Transcripts For BBCNEWS Breakfast 20171211

Wins in a row as they beat neighbours united at old trafford. Jose mourinho says his sides title hopes are probably over after losing 2 1 as city extend their lead at the top, and continue to break premier league records. And it is Christmas Carol season, of course, but does singing make you feel better . This week we will be looking at whether it is really good for you. And carol can tell us whether the cold spell is set to continue. Good morning. Once again this morning we have a mixture of rain, sleet and snow in east anglia and the south of england. It will also be windy today. More showers in the north and west of the uk. Some of those will be windy. In between we have dry, crisp and sunny weather. Wherever you are it will feel cold with the risk of ice. Our main story this morning, snow and freezing temperatures are continuing to cause widespread disruption across parts of the uk. There have in train and plane cancellations and drivers have been warned icy conditions are making roads treacherous. Hundreds of schools across wales and the midlands have also been closed today. Simon can this and has more. Clemison. The snow is falling, but it is easing. Try telling that to drivers on the m5 overnight. Conditions dont get much worse. Large parts of the uk have been covered by heavy snow. This heavy. And as it begins to melt and re freezes in the early hours, it means lots of potential problems this morning with ice. The met office has warnings covering much of the country. The aa says thousands were caught out when the wintry weather drifted south. Falling trees have affected roads and train lines. Network rail reports further disruption today. Flights have restarted at earning airport, but delays are still likely here and at heathrow, where aircraft are not in their starting positions. Birmingham airport. Hundreds of schools will not open today, including all of those run by Birmingham City council and 200 in shropshire. One Power Company says it has been working through the night to get the pullback on. But the worst of the weather, or the best of it, depending on who you ask, is now over. Some people clearly enjoying the weather on the weekend. Our reporter Matthew Richards is in north wales which is one of the worst hit areas, but first, lets speak to Simon Clemison one of the worst hit areas. Pretty treacherous on the roads this morning . Yes, yesterday didnt stop selling for over 12 hours. The snow has stopped now. You can really feel it, if you look down to my feet, you can see that we have had a few centimetres over the last couple of days. This was not a record breaker. Down near the brecon beacons, they recorded 33 centimetres of snow fall. Parts of england were affected as well. High wycombe had 17 centimetres. And the knock on effects are being felt today. Yesterday was a weekend and we are now back into school and work time. Hundreds of schools will be closed across the middle band of england and wales. Wrexham, demisch, over into birmingham as well. We have also had powerlines affected by trees falling and snow collect him on the branches of trees. Collecting. Five and half thousand customers of sse electricity are without power in oxwich, wiltshire and berkshire, and in wales in South West England about 3000 people are still waiting to get reconnected and perhaps get their heating back on. Matthew, thank you. We hope you will be staying nice and warm paris this morning. You can get more information on travel disruptions, School Closures, if you tune into your local bbc Radio Station or visit the bbc news website for live updates. Two days of hearings will begin later to establish the framework of the Grenfell Tower fire public inquiry. Sir Martin Moore Bick is being urged by survivors of the fire to give them a more central role. It comes as labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused the government of failing survivors with more than 100 still living in hotels. Relatives of the victims say its vital their stories are heard. These people never should have lost their lives that light, that night. And the way they did. We are extremely determined. We will fight for as long as it takes to make sure that this never happens again. Our loved ones are never forgotten. That this never happens again. Our loved ones are neverforgotten. And, you know, the right changes are made. The chairman of a leading Hospital Trust in london has resigned, accusing the government of failing to recognise the enormous challenges facing the nhs. Lord kerslake, whos a former head of the civil service, said Kings College Hospital Trust was struggling financially as it tried to cope with rising demand, increased costs and limits on spending. The regulator for england, nhs improvement, said the trusts Financial Performance was the worst in the nhs. A bbc survey has found 40 of women have been sexually harassed at work. More than 6,000 british adults were questioned. Many said theyd experienced inappropriate touching and unwelcome jokes. Heres our correspondent adina campbell. Freelance copywriter lorrie says she has lost count as to how many times she has faced Sexual Harassment since being self employed. Sometimes it is just background noise, you hear an inappropriate comment or someone is talking to your t shirt rather than yourface, and other times you can be subjected to really inappropriate behaviour, like groping. In the latest survey for the bbc, the results revealed 43 of people in Flexible Work had experienced unwanted sexual behaviour, compared to 29 who were directly employed. Those working in industries such as hospitality, retail or the Public Sector were more at risk. And, overall, 40 of women and 18 of men had experienced Sexual Harassment in the workplace. The survey also found people aged between 18 and 3a were more likely to report unwanted sexual attention compared to those over 55. So, about a power dynamic. If you are the youngest person in a workplace, if you are new in a workplace, less aware of your rights and how to report, or who to report to, those things make you slightly more vulnerable. Campaigners are now calling for employers to take reports of Sexual Harassment seriously, with protection for all workers. The Prime Minister will tell mps today that theres been give and take between the uk and the eu in order to move on to trade talks. Theresa may is expected to say that she isnt seeking a hard or soft brexit but a bold new partnership. Our Political Correspondent chris mason is in westminster. Chris, how significant is this agreement for theresa may . When she comes into the Cabinet Meeting, do you think she will have a p9p meeting, do you think she will have a pep in her step . I think she will. That is a nice rhyme, for 6 10am on a monday morning. I think she will, because it could have been very different. We could have been here this morning talking about how either the whole thing had unravelled, or she hadnt yet got a deal. She does have a deal. That is not to say it is the end of the politics. There are disagreements in cabinet about the next stage of the negotiations which are yet to be given a proper discussion, within cabinet, about exactly what flavour of brexit, if you like, the uk should sign up to in the end. But it was a triumph for her on friday, playing out as it was here on brea kfast playing out as it was here on breakfast throughout morning, that dashed to brussels in the early hours and then being back in her constituency and berkshire by lunchtime. In this statement she will give in the commons later on, playing brexit ingo for the phrases we hear a lot, she will talk about it not being a hard or soft brexit. Brexit bingo. She will also talk about nothing being agreed until everything is agreed. On the weekend david davis, the brexit secretary, talked about how the agreement reached on friday was merely a statement of intent. The technical description, for the reaction of the Irish Government to that, is that they were a little bit cheesed off, because they thought it was more than that and they described it as bizarre. So friday was a big moment. Yes, the politics rumbles on. Chris, thank you. Wildfires are still burning out of control north of los angeles. 4000 firefighters have been called up to tackle the flames which are now threatening the coastal city of barbara. Hundreds of things have been destroyed and 200,000 people have had to leave their homes. And carol will have the weather in a few minutes. We will be reporting from various parts of the uk which have been heavily hit by snow, whereas other parts were expecting big flurries, and have seen nothing happened. We have had. You know, it is like there are lines around the country. We had a fantastic amount of snow. We enjoyed it. We we re amount of snow. We enjoyed it. We were flinging snowballs. Yes, building snowmen. What about where you are . Not quite enough for me. I would like a bit more. You are complaining about the lack of snow. I had lots, i could have given you some. Bring some in, next time. Manchester city became the first team to win 14 successive english top flight games in a single season as they beat united 2 1 at old trafford. After Marcus Rashford cancelled out david silvas opener, the ball fell for Nicolas Otamendi to hit the winner. It means the League Leaders extend the gap at the top of the premier league table to 11 points. It was honours even in the Merseyside Derby. Mo salah gave liverpool the lead but a controversial penalty decision allowed everton captain wayne rooney to score his first Merseyside Derby goal and snatch a 1 1 draw. Ronnie osullivan is snookers uk champion for a record equalling sixth time. He beat shaun murphy 10 5 in the final in york, and moves to 18 major titles overall. And plenty of sport was cancelled over the weekend because of the weather, but not at the twickenham stoop where ulster beat harlequins 17 5 in the european champions cup. That result ends quins hopes of reaching the quarter finals. I know we are going to be talking to carolyn a moment about the weather. But i have to say, pep guardiola, if you are watching, what am by going to do for the next few months . What am by going to talk about . Manchester city, they say they are not celebrating yet, they say they are not there yet, but that title race, it looks like it is theirs. Surely they will have a little slipup at some stage. Surely they will have a little slipup at some stagelj surely they will have a little slipup at some stage. I hope so, because otherwise this is going to get really dull. What about this little spat they had in the tunnel . Yeah, lots of the papers are talking about that. The old trafford tunnel has seen some things. And there is a camera in there. There was a little bit of a spat yesterday between Manchester United lost, Jose Mourinho, and some of the man city players. I dont know if you saw any of the pictures after the city win, but they really celebrated. They we re but they really celebrated. They were obviously delighted. Everybody, apart from pep guardiola, really celebrated. I think he felt that perhaps the celebrations were a little bit too much. They were playing music, they were. He wasnt particular gracious, was he . He said they were lucky. He wasnt. I think he ended up with a carton of milk thrown at him. Write milk rage. milk thrown at him. Write milk rage. Right . We are going to talk to carol about the weather. Some people love the snow, other people dont. Good morning. We are likely to see some rain, sleet and snow in the forecast today. I have some fabulous weather watchers pictures from yesterday. This was taken in leicestershire, and another in shropshire. You can see the extent of the snow, which does look busy. It was bitterly cold. The maximum temperature in braemar yesterday was 6. 2 celsius. That was their maximum temperature. We havent seen that since twitty ten. Here is the snow depth. Lots of snow fell, you dont need me to tell you that. You have seen the pictures and you might well have the needed. Today we have storm anna coming up from france. That will be binning bringing rain, sleet and snow. Where we had precipitation anywhere overnight, there is the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. We have the rain coming in a cross from the south east. The wind is picking up. Inland, a mixture of rain, sleetand snow. A murky start in the south. Patchy fog around. Moving through wales into Northern England and much of scotla nd wales into Northern England and much of scotland we have clear skies. A beautiful, crisp, sunny winter s day. It is cold. Wintry showers continuing across the north and west of scotland, some of them coming in across Northern Ireland. That sets us across Northern Ireland. That sets us upfor across Northern Ireland. That sets us up for the day. We will continue with those showers in the north and west, the nature of those. As storm anna wishes towards the north sea we will still have some rain, sleet and snow from the. We are looking at windy conditions of the coast of kent. Through this evening and overnight, eventually most of those showers will fade. Where we have them, there will still be that mix of rain, sleet and snow. A cold night, but where we have lying snow, temperatures will be below 10 degrees. We will also see some fog forming, which will of course be freezing fog. That will take its time to clear through the course of tomorrow, but when it does, a largely dry day. Still feeling the peter. A new weatherfront largely dry day. Still feeling the peter. A new weather front is coming in. Here it is, the wind is changing direction. Very salient. Instead of coming from the north it will be coming from the north it will be coming from the west, with an array of weather fronts accompanying it. Looking more unsettled as we head through wednesday with spells of rain. The first front brings rain, the second front comes behind it doing exactly the same. A few wintry showers flirting with the north west of scotland, but the temperatures, for some of us, should be back into double figures. Quite a contrast from what we are looking out at the moment. Yes, look at those 12 figures. Quite something. You will be keeping us up to date through the morning, because it is an important day for weather. Weve got our tree, havent we . What do you think of it . I cant possibly say. Its beautiful, i love a Christmas Tree. It looks gorgeous. You love Christmas Trees, you would haveit you love Christmas Trees, you would have it triple the size . It might be missing a bit at the top. Im not sure it tapers off correctly. quite like it. Needs to be about 612 quite like it. Needs to be about 6 12 inches higher. Quite like it. Needs to be about 612 inches higher. Christmas trees are better when theyre not perfect. Dont come to our house ben how many have you got this year, four, five . Just two. Are you counting the small ones upstairs . No. Four then she loves her Christmas Trees only little lovely to have the Christmas Tree in the studio. Wait until you see the picture with the lights cant wait for this the daily express, big freeze chaos to get worse. Travel warning as snow, black eyes and gales caused disruption. If youre worried about whats happening we will have details, carol has the weather and we will be live in wales and heathrow and other places. We will be hearing from the highways agency, you could be a couple of miles away from an area and you have no snow. When it snows in london everything stops the front page, here, of the mail, their story is about plastic recycling. Almost 8 million families cant recycle everyday plastics because councils refuse to pick them up. Did you see blue planet yesterday . We will talk about that later on, talking about plastics, the end of the series, brilliant programme. It was a slap across the face from David Attenborough yesterday. Yesterday on itv, the winner of im a celebrity. Iain lee was highly rated. It was really good. Iain lee ate turkey testicles. And black monday, snow chaos on the front page this morning. The Daily Telegraph have a snow picture. Shoppers already driven to distraction by. Im trying to talk they are driven to distraction by the sound of self checkouts, there will be a new sound when you do a visa transaction. Little noise. I quite like the repression and beat. You know that you play it that way, dont you . Thats right. You would love to take pa rt thats right. You would love to take part in this little test . That is my dream, that and cutting the grass for the council, minced by taste and Council Grass cutter. Would you have a ride on . I would also like to have fun with the leaf blower. That sale even lower how middle class of you some noise happening at old trafford yesterday, this is in the times, trouble in the tunnel, Jose Mourinho has milk and water thrown at him by city players. A bit of celebrating going on in the tunnel by the Manchester City players and you cant blame him. Its a bit like they had won the title. They won a derby at old trafford. Jose mourinho did not like it one bit. I know were running out of time. This is sir bradley wiggins. He has admitted he isa sir bradley wiggins. He has admitted he is a long way off the pace in his bid to go to tokyo as a rower. A great picture of him from the weekend. Cormann does headband. Tremendous beard. Tremendous headband. He heard a phone ring in the auditorium and it put him off, he had a false start and he had to go again. Really annoying, 17 seconds to make up before hes even considered fit to go onto the water for the olympics. I bet he can do it of course today we are launching our bbc brea kfast today we are launching our bbc breakfast sings series and we hope to spread somejoy breakfast sings series and we hope to spread some joy and happiness over the festive period and show that singing really can improve your mood and help cheer you up. Whether its in a sports stadium with tens of thousands of others, a local choir or on your own, singing can be stimulating, relaxing and enjoyable. New studies have found singing can help people with hearing impairments communicate more effectively as well. John maguire reports. This music and singing session for children with a hearing impairment experiments with volume, rhythm and the physical feeling of experiments with volume, rhythm and the physicalfeeling of the experiments with volume, rhythm and the physical feeling of the way the children use their voices. Phoebe osborne from the Charity Creative futures takes them through the various exercises. And with this computer programme, theyre able to see what their voices are doing even if there are unable to hear them. Yours sounds like elizas one. Professor graeme welch has been discussing how singing can help children with severe hearing issues for three years now and says singing can stimulate the brain. Theyre all engaged in their singing but theyve actually improved in their measurable singing skills and at the same time there is some evidence of impact on their hearing as well, so theyre better able to discriminate sound. Bring back my bunny to me. Like an opera singer. This is multi sited in the brain. As far as we can work out, music touches more parts of the brain than any of other human activity. To understand how singing affects the brain weve invited alex stobbs, a musician, to a neo therapy session. Alex has cystic fibrosis, he undergoes physical therapy every day and long periods of treatment. He says music is vital to him. Because of everything to do with my health its quite solitary so with my health its quite solitary so music can make it all the better. It does something that perks up the braini it does something that perks up the brain i feel. Yeah, my life would be incredibly different without music. Nadia is a neuropsychologist. First she measures the electrical activity in alexs brain while he is resting. Try and stay as still as possible, as relaxed as possible. Then she asks him to sing. Have yourself a merry little christmas, let your heart be like. Once hes finished and rested, alex is assessed again, and the results are immediate. It shows that theoretically within ten minutes of singing someone can improve clarity of their mind and also perhaps emotionally feel more uplifted. Finally, and you may want to turn the sound down for this, he sings with someone else and that someone, im afraid to say, is me. Through the years we all will be together, if the fates allow. Hang a shining starup on the. If the fates allow. Hang a shining star up on the. Believe it or not, the results are even more impressive. Thats simply the effect of social interaction with another human amplifying the positive effect all the beneficial effect of music. Hang a shining star up on the. Songs often sing off the peak to the music of the heart and the soul, but it can also be of huge benefit to your brain. John maguire, bbc news, london songs often speak forcing. More evidence a good old singsong is good for you. Weve got a thing on wednesday. Are you excited about this . It could be fun. On wednesday we are all going to go and sing a song together with a gospel choir at the Bridgewater Hall in manchester in front of quite a few thousand people. Im extremely nervous, i used to be a good singer. people. Im extremely nervous, i used to be a good singer. I have heard this rumour of you making up an excuse heard this rumour of you making up an excuse about why youre not a good singer and in more. an excuse about why youre not a good singer and in more. I once sang with a choir at the barbican when i was 12. And then . When i was at university i went to a 24 hour party andi university i went to a 24 hour party and i lost my voice and the doctor said it would never be the same again and it hasnt. What on earth happened at that 24 hour party . Again and it hasnt. What on earth happened at that 24 hour partwm could have been 48 hours it was a good party, it was worth it. Were you the only one that suffered all we re you the only one that suffered all were there others . She lost her voice and shes never been the same again orwere voice and shes never been the same again or were there. Youre watching breakfast, still to come this morning blue planet might have left our screens last night but tims at a seal sanctuary this morning where they hope the programmes message on plastics pollution will have a lasting impact. Hes in the aquarium. Good morning. Good morning. This isnt a seal, this is a lionfish, part of the amazing collection of marine life they have here at Hunstanton Sea Life century and aquarium. Look at this time, some incredible creatures, blackfin sharks and a giant green sea turtle all swimming around and what an amazing tv series it has been, raising so many questions and the episode last night blue planet to really posed the question about plastics. How damaging are they and what can be done and what affect are they having on marine life . They have looked after 600 seals here and many have been damaged by plastics over the yea rs been damaged by plastics over the years and through the morning we will see some of them and talk to people who have been caring for them and asking them what they made of blue planet ii, what questions they have after seeing them posed in the programme. Thats coming up later but first the news, weather and travel where you are. Good morning from bbc london news, im claudia liza armah. Over 200 flights in and out of heathrow have been cancelled today. Its after snow fell over much of the capital yesterday causing long delays at the airport. Its meant that many crews and flights are in the wrong place today forcing cancellations. Rain, sleet and snow is expected to fall again in london this morning. The former head of the civil service, lord kersla ke, has resigned as chairman of one of londons largest nhs trusts. The peer said he was stepping down from his post at Kings College Hospital Trust because the government and regulators were, in his words, not facing up to the challenges facing the health service. Small businesses in the capital are experiencing their worst performance in three years according to the centre for economics and business. Theyve been monitoring the health of small and medium sized firms in the capital and have found confidence and and net business creation is all down compared to last quarter. They blame uncertainty surrounding brexit. Apple is reported to be close to buying the music recognition app shazam for an estimated £300 million. The company is based in west london and was the first tech firm in the country to be valued at 1 billion. Founded less than 20 years ago, it allows people to identify a song they might not know the name of by recording a few seconds of it into their phone. Lets have a look at the travel situation now. Theres a good service on all the lines except for on the london overground. There are severe delays on top of part closure of the line. Do check before you head out. On the roads in borehamwood theres still quite a bit of snow around next to the roads. This is the a1 coming in to town at stirling corner. Chelsea embankment is closed westbound between cheslea and battersea bridge for gas works and in balham, the high road is partially blocked southbound near old Devonshire Road because of a burst water main. Lets have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. Good morning. Many saw a very wintry weekend with a fair amount of snow, today, a bigger problem is the ice. The met Office Issued a yellow weather warning for the highs grist this morning. Rain coming up from the south, light snow coming from the south, light snow coming from the north, mixing together and falling on frozen ground so potentially we could see dangerous driving conditions this morning at least. More in the way of rain but a sleety mix this afternoon coupled with a very cold north north westerly mix, wind, temperature struggling to get above zero. The rain will clear overnight, the sky clears, one or two isolated freezing fog patches but the temperature very cold indeed, 5 or maybe even 6 so a widespread hard frost first thing on tuesday. Those clearing skies mean its going to be quite a nice day if you dont mind the cold. Its not going to get very warm but we will see plenty of sunshine. The wind that little bit lighter as we had through tuesday. That maximum temperature still to get above zero in a few spots, the best we can hope for is around three in central london. Chilly overnight jews laid into wednesday but then slightly milder air coming through on wednesday but then getting cold again for the end of the week overnight tuesday. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. Well bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning presents, parties and a turkey dinner dont come cheap well be looking at the true cost of christmas in just a few minutes. Its being called one of the giant evils of our time well have the results of a year long study on loneliness. Need a big plan like a long range pencil. Or a ghost who is really good at maths. Well be finding out how dropping the menace and giving them a brand new look has made denis and gnasher a huge hit with a new generation. Good morning. Heres a summary of this mornings main stories from bbc news. Snow and freezing temperatures are continuing to cause widespread disruption across parts of the uk. There have been train and plane cancellations and drivers are being warned that icy conditions are making roads treacherous. Hundreds of schools across wales and the midlands will also be closed today. Simon clemison reports. Two days of hearings will begin later to establish the framework of the Grenfell Tower fire public inquiry. Sir Martin Moore Bick is being urged by survivors of the fire to give them a more central role. It comes as labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused the government of failing survivors with more than 100 still living in hotels. Relatives of the victims say its vital their stories are heard. These people never should have lost their lives that night, and the way they did. We are extremely determined. We will fight for as long as it takes to make sure that this never happens again. Our loved ones are neverforgotten. And, you know, the right changes are made. The chairman of a leading Hospital Trust in london has resigned, accusing the government of failing to recognise the enormous challenges facing the nhs. Lord kerslake, whos a former head of the civil service, said Kings College Hospital Trust was struggling to cope with rising demand, increased costs and limits on spending. The regulator for england, nhs improvement, said the trusts Financial Performance was the worst in the nhs. A department of Health Spokeswoman said they were working with the trust to tackle the issues. Two in five women in the uk and one in five men have been sexually harassed at work, according to a major survey on work based harassment for the bbc. More than 6000 adults took part in the study and the poll found that self employed people or those on zero hour contracts were more likely to be victims than those who are employed directly. Theresa may will tell mps there is a new sense of optimism in brexit talks after her last minute deal aimed at moving them to the next phase. She expects eu leaders to start talks about future trade and security at a summit on thursday. The Prime Minister will insist she has not caved in to brussels over the divorce bill. Wildfires are still burning out of control north of los angeles. 4,000 firefighters have been called up to tackle flames which are now threatening the coastal city of santa barbara. Hundreds of buildings have been destroyed and damaged, and 200,000 people have had to leave their homes. We will have updates on the situation with snow in various parts of the uk. Carol will have the weather for us, and we are live at heathrow and in wales. We were saying this morning, people are waking up, some of them are expecting snow but havent actually got much. Yes. Other parts have got 30 centimetres. Absolutely. Some people are enjoying it, obviously, but it causes disruption as well. All the details here. And we are talking about man city as well. All the details here. And we are talking about man city as weltm was snowing at old trafford during the game . It was cold yesterday. Quite nice to watch all about foot ball quite nice to watch all about football at home. On the television. It was a cold day to go and watch your team yesterday. Man city beat their rivals Manchester United yesterday to become the first side to win14 consecutive League Matches ina single to win14 consecutive League Matches in a single english top flight season. I know arsenal have done that, but it was split over two seasons. On a day of derbys, there was a controversial draw at merseyside. The begin at old trafford. As the records keep falling, it is difficult to see anybody stopping Manchester City this season. Even local rivals and title rivals united couldnt. David silva setting the League Leaders on their way before half time. And while Marcus Rashford levelled the match forJose Mourinhos men, there was one more moment that mattered. Nicolas otamendi might be a centre back, but he has been prolific so far this season. Season. Commentator the defender scores again, five for the season for him and was it already a title winning goal . Impossible. Of course you have 11 points, you are so happy for that, the goal difference, a 12 point difference. But not yet. Just in december. 33 miles away from old trafford is anfield, and there was an equally eventful derby there. Liverpool dominated and went ahead through another moment of most other magic, despite 77 possession and 23 shots on goal, this power gave everton their own chance. Mo sala. And as an evertonians, who else would you want taking the penalty but wayne rooney . His first Merseyside Derby goal, and one that not thatjurgen klopp was from a interested in that. You dont think it was a penalty . Right. It feels unfair, to be honest. Investing everything to win the game, and now, it feels really, really average. Nothing average about the point for sam alla rdyce and nothing average about the point for Sam Allardyce and his new team, although the result that mattered most yesterday came for another side wearing blue. So, Manchester City are top of the table, 11 points clear of Manchester United. Lets look at their season so far. A total of 46 out of a possible 48 points this season. They remain unbeaten. Yesterdays victory was their 14th ina row, yesterdays victory was their 14th in a row, the most by a team in a single english top flight season. 