotland but gusty winds and the west and coming down the north sea coastline, blowing in some showers. No heatwave in the north, 6 degrees in aberdeen and lerwick. Cardiff and plymouth have 10 degrees and helier getting up to 11. This evening and overnight, the rain gets into the Channel Islands and this brisk wind. St helier. Lots of clear skies before the next batch of cloud and light rain and drizzle come from the west. In western areas, the temperatures wont fall away as much as it will across central and eastern areas. These temperatures represent towns and cities. In the countryside, it will be lower. Tomorrow, many of us starting on that cold note but through the day, milder atlantic air will be represented by the yellow colour moves across us. If you hang on to the sunshine for the longest, temperature is not going to be that great and that will be in central and south eastern parts of the uk as well as murray firth and aberdeenshire. For the rest, well as murray firth and aberdeenshire. Forthe rest, it well as murray firth and aberdeenshire. For the rest, it will be cloudy with light rain and drizzle at times. Top temperatures between 6 and 10 degrees. Thank you, always a pleasure to spend the morning with you, see you tomorrow. Right back at you. Lovely. You are in for good books today. Today at least it doesnt last long. They have already had two number one albums, but alfie boe and michael ball have made it a hat trick with their latest record, together at christmas. The duo breathe new life into favourites such as its beginning to look a lot like christmas, silent night and have yourself a merry little christmas, to name a few. Lets take a look. Through the years we all will be together if the fates allow until then, well have to muddle through somehow hear the angel voices wow they have a pair of pipes those two michael ball and alfie boejoin us now. Delighted to say. Good morning. Welcome back. Do you remember last time you are on, we were laughing about the title of your album, together again and back together. You have gone down the christmas road and is this earlier than you intended to bring out a christmas album . About a year earlier yeah, we had this year planned for doing solo stuff and next year was going to be all about us doing this album and then going out on tour. Obviously, plans change. I wanted to bring it out at easter it is a summer record if anything yeah, we brought it all forward. Itjust seems the right time, we all needed a bit ofa seems the right time, we all needed a bit of a lift. We were desperate to sing together. We literally got into lockdown two weeks after we had finished our tour. Itjust all seems to work for us. It seems to be the right time. And we will do the tour for this for next year, this time next year. I will ask you what it was like working during the pandemic, but i know lots of people that i will be looking at you by thinking, my goodness, you are very close to each other explain to us what you are allowed to be like this, how this is allowed to happen you are a bubble i love social distancing we are in a bubble, apparently. We get tested every couple of days. Because we are performing in Les Miserables in the west end together. Alfie. Iam his miserables in the west end together. Alfie. I am his significant other iam the alfie. I am his significant other i am the only one he can bubble with. Can ijust say, this i am the only one he can bubble with. Can i just say, this zoom thing is incredible that michael. Dont can ijust pointed this out . I got dressed this morning, i had a shower i did myself up, i got a nice jacket. Michael is sat here in a towel no stand out. No show the nation your towel it might fall down 0h, nation your towel it might fall down oh, my goodness the thing is, the shower wasnt working and then there was bagging at the door and then there was. I have been up since 7am banging at the door. Michael, i have never been more thankfulfor a michael, i have never been more thankful for a sturdy towel, let me tell you quite amazed. Laughter wow sally is covering her eyes, just in case. Our album is really good, by the way laughter i wanted to talk to you. Laughter youre going to sing for us at the end but i dont want you to stand up for that. You will sing for us at the end. Hopefully, les mis, tell us about the plans for that as long as we can get into theatres. Its next week it is on friday. The situation changes, as we know. At the moment, we are trying to restructure the seating plan because it went from 70 capacity to 50 capacity. We are doing that. All the protocols are in place not only for the audience, which is, of course, vital. Everyone will be safe. But for us as well onstage and backstage. He is utilising the two theatres next to each other, so dressing rooms, pathways, one way system. And we did our first pathways, one way system. And we did ourfirst run pathways, one way system. And we did our first run through on friday. Yeah. It was one of the most emotional things i have ever done. None of us have been in a Company Singing with all those voices and there we were. Everybody is so passionate onstage. These kids, we have been lucky, we have been able to do some work. The rest of the quys to do some work. The rest of the guysin to do some work. The rest of the guys in the show have been doing anything they can to keep themselves together. Working on construction sites, doing delivery driving. What eve ryo ne sites, doing delivery driving. What everyone else has had to do, basically. They have been extraordinary. Lads, one thing i know you have been slightly prepared for, maybe not, you know, not prepared for trousers, there is michael, this morning. This is the new look it could catch on. Youre going to sing for us, arent you . You will sing something lovely and christmasy to give us a lovely special glow this morning. The album is called together at christmas, it is called together at christmas, it is available now. For thosejust switching on, you are in a bubble or a bauble. We will go down the silent night. Yes, lets do that. Silent night holy night all is calm all is bright round mother and child this is bbc news. Im Rebecca Jones with the latest headlines. The number of new coronavirus cases in england has fallen sharply since the second lockdown began with some areas down by 50 . Some of the northern higher prevalence regions have had higher drops than some of the midlands and the southern areas but overall weve seen a pretty substantial drop. The Prime Minister urges disgruntled conservative backbenchers to show unity and resolve ahead of a commons vote on changes to the tiers system in england tomorrow. Ministers say the measures are necessary. We shouldnt stumble at this last hurdle. Weve had to take some very difficult decisions. We need to see this through and stick to the course for now. Well bring you all the latest political developments,