Freddie ljungberg. After a relatively dry start on the east, wet and windy weather in the west will move across all areas today. The strongest winds in the north and the west. I will have more inis north and the west. I will have more in 15 minutes. Remember the ice bucket challenge. Tributes are paid to the man who inspired it, raising more than £150 million for charity. It is tuesday 10 december. Our Top Story Police in new zealand are launching a criminal investigation into the deaths of 13 people after a volcanic explosion at a popular Tourist Destination. White island remains too dangerous to access, but aerial reconnaissance flights have detected no further sign of life there. Doctors treating the 31 injured fear some have suffered burns so severe they may not survive. Our correspondent Shaima Khalil has this report. The Prime Minister on the sight of where those who were affected by the devastation were first taken, praising those who jumped straight into helper. They worked ti
Welcome back. Thank you very much. How was the holiday . Very sunny. I think i timed it quite well. Ive missed this wet patch that everybodys been experiencing ive come experiencing and now ive come back are you . Back to sunshine. Where are you . Of france. Yeah. South of france. Yeah. South of france. Yeah. Its lovely. Yeah. Really nice. Can you imagine . And you were just saying that you were busy boozing the flight last night. Well, i had glass of well, i had had a glass of wine, of course, on a wine, but, of course, on a flight, you have to have a little mini bottle. Oh, and it was about 6 00 in the evening. I thought would having thought everyone would be having a drink, but maybe everyone had had on their holidays. Had too much on their holidays. And was drinking and it seemed i was drinking alone flight home. Alone on the flight home. Yeah. How many bottles did you have . No, just the one. Just the one i was working on. Getting the cider. Might getting the cider. I might not dr
Dark days are over. 7 Bridget Jones fans are up in arms as colin firth is reportedly set to miss out on the fourth instalment of the film. Film. Its a bit damp and drizzly across southern parts today , but across southern parts today, but warm and much drier and brighter further north. Ill have more on the full forecast coming up. The full forecast coming up. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on. Breakfast on. Gb news. And now weve got to be very careful this morning. If you reaching for your phone. Oh, yeah. Be very careful. Why. 7 be very careful. Why . Because theyre disgusting. Apparently, all right. I mean, especially yours. Youve got two. Youre in double danger. Look at the state of that. That is actually a really bad way. Dont look at it. Dont look at it. Because according to a new study by initial washroom hygiene. Yeah. And this is in hygiene. Yeah. And this is in the star this morning at smartphones are up
A dangerous to generalise about the human impulse to create art. But it does seem it is often linked to the experience of dark, painful places. My experience of dark, painful places. My guest today is a renowned poet and playwright whose writing and performance is laid bare his own intimate wounds. Lemn sissay was abandoned as a baby, rejected why his fosterfamily, abandoned as a baby, rejected why his foster family, abused abandoned as a baby, rejected why his fosterfamily, abused in Public Institutions of care. He has since been on a quest to understand his past and piece together his identity. Along the way, he found a remarkable poetic voice. How . Lemn sissay, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen. You are a writer, a poet, but you are also a public performer. One is very solitary, one by definition is clearly public. Which is the more authentic, co mforta ble which is the more authentic, comfortable you 7 which is the more authentic, comfortable you . You know, i think they are bot