46 points was enough to secure eighth position in the premier league at the end of last season. So, eight in the end of last season. So, eight in the premier league. Unbelievable. There was a Third Premier League game yesterday, as Charlie Austin put southampton ahead against arsenal injust the put southampton ahead against arsenal in just the third minute at st mary s, but his side couldnt hold on. Olivier giroud came off the bench to rescue the gunners with an 88th minute equaliser. Hibernian staged a great fightback against scottish premiership leaders celtic, scoring twice in the last 15 minutes to draw 2 2. Scott sinclair scored both of celtics goals, his sixth and seventh strikes in the league. But the home side responded through efee ambrose, and then equalised with this from oli shaw. Hibs even came close to ending celtics remarkable domestic unbeaten run, which now stretches back 68 games. Ronnie osullivan is snookers uk champion for a record equalling sixth time. He was level at 5 5 in a tense final against shaun murphy in york, but won five frames in a row in the evening session to seal his 18th major championship overall. He goes level with steve davis on six uk titles, and if youre looking for comparisons, hes nowjust one trophy behind Roger Federer who holds 19 major tennis titles. The records are great, you know . And to equal it, like sean said, the fa ns to equal it, like sean said, the fans this week have been unbelievable. I want to say a massive thank you to them, i have just tried my best all week. There is nothing left. Ive given everything there is. But i am over the moon, you know, to win any tournament, let alone the uk championship. So happy, yeah. Premiership champions exeter chiefs suffered an 18 8 defeat in the champions cup at the hands of leinster. It means leinster open up a 6 point lead at the top of pool 3. Exeter can still progress to the last eight of the competition, with the two sides again facing each other next weekend. Meanwhile, harlequins hopes of reaching the last eight were ended with a 17 5 defeat against ulster at a very snowy twickenham stoop. La rochelle thrashed wasps 49 29 in the same pool, which means ulster move up to second. Organisers have confirmed the postponed match between saracens and Clermont Auvergne will be played later today. I believe that is behind closed doors because they are concerned about people being at risk in very, very slippery conditions. Thank you very slippery conditions. Thank you very much. A good bit of fun, that by. Very much. A good bit of fun, that rugby. Yeah. Depends what you call fun, but yeah. Six months since the Grenfell Tower disaster, in which 71 people died, the equalities watchdog has announced its to launch its own review into the causes behind the fire. It comes after criticisms that the currentjudge led inquiry isnt broad enough. Our correspondent Elaine Dunkley has been spending time with the local community, to hear about the issues affecting them. Grenfell tower is rarely out of sight or out of mind for the people of this community. Families are in such a bad place. Karim mussilhy lost his uncle, hesham rahman, who lived on the 23rd floor. Uncle hesham was kind and generous. In my eyes and in my familys eyes, he was a hero. This should never have happened. These people never should have lost their lives that night in the way they did. So we are extremely determined. We will fight for as long as it takes to make sure that this never happens again, our loved ones are never forgotten, and, you know, the right changes are made. There have been funerals, inquests and now a public inquiry, people here demanding that they are on the panel. The time for reflection has been short. You know, the people that were out here helping have witnessed a lot. For a long time, i was in denial. It hadnt happened, in my mind. Then you had a moment to stop and you realise, it actually did. This is the harrow club. For many children in the area this place is at the centre of their lives. Since the fire it has become even more important. Many of the children he lost friends and their homes. We have been staying in a hotel for lack six months. Before i used to have my own desk and i could do my homework and everybody was quiet, i could have my own time, but in the hotel, i have a lot of siblings and they like to run around and yell and you dont really have your own personal space. 118 families are still in emergency accommodation. The royal borough of kensington and Chelsea Council says the process has been slow, but they are beginning to make progress. Alison moses has been rehoused. Here is where i have all my grandchildren and my baby stuff. And has also been reunited with a memory box found amongst the ashes of her flat in Grenfell Tower. She says families desperately need stability in order to rebuild their lives. They cannot grieve normally. That grieving probably wont even take place now until they have a home and they are somewhat settled. Then grieving can start. This is so is out. There is a lot of work to be done, christmas isjust around the corner. People should not be in hotels at this stage. People here fear that the world will move on and forget what happened. But this community is defiant and say they will continue to show strength in the shadow of this tragedy. Elaine dunkley, bbc news. It is 643 a. M. Our lead story this morning is unsurprisingly because of travel disruption due to the weather. You have been sending in your pictures, sometimes we dont even ask for them and you send them in anyway, which is lovely. Helena was up in the lake district. Look at that. She says it was 6 up there. But it felt like minus 16. Gorgeous. I bet it did. This is from alison and dave king, who built their own version of stonehenge in rug in warwickshire. Very impressive. In rugby. Geraldine sent this in from buckinghamshire. Use a box, dont you . A buckinghamshire. Use a box, dont you . A box buckinghamshire. Use a box, dont you . A box of snow and that it down. Igo you . A box of snow and that it down. I go for the traditional snowman. Like this, for example. This is a very good one. This is alan, sending ina very good one. This is alan, sending in a picture of his in laws, from hertfordshire. That is absolutely fantastic. That looks like the actual snowman from the snowman. It wasnt just humans having actual snowman from the snowman. It wasntjust humans having fun in the snow yesterday. This is a female orangutan, spotted making a snowball at twycross zoo in leicestershire. Maybe she used a box for that. She then to get inside. The orangutan did not use a box. That is how you build an igloo. Take your recycling box, package with snow. build an igloo. Take your recycling box, package with snow. I tell you what, if there is still snow today when i get home, i will try to do that. You need to broaden your smelly horizons. Snowy. Im with you, the old traditional way of building a snowman, no fancy boxes more snow today but not for everyone and this is a weather watchers picture of shropshire from yesterday, beautiful, Christmas Card scene and another one from later in the day from cumbria, you can see the day from cumbria, you can see the clear skies and many having clear skies means its a cold start with the risk of ice. The snow faded through the night for a time where it was so prolific yesterday and now we have this system coming up from france and on its leading edge we have a mixture of sleet and snow as well as rain. Disses storm and, so named by the portuguese, spanish and french met office, nothing to do with the british one this is storm and. Whoever names its first we stick with it. As we hang onto it it will bring rain, sleet and snow and windy conditions in the english channel. First thing we have this rain and sleet and snow and we have the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. Also snow showers in the north and west of scotland, ireland and wales. Through this morning that scenario persists, we have the rain coming in, it is cold and again we have a mixture of rain, sleet and snow in parts of the Home Counties and the london area and the south west of england but the showers mean not everyone will get one. Brighter skies in much of wales, Northern England and much of scotla nd wales, Northern England and much of scotland and where we have lying snow, temperatures lower than this, for some it is 11 at the moment, especially southern scotland and the borders with england. Through the day there will be a lot of sunshine and the showers will persist in the north and west and this band of rain will slowly edge to the north of the north sea and again it will be a cold day wherever you are. Through the evening and overnight, we continue with showers for a time, wintry for a time, a lot of dry weather and also freezing fog forming here and there and it will be cold. These are the temperatures we can expect in towns and cities, below freezing, in the countryside, especially where we have lying snow, lower than 10 in some parts so a bitterly cold night. Freezing fog slow to clear tomorrow morning and when it does a lot of sunshine around and dry weather, but the next weather fronts coming from the west will introduce rain, and we might see some snow coming in on its leading edge to parts of the highlands but no great shakes in terms of temperatures. Feeling quite cold. On tuesday theres the weather front moving from the west to the east and another one comes in hot on its heels. As you can see from the isobars, the wind changes from the cold northerly to a warm westerly. Not as cold but it brings with it u nsettled not as cold but it brings with it unsettled conditions as two weather fronts cross, they will bring some rain, and in the highlands we could see some snow at times but temperatures for some at least not as low, squeezing back into double figures. Thank you, carol. Lots of people sending in pictures of box use when building igloos and the like. Whatever, dan oh dear me a burden from Carol Kirkwood carol, carol i will try later, i genuinely will. Sean is here, we are talking about the cost of presence and food adding up the cost of presence and food adding up fast at this time of year. Whats going on with Christmas Shopping habits . In the Business Team we have got the gang together to go through a few figures to see what areas we are spending more on and what is going up spending more on and what is going up quicker than others. Typically spending is up on essentials like food. But spending on non essentials, like presents, is down. And much of that is down to price. Sprouts up 8 , christmas puddings, 8 on last year. It doesnt seem much if you are buying £1 of sprouts and a year later they £1. 08. Smart technologies interesting, a smart phone is 20 more than last year because we import all the things in a smart phone and the final smart phone, the pound has fallen by that much. A big difference. Something thatis much. A big difference. Something that is £1000 last year, this year would be £1200. Spending less on presence is a would be £1200. Spending less on presence is a case would be £1200. Spending less on presence is a case of dubai that but you wouldnt anything else . Thats why non essential spending overall hasnt been going up so much but with groceries, almost half of people have been spreading their grocery purchases over a period of time. Instead of doing one big December Christmas weekly food shop after the pay packet comes in, people are planning ahead. I have seen people are planning ahead. I have seen christmas puddings on the shelf for months now and people are doing that kind of thing earlier. When it comes to how much people are spending, compare that two incomes, there isnt that much difference between the amount people are spending when you look at the exact amount whatever their salary is. As amount whatever their salary is. As a proportion, those earning less are spending more of their salary on christmas. Weve been talking about this generally in the last few days, a bit more confidence from those on low incomes to spend more at this time of year. It can work like that. Those on higher incomes spending not so much on their presence than those on lower incomes. Interesting, especially if people are planning their christmas shop over a few weeks. Good planning is needed but if people have met their budget and theres a couple of weeks left, we will keep an eye on debt levels over the next couple of weeks. The latest series of David Attenboroughs blue planet came to a close last night with a look at the problem of plastic in our oceans. Weve sent breakfasts tim muffett to a sea life sanctuary in norfolk to find out about the work being done to help wildlife caught up in the pollution. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. Good morning. What an amazing series it was, blue planet ii, came to an end and we are at Hunstanton Sea Life equerry and sanctuary in norfolk, a place where they have first hand experience of the perils of plastic in the ocean, a problem so visibly highlighted last night in the programme. Magnificent marine life and also later we will see some seals that have been injured and over the last few years many seals brought here have been injured due to plastics. Before we talk to experts about their reactions to the series, lets have a reminder of last nights episode. In some parts of the ocean it is estimated that there are now over 1 million pieces of plastic for every square mile. And were only beginning to discoverjust how seriously that of tax marine life. Once in the Ocean Plastic breaks down into tiny fragments, microplastic is. Theyre very small organisms that can mistake these tiny plastics for food. The larger organisms eat the plankton and the largerfish it the organisms eat the plankton and the larger fish it the smaller fish and so on and so forth. Dolphins are at the top of this food chain and its now thought that polluta nts chain and its now thought that pollutants may be building up in their tissues to such a degree that a mothers contaminated milk could kill her calf. Industrial pollution and the discarding of Plastic Waste must be tackled for the sake of all life in the oceans. Thought provoking stuff indeed. One of the standout statistics for me last night was the fact that in some parts of the ocean 1 million pieces of plastic are found per square mile. Emily, you found that out, how did you come up with that . We have been part of collecting these samples for the global dataset and the best part of the last ten years has involved us sailing around on our oceans with a trawl trying to quantify that number of these plastic fragments in the sea and what we find is that this plastic thats going out into the ocean is breaking down into these tiny fragments, what we call microplastics, just smaller than your Little Finger nail so thats what were trying to measure. What can people do . If you were horrified watching the programme, what can you do in yourday watching the programme, what can you do in your day life . Its about avoiding single use plastic. Something like a plastic water bottle, a plastic bag, something in your life for just ten minutes, bottle, a plastic bag, something in your life forjust ten minutes, a few hours, and you dont really need. And its thinking about the clothes we wear, the polyester clothing that when we wash it, these tiny fibres also go down our drains and end up in the ocean. Fascinating and end up in the ocean. Fascinating and alarming. Thanks, emily. We will be talking to you later. Here many seals are brought here that have been injured and now we can see some images of some of those creatures which have been treated here over the years. Its quite alarming to see and quite distressing in many ways as well. Sui, you are from the Marine Conservation society, were you surprised by the images we saw in last nights programme . Sadly not, weve been expecting it over the years. Weve been monitoring our beaches over the last 20 years and in that time we havent seen a decrease in plastic. Last year we had a 10 increase in litter on our beaches. It isnt just had a 10 increase in litter on our beaches. It isntjust about litter on the beach, theres so much more to it, it is the small size of the plastic that is so damaging . The smaller the piece the more animals can eat it right down to the bottom of the food chain, if they are eating it and creatures higher up are eating it and then the toxins are eating it and then the toxins are on those plastics and they get in the tissues of the animals that eat it. Then theres the risk to us if we are eating seafood. If you put your plastic in the recycling, as we arming to do, what else can we do . As consumers theres only so much you can do, apart from being alarmed . Actually theres a lot we can do. The simplest thing to do is to try and not use those single use plastics, get a reusable cup for your coffee and a reusable bottle for your water. Theres hardly anyone who needs a straw but maybe we all have one, and also most importantly we can lobby government and industry. We will be talking to you later and we will see some of the seals that have been injured and finding out how the staff here there for them. We will leave with you some amazing images of these very lovely, beautiful animals at h u nsta nto n lovely, beautiful animals at hunsta nton sea lovely, beautiful animals at Hunstanton Sea Life sanctuary. If you can hear me, can you go a bit left with the camera . There has been a turtle that has been absolutely wonderful. There he is. His name is ernie. Ernie the green sea turtle. Hears from trinidad apparently. Absolutely wonderful. There he is thank you very much indeed. Somebody has already tweeted me this morning about ernie and there he is on our screens. Looks like a gorgeous little fella. Beautiful animals. We will be with him and ernie through the morning. Some important advice, i feel guilty the morning. Some important advice, ifeel guilty for the morning. Some important advice, i feel guilty for having this, single use plastic, a big issue. know what im going to get you for christmas im going to get you a water bottle you a water bottle you can use everyday. Has that mean i get a present . You might now get a present youre watching breakfast. Still to come singing makes you feel excited, it makes you feel good, its very refreshing. Were celebrating the power of song here on breakfast this week and you dont have to be in a choir tojoin us. You might simply enjoy singing with your children, or belting out a tune in the bath, well be telling you how its all brilliant for your health in the next half hour. Its also really good to sing together. And were going to be doing that on wednesday. Time for the news, travel and weather where you are. See you in a few minutes time. Good morning from bbc london news, im claudia liza armah. Over 200 flights in and out of heathrow have been cancelled today. Its after snow fell over much of the capital yesterday causing long delays at the airport. Its meant that many crews and flights are in the wrong place today forcing cancellations. Rain, sleet and snow is expected to fall again in london this morning. The former head of the civil service, lord kersla ke, has resigned as chairman of one of londons largest nhs trusts. The peer said he was stepping down from his post at Kings College Hospital Trust because the government and regulators were, in his words, not facing up to the challenges facing the health service. Small businesses in the capital are experiencing their worst performance in three years according to the centre for economics and business. Theyve been monitoring the health of small and medium sized firms in the capital and have found confidence and and net business creation is all down compared to last quarter. They blame uncertainty surrounding brexit. Apple is reported to be close to buying the music recognition app shazam for an estimated £300 million. The company is based in west london and was the first tech firm in the country to be valued at 1 billion. Founded less than 20 years ago, it allows people to identify a song they might not know the name of by recording a few seconds of it into their phone. Lets have a look at the travel situation now. Theres a good service on all the lines except for on the london overground. There are severe delays. Do check before you head out. On the trains, tickets for yesterday are valid today on many routes. Some disruption mainly outside of london. No major issues on the main lines in or out of london. On the roads, in borehamwood theres still quite a bit of snow around next to the roads. This is the a1 coming in to town at stirling corner. Lets have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. Good morning. Many of us saw a very wintry weekend with a fair amount of snow, today, a bigger problem is the ice. The met Office Issued a yellow weather warning for the highs grist this morning. Rain coming up from the south, light snow coming from the north, mixing together and falling on frozen ground so potentially we could see some very dangerous driving conditions this morning at least. More in the way of rain but a sleety mix this afternoon coupled with a very cold north north westerly wind, temperature struggling to get above zero. The rain will clear overnight, the sky clears, one or two isolated freezing fog patches but the temperature very cold indeed, 5 or maybe even 6, so a widespread hard frost first thing on tuesday. Those clearing skies mean its going to be quite a nice day if you dont mind the cold. Its not going to get very warm but we will see plenty of sunshine. The wind that little bit lighter as we head through tuesday. That maximum temperature still to get above zero in some spots, the best we can hope for is around three in central london. Chilly overnight tuesday into wednesday but then slightly milder air coming through on wednesday but then getting cold again for the end 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 louise. Bye for now. Hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. A new weather warning as freezing temperatures and snow cause major disruption. Roads, rail and airports are all affected and hundreds of schools are closed for the day. Good morning. It is monday, it let in december. 11 december. Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire say they should be given a central role in the inquiry as two days of hearings begin. Good morning. We know the cost of christmas is rising, but Research Shows families are still willing to splash out, even when the money is a little bit tight. I will be looking at why that is. In sport, Manchester City make it 14 victories in a row as they beat neighbours Manchester United at old trafford. Jose mourinho says his sides title hopes are probably over as city continue to break the merely records. Premier league records. And its Christmas Carol season, of course but does singing make you feel better . All this week well be looking at whether it really is good for you. And carol can tell us all about the weather. Lets continue like it has . Good morning. A mixture of rain, sleet and snow today across parts of south east england and southern counties of england in general. That will pull away to the east through the day. Lots of dry weather and the risk of ice this morning. A risk of showers in the north and west of the uk, some of which will be wintry. I will have more details and 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Snow and freezing temperatures are continuing to cause widespread disruption across parts of the uk. There have been train and plane cancellations and drivers are being warned that icy conditions are making roads treacherous. Hundreds of schools across wales and the midlands will also be closed today. Simon clemison reports. The snow is falling, but its easing. Try telling that to drivers on the m5 overnight. Conditions dont get much worse. Large parts of the uk have been covered by heavy snow this heavy. And as it begins to melt and re freezes in the early hours, it means lots of potential problems this morning with ice. The met office has warnings out covering much of the country. The aa says thousands of people were caught out when the wintry weather drifted south. Falling trees have affected roads and train lines. Network rail reports further disruption today. Flights have restarted at birmingham airport, but delays are still likely here and at heathrow, where aircraft are not in their starting positions. Hundreds of schools will not open today, including all of those run by Birmingham City council and 200 in shropshire. One Power Company says it has been working through the night to get the power back on. But the worst of the weather, or the best of it, depending on who you ask, is now over. Great fun for some people. For more information on travel disruption and School Closures tune into your bbc local Radio Station or visit the bbc news website for live updates. Two days of hearings will begin later to establish the framework of the Grenfell Tower fire public inquiry. Sir Martin Moore Bick is being urged by survivors of the fire to give them a more central role. It comes as labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused the government of failing survivors with more than 100 still living in hotels. Relatives of the victims say its vital their stories are heard. These people never should have lost their lives that night, and the way they did. We are extremely determined. We will fight for as long as it takes to make sure that this never happens again. Our loved ones are neverforgotten. And, you know, the right changes are made. The chairman of a leading Hospital Trust in london has resigned, accusing the government of failing to recognise the enormous challenges facing the nhs. Lord kerslake, whos a former head of the civil service, said Kings College Hospital Trust was struggling financially as it tried to cope with rising demand, increased costs and limits on spending. The regulator for england, nhs improvement, said the trusts Financial Performance was the worst in the nhs. A bbc survey has found 40 of women have been sexually harassed at work. More than 6,000 british adults were questioned. Many said theyd experienced inappropriate touching and unwelcome jokes. Heres our correspondent adina campbell. Freelance copywriter lorrie says she has lost count as to how many times she has faced Sexual Harassment since being self employed. Sometimes it is just background noise, you hear an inappropriate comment or someone is talking to your t shirt rather than yourface, and other times you can be subjected to really inappropriate behaviour, like groping. In the latest survey for the bbc, the results revealed 43 of people in Flexible Work had experienced unwanted sexual behaviour, compared to 29 who were directly employed. Those working in industries such as hospitality, retail or the Public Sector were more at risk. And, overall, 40 of women and 18 of men had experienced Sexual Harassment in the workplace. The survey also found people aged between 18 and 34 were more likely to report unwanted sexual attention compared to those over 55. The survey also found people aged between 18 and 34 were more likely to report unwanted sexual attention compared to those over 55. So, about a power dynamic. If you are the youngest person in a workplace, if you are new in a workplace, less aware of your rights and how to report, or who to report to, those things make you slightly more vulnerable. Campaigners are now calling for employers to take reports of Sexual Harassment seriously, with protection for all workers. We will be talking about that later, about 8 10am on breakfast. The Prime Minister will tell mps today that theres been give and take between the uk and the eu in order to move on to trade talks. Theresa may is expected to say that she isnt seeking a hard or soft brexit, but a bold new partnership. Our Political Correspondent chris mason is in westminster. Will she have a bounce in her step this morning when she walks into that meeting . I imagine she will be feeling better than last week . Absolutely. It is one week now since that big setback when she was midway through a plate of turbot with john collee chunk, the president of the european commission, when it went pear shaped. European commission, when it went pearshaped. European commission, when it went pear shaped. Jean claude juncker. She had to return to the uk without having secured a deal and it was pretty gemili 18. Having secured a deal and it was pretty gemili18. A few days later, lots of phone calls later and not much sleep later, there was that deal on friday morning which started in merging throughout the morning, as this was on the hour. A bit of sleep for the Prime Minister through the week. A Cabinet Meeting and a statement in the commons and she will be pretty chipper. She says there is a new sense of them is around the brexit negotiations. Sense of optimism around. Showers not going for a harder or softer brexit, these terms which she has she says have been bandied around. She will also say that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. What we will get in the new year is a whole new plethora of brexit bingo terms, alongside the ones ijust mention. Lots of talk about how the uks relationship with the eu will look after brexit, and crucially, some sort of trade deals. Over the weekend we had another one. Canada plus plus plus. That was the suggestion from david davis, the brexit secretary. He is talking about the trading relationship eu currently has with canada, which the uk will hope to match and then improve upon in the years ahead, to try to strike some sort of arrangement over trade to keep business going under a very new relationship. The most destructive wildfire raging in Southern California has expanded significantly, scorching an area larger than new york city. 4000 firefighters have been called up to tackle the flames, which are now threatening the coastal city of sa nta threatening the coastal city of santa barbara. Hundreds of buildings have been destroyed and damaged and 200,000 people have had to leave their homes. Britain has a new tallest mountain. Mount hope, which is sited in the part of the antarctic claimed by the uk, was recently remeasured and found to tower above the previous title holder, mount jackson. It measure 3,239 metres and jackson is 3,184 metres. There it is. It looks very beautiful. A bit like it could be right next to us, at the moment. Because we know there are freezing temperatures. That is tell you about what has been going on overnight. They are continuing to cause disruption across the uk. Lots of people enjoyed the snow yesterday, but now it is monday and people will be having problems. Phil mackie is in worcestershire for us. Good morning. Good morning. It is not terribly bad. You can possibly see the traffic going over Worcester City bridge in the background. It has not frozen here in the city centre. I know that outside the City Temperatures have much lower, which is part of the problem. This is obviously where people have been trampling down through the snow so perhaps it is not as deep as it was off the past. 38 centimetres in worcester last night. It snowed for about 24 hours. There is an area from cheshire and dartford in the north downs to oxfordshire and buckinghamshire in the south, where they have been real problems. Thousands of schools are closed today, but that will probably ease congestion this morning. It was a bit of a pain yesterday for people who were trying to travel through airports. East midlands airport was one of those who had problems. Problems at birmingham and at heathrow. In fact, problems at birmingham and at heathrow. Infact, heathrow problems at birmingham and at heathrow. In fact, heathrow have been saying flights are cancelled today and you should check before you travel. I think that would be the advice anywhere that i have mentioned in that belt, where there is lots of lying snow. The trains are also advising people to check before they travel but most of the services seem to be able to run, although with delays. One of the things, of course, which i mentioned, i suspect lots of people will be out enjoying it today because the schools are closed. It has not snowed in this part of the country this much for seven years now. So it is a rare day. Although a lot of schools are closed, my daughter ats is open, so she was rather grumpy today and she will have to avoid the snow and avoid sitting on the sofa in front of the fire, she will have to fight her way in. Thank you for that thought. Now, we will continue to look at this subject. If you thought the snow caused traffic problems yesterday, imagine what it can do to a monday morning rush hour. Frank bird is from highways england, which is tasked with keeping the roads moving. Hes at their headquarters in birmingham and we can speak to him now. Ican i can see clearly some of the traffic moving well behind you, where are the main problems this morning . For our network there arent really any problems. Weve got all the motorways back to tarmac. Some of the three lane motorways a re tarmac. Some of the three lane motorways are still only two lanes but were working to clear that through the day today. For the large pa rt through the day today. For the large part we would say once you can get to the motorways it is safe motoring. Tell us where the snow fell . One place might have it but a mile away there might be nothing at all . Broadly. If you think of the central area of england as a box, it was from the welsh coast to the english coast on the east side, and then to the north it was manchester and leeds, if you roughly draw a line across that, all the way down to the motorway for, so anywhere around that area got a significant quantity of snow the m4. Around that area got a significant quantity of snow the m4. How have you tackled this work . You have thrown resources at it in some ways . Absolutely. We activated our Severe Weather desk at 2am yesterday morning and apologies for the bleary eyes because we were all doing 12 and 14 hour shifts yesterday to keep the roads open. Weve had round the clock gritting. We had 56 gritters out on the Motorway Network in the West Midlands alone and for a short period with borrowed some from the north west, which spookily they didnt really have too many problems, so they were able to lend us some problems, so they were able to lend us some support, which is why weve kept the Motorway Network going all through yesterday. We saw some people stuck on major roads, coming toa people stuck on major roads, coming to a complete standstill, why did that happen . A lot of that will be hgvs, they go up inclines and then they lose traction. We have three or four instances of that. The worst insta nce four instances of that. The worst instance was on the 40, where people we re instance was on the 40, where people were stationary for about 55 minutes, but actually in total that was the worst of the delay is certainly in the West Midlands area m40. Certainly in the West Midlands area m40. Otherwise as long as you took it nice and steady people got where they wanted. The key thing here always is to allow plenty of extra time and especially dont overestimate your driving skills, because these are quite challenging, as your previous reporter said, we havent seen snow like this for seven havent seen snow like this for seve n yea rs havent seen snow like this for seven yea rs so havent seen snow like this for seven years so its been challenging for all of us. Challenging for those stuck on the m40 for 45 minutes what can you do to avoid that kind of thing in the future do you think . We actually had the gritters right behind but the difficulty we then had was getting the critter in front of the lorry. Fortu nately we of the lorry. Fortunately we were able to bring the greater the other way down the motorway greater. We have quite a large menu of tactics and skills to use and that was one of the ones we employed yesterday morning around about 5 30 a. M. , 6am, on the m40 and we got people under way again within 55 minutes of them getting stuck. Frank bird, i know you will have a busy day but thanks forjoining us. We will speak later but for the moment, thank you. If you want the latest on School Closures in your area, go to your bbc local Radio Station and plenty more on the bbc website or you can keep watching us, we will update you and we have got carol having a careful look at the weather and a lovely star wars theme this morning . Good morning. Youre right, this is from one of our weather watchers, a fun picture to start with in lincolnshire where we have the lying snow, they are making snow angels but you can see from the radar where weve had the snow overnight and the rain. This is the main feature coming from france, introducing rain, sleet and snow and we have snow showers coming out of the clouds in the north and west of the country. You cant help but notice this, this is storm and, so named by the french, portuguese and Spanish Met Service and it will bring us a combination of rain, sleet and snow and strong winds. Storm anna. That will be off the coast of kent for a time. At the moment the temperature around the scottish and english borders is around 11. Where we have wet surfaces, lying snow, the risk of ice this morning. We also have that rain again, more extensive than this chart is showing, in east anglia, the south east, sleet and snow coming out of that and as it goes down into the direction of the moors it will be wintry. A murky start as well but it will brighten up as this system pushes away. For much of wales, Northern England, much of scotland and Northern Ireland, dry and cold and Northern Ireland, dry and cold and temperatures lower than this where we have lying snow and we continue with the showers in the north and west, some with a wintry mix. Through the day this whole system starts to sweep off onto the net continent, allowing it to brighten up across the midlands for example, parts of cambridgeshire, and for many it will be dry with sunshine by the time we get to the middle of the afternoon near continent. Still a peppering of showers in the north and west and evenif showers in the north and west and even if this system drags away it still has the mixture of rain, sleet and snow in it. Through this evening and snow in it. Through this evening and overnight we will have further showers at times down the north sea coastline and into the west, but a lot of clear skies. A cold night with freezing fog patches forming. These are the temperatures in towns and cities, wait until you see what they will be like in the countryside, much lower, 12 in some parts, maybe even lower than that. Tomorrow we start with the freezing fog, slow to clear but it will. A lot of dry weather and sunshine and another weather front comes in from the west introducing rain but on its leading edge we could see wintryness in parts of the highlands. There it is on the charts, nicely indicated, that goes through during tuesday into wednesday and we have another one coming in hot on its heels but if you look at the direction of the isobars, its from the west. We lose the cold northerly weve had for the last few days, not feeling quite as cold, but no heatwave either. A first weather front will go through taking the rain and this second one coming through, some wintryness in the highlands of scotland and some get back to double figures, but that doesnt mean were going to stay there. Thanks, carol, updates through the morning from carol and we will bring you more detail on whats happening with the snow through the day. All this week we are spreading joy and happiness over the festive period by launching our bbc breakfast sings series today. Whether its in a sports stadium with tens of thousands of others, a local choir or on your own, singing can be stimulating, relaxing and enjoyable. New studies have found singing can help people with hearing impairments communicate more effectively as well. John maguire reports. This music and singing session for children with a hearing impairment experiments with volume, rhythm and the physical feeling of the way the children use their voices. Phoebe osborne from the Charity Creative futures takes them through the various exercises. And with this computer programme, theyre able to see what their voices are doing even if theyre are unable to hear them. Yours sounds like elizas one. Professor graeme welch has been discussing how singing can help children with severe hearing issues for three years now and says singing can stimulate the brain. Theyre all engaged in their singing, but theyve actually improved in their measurable singing skills. At the same time there is some evidence of impact on their hearing acuaty as well, so theyre better able to discriminate sound. Bring back my bonny to me. Like an opera singer. This is multi sited in the brain. As far as we can work out, music touches more parts of the brain than any of other human activity. To understand how singing affects the brain weve invited alex stobbs, a musician, to a neurotherapy session. Alex has cystic fibrosis, he undergoes physical therapy every day and long periods of treatment. He says music is vital to him. Because of everything to do with my health its quite solitary so music can make it all the better. It does something that perks up the brain i feel. Yeah, my life would be incredibly different without music. Nadia hristova is a neuropsychologist. First she measures the electrical activity in alexs brain while he is resting. Try and stay as still as possible, as relaxed as possible. Then she asks him to sing. Have yourself a merry little christmas, let your heart be light. Once hes finished and rested, alex is assessed again, and the results are immediate. It shows that theoretically within ten minutes of singing someone can improve clarity of their mind and also perhaps emotionally feel more uplifted. Finally, and you may want to turn the sound down for this, he sings with someone else and that someone, im afraid to say, is me. Through the years we all will be together, if the fates allow. Hang a shining star up on the. Believe it or not, the results are even more impressive. Thats simply the effect of social interaction with another human amplifying the positive effect all the beneficial effect of music. Hang a shining star up on the highest. Songs often speak or sing to the music of the heart and the soul, but it can also be of huge benefit to your brain. John maguire, bbc news, london. We arent going to be commenting there we will be singing later. Lets have a quick look. Little donkey on a gusty road. Oh my word ash dusty road. I bet you cant wait to watch that dusty road. There are people that have played at the bridge Bridgewater Hall in manchester as well we have a choirmaster who will help us. Wayne will save us. He has a lot of work. There are still Tickets Available if you want to suffer with us. Youre watching breakfast, still to come this morning blue planet might have left our screens last night but tims at Hunstanton Sea Life sanctuary this morning where they hope the programmes message on plastics pollution will have a lasting impact. Plenty of questions about what we are doing with our planet. Good morning. Iamjoined by sturgeon, a slightly confusingly named common seal and hes been here for two or three months and hes due to be released back into the wild very shortly. Blue planet ii raised so many key questions about the damage being done to our oceans by plastics and other as well and here at hunsta nton plastics and other as well and here at Hunstanton Sea Life sanctuary and aquarium they have first hand experience of dealing with those issues. Through the morning we will talk to staff and conservationists about their reaction to the series and the questions it posed. For now i will leave you with sturgeon and the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london news, im claudia liza armah. Over 200 flights in and out of heathrow have been cancelled today. Its after snow fell over much of the capital yesterday causing long delays at the airport. Its meant that many crews and flights are in the wrong place today forcing cancellations. Rain, sleet and snow is expected to fall again in london this morning. There are warnings of potentially dangerous road conditions. The former head of the civil service, lord kersla ke, has resigned as chairman of one of londons largest nhs trusts. The peer said he was stepping down from his post at Kings College Hospital Trust because the government and regulators were, in his words, not facing up to the challenges facing the health service. Small businesses in the capital are experiencing their worst performance in three years according to the centre for economics and business. Theyve been monitoring the health of small and medium sized firms in the capital and have found confidence and and net business creation is all down compared to last quarter. They blame uncertainty surrounding brexit. Apple is reported to be close to buying the music recognition app shazam for an estimated £300 million. The company is based in west london and was the first tech firm in the country to be valued at 1 billion. Founded less than 20 years ago, it allows people to identify a song they might not know the name of by recording a few seconds of it into their phone. Lets have a look at the travel situation now. A couple of issues on the tube the london overg round. There are some delays. Do check before you head out. On the trains, tickets for yesterday are valid today on many routes. Some disruption mainly outside of london. No major issues on the main lines in or out of london. On the roads, in borehamwood theres still quite a bit of snow around next to the roads. This is the a1 coming in to town at stirling corner. Lets have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. Good morning. Many of us saw a very wintry weekend with a fair amount of snow. Today, a bigger problem is the ice. The met Office Issued a yellow weather warning for the ice risk this morning. Rain coming up from the south, light snow coming from the north, mixing together and falling on frozen ground so potentially we could see some very dangerous driving conditions for this morning at least. More in the way of rain but a sleety mix this afternoon coupled with a very cold north north westerly wind, not going to be pleasant, temperature struggling to get above zero. The rain will clear overnight, the sky clears, one or two isolated freezing fog patches but the temperature very cold indeed, 5 or maybe even 6, so a widespread hard frost first thing on tuesday. Those clearing skies mean its going to be quite a nice day if you dont mind the cold. Its not going to get very warm but we will see plenty of sunshine. The wind that little bit lighter as we head through tuesday. That maximum temperature still to get above zero in some spots, the best we can hope for is around three in central london. Chilly overnight tuesday into wednesday but then some slightly milder air coming through on wednesday but then getting cold again for the end 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 louise. Bye for now. Hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. Heres a summary of this mornings main stories from bbc news. Snow and freezing temperatures are continuing to cause widespread disruption across parts of the uk. Hundreds of schools across wales and the midlands are closed today and almost 1,300 homes are without power. There have been train and plane cancellations and drivers are being warned that icy conditions are making roads treacherous. Well, people were, as long as you to get nice and steady, getting to where they were going. The key thing, always, is to allow plenty of extra time. And especially, do not overestimate your driving skills. These conditions are challenging. We havent seen snow like this for seven havent seen snow like this for seve n yea rs havent seen snow like this for seven yea rs so havent seen snow like this for seven years so it has been challenging for all of us. Our reporter Matthew Richards is in north wales which is one of the worst hit areas. Matthew, good morning. It is the situation like there this morning . As you can see, we have had a pretty heavy snowfall over the past few days, although the snow has actually stopped now. The temperature is rapidly dropping. You can feel the difference between this time the survey morning. There is a knock on effect for all sorts of people, especially those trying to get to work and school. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled at heathrow. They are having to rearrange flights for many hundreds of passengers. Birmingham airport was closed for a time yesterday while snow was clear from the runway there. And across the railway network, in large parts of the uk, people are being asked to check online before they head off on their journeys today. Check online before they head off on theirjourneys today. The rac dealt with 14,000 breakdowns yesterday and they say they expect to deal with more than their normal percentage today, up i about 20 , 1000 extra brea kd owns today, up i about 20 , 1000 extra breakdowns on the roads. Up to about 20 . The advice to drivers is not to drive unless you absolutely have to, and if you do, keep something in your car to help you if you get into trouble. Something to dig your way out of snow, blankets, extra clothing, and food and drink to tide you over if you get stuck. Across north wales and the midlands, hundreds of skull 100 of schools are closed. 13,000 homes are still without power as well. The pullar waking up to a very cold and frosty start this morning. People are waking up. Matthew, thank you. It is one of those mornings to be wearing layers and taking care. If you need any more information, and a morning like this, School Closures and road closures, things like that, your bbc local Radio Station will have that information for you. We will try to bring you as much as we can on the National Side of things here on brea kfast National Side of things here on breakfast as well. And you can get more detailed local information and regional information on the bbc news ups bbc news website, with live up ups bbc news website, with live up rates through the morning. Carol will have the weather in about ten minutes. Two days of hearings will begin later to establish the framework of the Grenfell Tower fire public inquiry. Sir Martin Moore Bick is being urged by survivors of the fire to give them a more central role. It comes as labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused the government of failing survivors with more than 100 still living in hotels. Relatives of the victims say its vital their stories are heard. These people never should have lost their lives that night, and the way they did. We are extremely determined. We will fight for as long as it takes to make sure that this never happens again. Our loved ones are neverforgotten. And, you know, the right changes are made. The chairman of a leading Hospital Trust in london has resigned, accusing the government of failing to recognise the enormous challenges facing the nhs. Lord kerslake, whos a former head of the civil service, said Kings College Hospital Trust was struggling to cope with rising demand, increased costs and limits on spending. The regulator for england, nhs improvement, said the trusts Financial Performance was the worst in the nhs. A department of Health Spokeswoman said they were working with the trust to tackle the issues. Two in five women in britain, and one in five men, have been sexually harassed at work, according to a major survey on workplace harassment for the bbc. More than 6,000 adults took part in the study. The poll found self employed people, or those on zero hours contracts, were more likely to be victims than those employed directly. Theresa may will tell mps there is a new sense of optimism in the brexit talks after her last minute deal aimed at moving them to the next phase. She will say she expects eu leaders to agree to start talks about future trade and security at a summit on thursday. The Prime Minister will insist she has not caved in to brussels over the so called divorce bill. It is 725 7 35 it is 725 7 35 a. M. We will have more updates on the travel situation this morning, all to do with the snow and ice. A full read the report with carol is coming up in almost exactly with carol is coming up in almost exa ctly te n with carol is coming up in almost exactly ten minutes. Will weather report. But right now sally is here. It was snowing at old trafford yesterday. Frosty in lots of ways. Did it feel like a seismic weekend in terms of the title . It did, didnt it . Pep guardiola said yesterdays win was just another win, taking each game as it comes. AtJose Mourinho was piling on the pressure and saying, this was it, the title race. Manchester city beat rivals united yesterday to become the first side to win 14 consecutive League Matches in a single english top flight season. And on a day of derbies, there was a controversial draw on merseyside. But lets start with events at old trafford. Tim hague reports. As the records keep falling, its difficult to see anybody stopping Manchester City this season. Even local and title rivals united couldnt. David silva setting the League Leaders on their way before half time. And while Marcus Rashford levelled the match forJose Mourinhos men, there was one more moment that mattered. Nicolas otamendi might be a centre back, but he has been prolific so far this season. Commentator the defender scores again, five for the season for him and was it already a title winning goal . Impossible. Of course you have 11 points, you are so happy for that, the goal difference, a 12 point difference. But not yet. Just in december. 33 miles away from old trafford is anfield, and there was an equally eventful derby there. Liverpool dominated and went ahead through another moment of mo salah magic. Despite 77 possession and 23 shots on goal, this foul gave everton their own chance. And as an evertonian, who else would you want taking the penalty but wayne rooney . His first Merseyside Derby goal, not thatjurgen klopp was very interested in that. You dont think it was a penalty . Right. It feels unfair, to be honest. Investing everything to win the game, and now it feels really, really average. Nothing average about the point for Sam Allardyce and his new team, although the result that mattered most yesterday came for another side wearing blue. There was a Third Premier League game yesterday. Charlie austins side couldnt hold on. Olivier giroud came off the bench to rescue arsenal in the 80th minute equaliser. Hibernian staged a great fightback against scottish premiership leaders celtic, scoring twice in the last 15 minutes to draw 2 2. Scott sinclair scored both of celtics goals, his sixth and seventh strikes in the league. But the home side responded through efee ambrose, and then equalised with this from oli shaw. Hibs even came close to ending celtics remarkable domestic unbeaten run, which now stretches back 68 games. Ronnie osullivan is snookers uk champion for a record equalling sixth time. He was level at 5 5 in a tense final against shaun murphy in york, but won five frames in a row in the evening session to seal his 18th major championship overall. He goes level with steve davis on six uk titles, and if youre looking for comparisons, hes nowjust one trophy behind Roger Federer who holds 19 major tennis titles. The records are great, you know . And to equal it, like sean said, the fans this week have been unbelievable. I want to say a massive thank you to them, i have just tried my best all week. There is nothing left. Ive given everything there is. But i am over the moon, you know, to win any tournament, let alone the uk championship. So happy, yeah. Premiership champions exeter chiefs suffered an 18 8 defeat in the champions cup at the hands of leinster. It means leinster open up a 6 point lead at the top of pool 3. Exeter can still progress to the last eight of the competition, with the two sides again facing each other next weekend. Meanwhile, harlequins hopes of reaching the last eight were ended with a 17 5 defeat against ulster at a very snowy twickenham stoop. La rochelle thrashed wasps 49 29 in the same pool, which means ulster move up to second. Organisers have confirmed the postponed match between saracens and Clermont Auvergne will be played later today. I believe that is behind closed doors because they are concerned about people being at risk in very, very slippery conditions. Looked pretty chilly there. Extraordinary pictures. We are talking about is this morning. Smoking and obesity are well known Public Health issues, but you may be surprised to hear that loneliness is too. According to research more than 9 million adults in the uk are either always or often lonely, and campaigners are calling for a radical overhaul to combat what theyre calling an epidemic. Joining us in the studio now is alex hoskyn, who set up the chatty cafe scheme after experiencing loneliness as a new mum, and Rachel Reeves mp joins us from westminster. Good morning. So, you did this after experiencing momentous as a new mum. Loneliness. Rachel, we will speak to you first. You are co chair of thejo to you first. You are co chair of the jo cox to you first. You are co chair of thejo cox loneliness commission. Give us an idea of how much impact this has on people in the United Kingdom . Well, we have been running this commission for one year now, and we have looked at how loneliness affects all sorts of people. New mothers, as we have just heard. Older people, disabled carers. 9 Million People in our country report themselves as always or often lonely. It is as bad for your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Worse for your health and obesity. The nhs today is seeing that if you are socially isolated you are one third more likely to suffer a premature death. So this is a real issue. It isntjust personal misfortune. This is a social epidemic. And the Health Epidemic as well. Something that governments need to do something about, but more importantly, all of us need to structure it into our lives to look out for others, our friends, structure it into our lives to look out for others, ourfriends, our family, our neighbours, and also how to ensure that we build up those connections to make us more resilient in our lives. Yes, looking for those personal connections is important. Alex, what was it like for you . We were saying in the introduction that you experienced loneliness as any mother. What sort of things were you going through . Well, i have a good support network, lots of friends and family. But i just found during the daytime that i would go to the town centre with my little boy and go to cafes and smile at the ball but i wouldnt have any kind of human or Adult Interaction with another person. Thatjust got me thinking about may doing something about it. So you are sitting in a cafe, i willjust hold this up for the cameras, you might see a little poster like this in some cafes where you go around. You are sitting in a cafe, by yourself, and an elderly gentleman somewhere else was sitting at his own, other people were sitting on their own. You came up with this scheme, chapter and matter. What is that all about . I was in a cafe with my little boy and i notice and elderly lady on her own, at one table, and at another table was a young man with Additional Needs and his carer, and it struck me how the three of us we re and it struck me how the three of us were sitting at different tables, but we were all equal, looking equally as fed up. And i thought, if there was a way we could have sat together, just for a bit of interaction while we had our cups of tea, we might have all left feeling more positive. You brought this out over a considerable number of cafes . I have about 90 places now across the uk. The aim is to reduce loneliness and get people talking. What happens . Is there a sign of these cafes, saying that this is a table where you can sit and chat . The cafe will decide when they are running the chatter and natter table, i put it on the website and they put this sign out on the table at their choice at that time, and it means the customers in the cafe at that moment, if they want to talk to the customers they can sit there. Lovely. Rachel, that is one plan that alex has come up with. More generally, if people are watching this this morning and thinking, i do feel lonely, i am one of those 9 Million People, what can they do . What should they be doing . Million People, what can they do . What should they be doing . I think the responsibility is notjust on people who are feeling lonely and isolated but also want all of us. For a lonely individual it is about making those first steps, may be joining a committee group, may be knocking on the door of a neighbour, but also, you know, it is snowing at the moment in so many parts of the country and it is a good excuse for all of us to knock on the door of a neighbour and just talk to somebody at the train station while we are presumably waiting for adelaide trains this morning, to start a conversation. I think a lot of it is as simple as that. It is about making people feel valued, looking out for other people in our neighbourhoods or in our families. Most of us, i expect, if we dig about it, we know somebody in our lives who is on their own, may be struggling at the moment, and it is about picking up the phone to those people or knocking on their door is, being better citizens. You know, jo cox lived her life always putting others first. Part of the work of this commission is to carry on her work but also to encourage people to live our lives more like she lived her is. You also talk to people, saying, what was it . You call that four was to, stable relationships in their lives. It is easy to say, four isa their lives. It is easy to say, four is a good number, if you can aim for it . Theres being researched by a professor in the us who has looked at our telephone records and if you strip out phone calls to work and to ta ke strip out phone calls to work and to take aways and taxi firms, theres about four people whos a good number of people who we phone and they phone us back and you have that regular interaction with. We are trying to insure in your life you have those four stable connections, but trying to insure those people around us have four social connections. If youve lost a loved one or if you have moved away from family and friends, do you have those people in your lives and do the people we know and love have four people in their lives . Trying to build up those connections, thinking about having a caravan going through life with us and do we a lwa ys going through life with us and do we always have four people on board looking out for us . Thats really important. If you can try to build those networks. Its about the small interactions, talking to people when we are out and about going about our business, but also theres four strong stable relationships to make us more resilient at times of trouble and struggle, having those relationships in life is really important. Good point. Thanks very much. Alex, great idea, thanks for coming in to see us. Idea, thanks for coming in to see us. World for making a difference well done for making a difference. Heres carol with a look at this mornings weather. Lots of snow around . Thats right. Good morning, everyone. Lots of snow, yesterday the most widespread snow across england and wales for a few years and as well as disruption, lots of people had fun in it, as you can see from the weather watchers. This one from the weather watchers. This one from warwickshire. And this one from lincolnshire, where we have some star wars characters, some storm troopers making angels. This morning we have got some snow in central parts of england and wales. This is the next area, a band of rain with some sleet and snow mixed in and also in the north and west we have a peppering of rain, sleet and snow. Ina peppering of rain, sleet and snow. In a northerly wind still so feeling cold today but this area of low pressure is a storm coming from france, drifting north east, taking a swipe at us and bringing us not just windy weather, especially on the kent coast, but that mixture of rain, sleet and snow. This morning, here it is but away from that a cold start, the risk of ice on untreated surfaces where we still have lying snow especially but a lot of sunshine too. The rain through the day with its sleet and snow will slowly retreat back towards east anglia and the south east of england and again, dont forget, it will be that combination. Inland its more likely to be the places we see the sleet and snow in the hills but at times it will be on lower levels as well. In the midlands as for example, wales, Northern England, a beautiful crisp winter afternoon and the same in most of scotland but dont forget the showers in the north and west of the country, most will be rainy but some will have sleeker and snow daschle and snow. Through the evening and overnight, a few wintry showers down the east coast sleet and snow. Cold skies overnight and freezing fog patches forming. These other temperatures in towns and cities but in the countryside, considerably lower these are the. 10 or even lower than that. Again there will be the risk of ice first thing tomorrow morning. Freezing fog will be slow to lift but eventually it will but tomorrow, a belter if you like it cold and crisp. Weve also got a weather front coming in from the western later on and that will introduce some rain. Thats courtesy of this weather front, which will drift from west to east. Another one coming in right behind it. Something else to notice about the pressure chart is the direction of the wind and the isoba rs chart is the direction of the wind and the isobars from the west. Warmer. Then to bands of rain coming. The south will see a recovery of the temperatures two bands of rain. Still cold everywhere else. Nearly down to 12 in some places. Thanks very much and we will see you later on. We will show you some of our pictures later, thanks for sending those in, they will be shown at around 8 15am. The cost of presents and food can all add up fast at this time of year. And with prices going up, seans been looking at whats affecting our Christmas Shopping habits. Food is one of the essentials people need. We have been talking all year about food prices. At the beginning of the year retailers were keeping a lid on food prices going up but the wea kness lid on food prices going up but the weakness in the pound, eventually that fed through for the food we importand that fed through for the food we import and weve noticed that in the christmas food shopping basket and the way people are spending. People are spending more on things like food, brussels sprouts up 8 , christmas puddings, 8 , smoked salmon is 22 more than last year. My salmon is 22 more than last year. My dad loves smoked salmon at christmas. It isnt one of mine but im surprised how many loves it on the christmas table. Those costs are going up. But essential spend, things we dont have to be buying for christmas, non essential stuff, we arent spending as much as last year. Food has been going up, clothes, again over the year we have seen clothes, again over the year we have seen that, if you like buying clothes as Christmas Presents, a nice christmas jumper, chances are that could be 20 more than this time last year and technology, if you have had a child nagging you for the latest xbox or smart phone or Something Like that, a lot of technology has gone up by 20 on last year. If you thought you would be able to spend £500 like you did last year on the latest console, that could be near £600. Is that import costs . Pretty much. The pound got weaker after the vote to leave the eu and its got stronger since then but the way it works, it doesnt kick in immediately in the shops. When it comes to spend, weve done some analysis on how people spend compare the two their incomes, those on lower incomes are still spending a higher proportion of their salaries on christmas and that is Still Holding strong despite everything we have seen about wage growth being low, where the money is coming from kuraby different because weve had questions about credit ca rd growth weve had questions about credit card growth as well. Have you been a blue planet watcher . card growth as well. Have you been a blue planet watcher . I have. I dont watch it on the night. I dont mind spoilers but it has been absolutely incredible. 11 Million People watched it on the night and many people catching up on the iplayer. Ask me tomorrow. Its been a brilliant series and last night left us with questions to answer. Looking at our impact on the world around us. Weve sent breakfasts tim muffett to a sea life sanctuary in norfolk to find out about the work being done to help wildlife caught up in the pollution. You are with a lovely seal as well, tim muffet . Good morning and what a fantastic site this is in the morning, the morning after blue planet ii concluded and as you say, so many fascinating conversation topics as well as stunning visual imagery. Here at Hunstanton Sea Life sanctuary they care for many seals that have been injured by plastics, an issue really highlighted in that programme last night and we will talk to some of the staff later about their reaction to it. First of all, heres a little reminder of last nights concluding episode. In some parts of the ocean, its estimated that there are now over1 million pieces of plastic for every square mile. And were only beginning to discover just how seriously that affects marine life. Once in the ocean, plastic breaks down into tiny fragments, microplastics. Theyre very small organisms that can mistake these tiny plastics for food. Then the larger organisms eat the plankton and the larger fish, the smaller fish and so on and so forth. Dolphins are at the top of this food chain and its now thought that pollutants may be building up in their tissues to such a degree that a mothers contaminated milk could kill her calf. Industrial pollution and the discarding of Plastic Waste must be tackled for the sake of all life in the ocean. A lot of food for thought. Lets have a chat to Natalie Emerson from the hunsta nton sea have a chat to Natalie Emerson from the Hunstanton Sea Life sanctuary. You have seen first hand the damage plastics can do, what kind of injuries can be caused . We have seen lots of things here as well as our sister sites in cornwall, yorkshire, fishing nets and fishing line but not just that. Theres fishing nets and fishing line but notjust that. Theres been frisbees, buckets, things like bikini bottoms. Doug is very keen for his breakfast, feel free to feed him if he needs it weve seen all kinds of things, notjust plastics, things like bikini bottoms wraparound seals heads, sandbags and things that have been discarded on beaches and washed into the sea and cause problems with seals getting tangled wrapped around. Dog will be released at some point, but were you shocked by what you saw in blue planet ii dog. But were you shocked by what you saw in blue planet ii dog. It is shocking but not surprising, we have seen shocking but not surprising, we have seen it for years now, these kinds of things happening doug. Seen it for years now, these kinds of things happening doug. Let me introduce you to emily. You have been researching the damage plastics have done in the oceans for many yea rs. Have done in the oceans for many years. There was an interesting stat last night, 1 million pieces of plastic per square mile in some ocea ns plastic per square mile in some oceans and you helped collect that data . Absolutely. We have spent the best pa rt data . Absolutely. We have spent the best part of the last ten years sailing around our oceans trying to find out whats really there and what we found was so much of this plastic was tiny, what we call microplastics, pieces of plastic smaller than your Little Fingernail. All of that plastic breaks into little fragments. If you are watching and you are angered and concerned, what can people do in their day to day life . Most of the plastic comes from land, it comes from us, the best thing we can do is minimise the amount of plastic we are using, particularly single use plastic, something designed to be used once and thrown away, like a water bottle or plastic bag. So many interesting and concerning and alarming issues as well. More later but i will leave you now with some beautiful images of doug, who has just had his breakfast, and the other seals, many of whom are rescued seals, and theyve had first hand experience of the damage plastic can do in our oceans. Thanks very much, we will be with you later. Watching blue planet, if it has reminded you of things we can do, if you go on our social media accou nts do, if you go on our social media a ccou nts we do, if you go on our social media accounts we have re tweeted something from bbc earth, eight top tips for making a difference and one is getting rid of single use bottles. I have decided i am going to buy you a Christmas Present and it will be a bottle you will keep on the set. And try and get rid of these . If we all did that. Theres millions of pieces of plastic that you dont think about and then you see a programme like that and it strikes you, what are we doing to the world around us . The challenge for you will not be to lose it. Ok, i will try and do that. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london news, im claudia liza armah. Over 200 flights in and out of heathrow have been cancelled today. Its after snow fell over much of the capital yesterday causing long delays at the airport. Its meant that many crews and flights are in the wrong place today forcing cancellations. Rain, sleet and snow is expected to fall again in london this morning. There are warnings of potentially dangerous road conditions. The former head of the civil service, lord kersla ke, has resigned as chairman of one of londons largest nhs trusts. The peer said he was stepping down from his post at Kings College Hospital Trust because the government and regulators were, in his words, not facing up to the challenges facing the health service. Small businesses in the capital are experiencing their worst performance in three years according to the centre for economics and business. Theyve been monitoring the health of small and medium sized firms in the capital and have found confidence and and net business creation is all down compared to last quarter. They blame uncertainty surrounding brexit. Apple is reported to be close to buying the music recognition app shazam for an estimated £300 million. The company is based in west london and was the first tech firm in the country to be valued at 1 billion. Founded less than 20 years ago, it allows people to identify a song they might not know the name of by recording a few seconds of it into their phone. Lets have a look at the travel situation now. A couple of issues on the tube this morning. Major problems on the london overground, no trains from west croydon and Crystal Palace into town. Theyre only going as far as sydenham and there are severe delays between Highbury Islington and clapham junction. Its all because of a signal failure. Meanwhile, on the metropolitan line, there are minor delays also due to a signal failure at harrow on the hill. On the roads, in borehamwood theres still quite a bit of snow around. Long delays here at the a1 coming in to town at stirling corner. Lets have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. Good morning. Many of us saw a very wintry weekend with a fair amount of snow. Today, a bigger problem is the ice. The met Office Issued a yellow weather warning for the ice risk this morning. Rain coming up from the south, light snow coming from the north, mixing together and falling on frozen ground so potentially we could see some very dangerous driving conditions for this morning at least. More in the way of rain but a sleety mix this afternoon coupled with a very cold north north westerly wind, not going to be pleasant, temperature struggling to get above zero. The rain will clear overnight, the sky clears, one or two isolated freezing fog patches but the temperature very cold indeed, 5 or maybe even 6, so a widespread hard frost first thing on tuesday morning. Those clearing skies mean its going to be quite a nice day if you dont mind the cold. Its not going to get very warm but we will see plenty of sunshine. The wind that little bit lighter as we head through tuesday. That maximum temperature still to get above zero in some spots, the best we can hope for is around three in central london. Chilly overnight tuesday into wednesday but then some slightly milder air coming through on wednesday but then getting cold again for the end 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 louise. Bye for now. Hello. A very good morning. This is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. A new weather warning as freezing temperatures and snow cause major disruption. Roads, rail and airports are all affected and hundreds of schools are closed for the day. This is the scene live in llangollen in north wales, which is one of the worst affected areas. Well be live from there throughout the morning. We should say that there are some parts of the uk which are snow free this morning there are. Good morning. Its monday 11th december. Also this morning survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire say they should be given a central role in the inquiry as two days of hearings begin. Good morning. In sport, Manchester City make it 14 wins in a row as they beat neighbours united at old trafford. Jose mourinho says his sides title hopes are probably over as city continue to break premier league records. Radiant beams from thy holy face. And its Christmas Carol season, of course, but does singing make you feel better . All this week well be looking at whether it really is good for you. Asi as i said earlier, it is never a silent night when you go out with carol here she is with the weather. Good morning. Sleet and snow largely on higher ground, and inland, we have also got some rain, sleet and snow showers across the rest of the uk, but in between, a lot of dry weather with a risk of ice. More details in 15 minutes. Thank you, carol. Good morning. First, our main story. Snow and freezing temperatures are continuing to cause widespread disruption across parts of the uk. There have been train and plane cancellations, and drivers are being warned that icy conditions are making roads treacherous. Hundreds of schools across wales and the midlands will also be closed today. Simon clemison reports. The snow keeps falling, but it is easing. Try telling that to drivers on the m5 overnight. Conditions dont get much worse. Large parts of the uk have been covered by heavy snow this heavy. The key thing here always is to allow plenty of extra time, and dont overestimate your driving skills, because these are quite challenging. Weve not seen snow like this for seven years, so it has been challenging for all of us. And as it begins to melt, and then re freezes in the early hours, it means lots of potential problems this morning with ice. The aa says thousands of people were caught out when the wintry weather drifted south. Falling trees have affected roads and train lines. Network rail reports further disruption today. Flights have already restarted at birmingham airport, but delays are still likely here and at heathrow, where aircraft are not in their starting positions. Meanwhile hundreds of schools wont open today, including all of those run by Birmingham City council and 200 in shropshire. One Power Company says it has been working through the night to get the power back on. It is fun for some. Our reporter Matthew Richards is in north wales for us this morning. It looks behind you like the snow has stopped, but what are the temperatures like . It is a lot colder than it was this time yesterday, although snow has stopped falling. It looks like many people across the uk will have their plans disrupted today. Lets give you a breakdown of what you can expect. Hundreds of schools across the central band of the uk are closed today, so parents will have to make alternative arrangements for their children, and when it comes to travel as well, plans will be affected. Network rail will find delays and disruptions, so it is best to check online before you start your journey is best to check online before you start yourjourney is today. And if you are flying anywhere, have any flights planned, a number of airports were closed yesterday, and airports were closed yesterday, and a number of flights have again been cancelled today, and there is a backlog created by some of those delays, which is going to affect many people. We know that tens of thousands of homes are without power because of trees bringing down power lines and heavy snow hanging on power cables as well. And simply, the rac are expecting to deal with many problems on the roads today. They had 14,000 breakdown call outs yesterday, and lots of roads will still be closed or treacherous, so if you dont have to travel, then please dont, and if you do, then make sure you are prepared for the worst. Many people are waking up this morning, some disappointed that they have no snow where they are. Can your camera operator showers around the scene there . It is a beautiful part of wales, and it does look gorgeous. I know it is cold and difficult driving conditions, but describe what you can see. We are at a part of north wales call the Horseshoe Pass, which is quite an elevated pa rt Horseshoe Pass, which is quite an elevated part just above Horseshoe Pass, which is quite an elevated partjust above llangollen, and this is a place that was heavily affected by deep snow on friday, so the snow that fell yesterday exacerbated those problems. This road is not one of the main stretchers, but it has been closed for some 48 hours now, it is not a priority busy route. But suddenly further down into the town you go, it isa further down into the town you go, it is a white seen as far as you can see, but you couldnt see this view yesterday because the snow was coming down so heavily from about five oclock in the morning and didnt stop until eight oclock yesterday evening. Thank you, matthew, thank you to whoever is on the camera. I have been at the Horseshoe Pass on my bicycle, and it is a big hill, so it is amazing they are keeping it open. For more information on travel disruption and School Closures, tune in to your bbc local Radio Station or visit the bbc news website for live updates. And carol will have a National Picture for us every 20 minutes or so. And we know that lots of schools are cancelled as well, so good luck with all those children at home as well it is seven minutes past eight. Two days of hearings will begin later to establish the framework of the Grenfell Tower fire public inquiry. Sir Martin Moore Bick is being urged by survivors of the fire to give them a more central role. It comes as labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused the government of failing survivors, with more than 100 still living in hotels. Relatives of the victims say its vital their stories are heard. The chairman of a leading Hospital Trust in london has resigned, accusing the government of failing to recognise the enormous challenges facing the nhs. The department of health said it is working with the hospital to improve standards. But lord kerslake, whos a former head of the civil service, demand, increased costs and limits on spending. It is way below what the experts have said, and indeed what Simon Stephens has said, in need an extra £4 billion reallyjust maintain services, and in the absence of addressing that issue, all we do is pile pressure on hospitals and other nhs services. The Prime Minister will tell mps today that theres been give and take between the uk and the eu in order to move on to trade talks. Theresa may is expected to say that she isnt seeking a hard or soft brexit, but a bold new partnership. Our Political Correspondent chris mason is in westminster. Chris, how significant is this agreement for theresa may . Will she have a spring in her step today . She certainly well, because it could have been so different, couldnt it . We could have been reporting today that the whole thing had unravelled and everything had gone wrong, all we could be saying, there is still no agreement and that meeting of european leaders is a matter of days away. Instead, she was able to come back from brussels on friday morning without any sleep, but will a deal, and that means there are at all of those questions yet about her future, but there are lots of questions about what comes next, and she is going to say in this update mps this afternoon that there is a new sense of optimism around the talks. There will be some of those brexit bingo phrases that we have heard a lot of this year, ha rd we have heard a lot of this year, hard and soft brexit, there is nothing agreed until everything is agreed. Next year as we head into 2018, there will be some new additions to the vocabulary, because the emphasis will be on our trading relationship, ourfuture relationship, ourfuture relationship, the flavour of brexit that we will sign up to in the end, and that we will sign up to in the end, a nd exa ctly that we will sign up to in the end, and exactly what that might look like, so over the weekend, talks of canada plus plus plus. Complete gibbering, yes, but it is looking at the relationship the uk might have the relationship the uk might have the European Union in the future, a little like the relationship canada has recently struck with the union, except as you can tell with those pluses, he wants a few bells on it as well. So, canada triple plus thats the one to watch out for. The most destructive wildfire raging in Southern California has expanded significantly, scorching an area larger than new york city. 4,000 firefighters have been called up to tackle flames which are now threatening the coastal city of santa barbara. Hundreds of buildings have been destroyed and damaged and 200,000 people have had to leave their homes. It is 11 minutes past eight, and you are right up to date the news. A bbc investigation has found two in five women, and one in five men, have been sexually harassed at work. More than 6,000 british adults were surveyed, with many of them saying they had experienced inappropriate touching and unwelcome jokes. Well discuss this in just a moment but first two women describe their own experiences of Sexual Harassment in the workplace. One of my first everjobs as a teenager was working in a gym doing sales. It was very much a lads environment. We were away for a co nfe re nce environment. We were away for a conference at work, i worked in the events industry. It was normal for us events industry. It was normal for us to work in each others rooms. I didnt think there was anything wrong with it. If didnt didnt think there was anything wrong with it. If i didnt close a sale, it was said to me, you didnt smile enough. Did you flirt . Could you have bent over, dropped your pen . It is about power. Psychologist Shelly Rubenstein joins us now. Psychologist Shelly Rubenstein joins us now. We are hearing two stories there, women whove been through different things. 40 of women say they have experienced harassment of some sort. I surprised by how high that is . Know, and it takes account of older women who have experienced it in the past, and also younger women now are more likely to report it than before, so wasnt surprised. Letters pick up that reporters well. You have had experiences of this in the past, in what kind of situation . I have been waitressing for a few years now, i have been working in the Hospitality Industry, and i have experienced Sexual Harassment on a day to day level. It is a pretty precarious workplace, and there is very little sense that you can do much about it when there is no union or anything thats been recognised. I dont know, it isjust an industry where you really feel quite disposable, and sexism happens, or Sexual Harassment can happen from the people you are serving or your co workers or your boss quite regularly. One of the things the survey found particularly is those inFlexible Working, for example in that kind of industry, are more likely than those who are directly implied. Why do you think that is . Is it because they havent got anybody to report it to . There is very little in the way of accountability, processes. It is all very, there is no one to go to, little point where you can communicate or be heard, very little opportunity for you to sort of reach out or Say Something has happened. And there is a huge culture of bullying in these areas. There is no. No external place for you to go and complain, and little process that you are made aware of for you to do anything about any incident that occurs. So people take advantage of that, and often it is women, it is migrants, young people, students, who are in these industries, in these conditions, and they are in fear of losing that ours, losing theirtips, losing their pay. She gives a really interesting account there, and i was watching you nodding along. Do you think that that industry in general, are things changing . It is interesting, because there is some other research that has been carried out in the Hospitality Industry, and it is particularly impacted on by zero hours and the gig economy, and in that industry in particular, there is an expectation that people are going to be carrying out certain behaviour to exceed customers expectations, and indeed one company in the us trained their staff to be flirtatious to repeat custom, which i think is appalling. Buttin responsible companies, they are carrying out the things that we recommend, having policies and protection for people, but i think nulufa made a good point about the issue of power that i have talked about in the past, that if you feel powerless and you dont have anyone to go to, it makes it more difficult, and you are in a situation where you are trying to work, particularly in the Hospitality Industry which is dependent on tips. For 35 to 44, 35 have reported any of this harassment. For women over 65, only 15 . There does seem to be a shift change . Absolutely. In reporting things . Yes. Some of that is because what was reported was historic and i think people are becoming more aware of whats a cce pta ble becoming more aware of whats acceptable and what isnt. So older women, well people of my age, in their 50s, were taught to put up with this. Whereas younger women are more educated and not willing to put up more educated and not willing to put up with it. It is the grey areas we need to look at. You are a union rep now. How many people are coming forward to you and how regularly does that happen . If you were in a situation where you were serving and somebody made an inappropriate comment or said something they shouldnt say, would you challenge that . Would you feel comfortable to do that . It is really funny because recently, i started in a new workplace and yeah, i have been sexually harassed quite a bit and yeah, asa sexually harassed quite a bit and yeah, as a union rep, i didnt feel, ididnt yeah, as a union rep, i didnt feel, i didnt feel confident enough to come forward. So, there is such a sense of disposability, i think it might be the second or third day on the job, i sold them like a really expensive steak and a really expensive steak and a really expensive bottle of wine and you know, this, ithought, this is expensive bottle of wine and you know, this, i thought, this is going to save me, this is going to really help me if i make a mistake on the till or if i come across a manager who doesnt like me or Something Like this, its going to, this sale st going to save me and you know, its also, its a culture. I said, i was applauded for making the sale andl was applauded for making the sale and i was told, you know, i would receive a higher share of the Service Charge and you know, when youre on the National Minimum wage a higher share of the Service Charge can be, you paying your rent on time and not having to borrow from friends or family. So, and not having to borrow from friends orfamily. So, but and not having to borrow from friends or family. So, but yeah, also like the culture in the industry and in a lot of places i worked in, in one place it is part of the uniform policy to look like youre on your first date and you are made to wear mini skirts. Yeah, youre encouraged to look beautiful. Totally sexualised a lot of the time. A lot of the women have bulimia. Youre made, youre made to bea bulimia. Youre made, youre made to be a passive sexual being and not givena be a passive sexual being and not given a choice whether you want to wear a skirt or not. Very interesting talking to you both. Thank you very much indeed for your time. And thank you to all those who got in touch for the survey. Its 8. 19am i dont know where youre going. Im going to carol. Some people waking up to snow. Other people, no snow at all in other parts of the uk. Lots of lovely weather watchers pictures coming in. Lots of fun ones taken pictures coming in. Lots of fun ones ta ken yesterday pictures coming in. Lots of fun ones taken yesterday or yesterday. This isa taken yesterday or yesterday. This is a bear snowman and this is a cat or lamb. It looks impressive. We have seen a fair bit of snow. Widespread snow across england and wales that we have seen for a long time. Now we have got this area of rain, sleet and snow coming up with the south and a peppering of showers in the north and the west, but a mixture of rain, sleet and snow. Now the stuff coming up from the south is courtesy of this system here. This area of low pressure. Its introducing the rain, sleet and the snow. The wind is coming from the north. So its still a very cold feel to the day. Around the english and scottish borders, the temperature in some parts is minus ten celsius or minus 11 celsius. There is a risk of ice first thing. There is a risk of ice first thing. There is a lot of dry weather, a lot of sunshine, crisp, winter sunshine. A beautiful day, but you can see weve got the rain, sleet and snow in the south east and through the day, thats going to be dragging its way off in the direction of the near continent and the north sea, but it will have a mixture of rain, sleet and snow. Most of the sleet and snow will be inland. A lot will be on the hills. So it will brighten up where it is wet, across the midlands and into the south west. It will be windy particularly windy off the kent coast where we are looking at gales. For wales and Northern England, scotland and for Northern Ireland, again, a fair bit of sunshine around this morning. Dont forget the showers in the north and the west. Not all of us will see them, but if you do, some of them will be wintry, not all. Through this evening and overnight, we will have some showers wintry down the north sea coast line. A few coming into the west. A lot of clear skies and freezing fog patches forming and it will be cold. The temperatures indicate what you can expect in towns and cities. In rural areas, they will be lower particularly so where we have lying snow. We are looking in some parts at minus 12 celsius. So, a cold and frosty start tomorrow. A lot of sunshine. The freezing fog will be slow to clear, but when it does, we will see sunshine coming through here as well. Then later on in the day, a new weather front comes our way introducing more rain and however way you look at t it will feel cold, but for some parts in the south on wednesday lou and dan, temperatures will pick up. Carol, thank you very much. The temperatures have caused serious disruption. We are speaking to Simon Clemison. Whats the latest simon . Out and about and feeling the temperatures very much at heathrow this morning. You may notice one thing missing and thats the snow, but there is still disruption because of the knock on effect of everything that happened yesterday. The wings all had to be de iced. That took time and the planes were delayed and the aircraft are in the wrong positions this morning. Im joined by the travel editor of the independent, simon calder. All that meant a few people, passengers from vienna had an unexpected night in cardiff we have people in all sorts of places they werent expecting to be, a range of tsar grib, vienna, all down at cardiff we have got the istanbul flight which flew around in circles over the Home Counties last night and went to liverpool. People from boston are waking up in belfast some of the 50,000 people who are not where they want to be this morning. Peuf been over to bas main base, heathrow, terminal5, unhappy place. Hundreds of people have been sleeping on the floor or in chairs. Cancellations . Yesterday about 300 flights were cancelled. Today we are going to see around 200. That will leave another 15,000 people out of position. So its going to get worse before it gets better. The same at other airports. We saw people in birmingham dragging their holiday luggage through the snow. Stansted for example, badly affected yesterday. It is trying to work on schedule as with birmingham, also which was closed for part of yesterday. Things have got off to a sluggish start with delays an hour or two, but they hope to get through all the flights today. Simon, thank you very much indeed. British airways is saying this is unexpected. The rain and the snow d drift further south than expected. The big advice is check with your airline before you come anywhere near here. Was there snow yesterday . Has it alljust near here. Was there snow yesterday . Has it all just disappeared . It has. It has gone. There is a tiny bit. Simon and i have seen tiny bits. It is freezing. The rain is still coming and thats the big problem. Both for a lot of travel today, especially on the roads because we have seen temperatures at night down to minus 11. 6 celsius in nor thumb buryial. It is icing over and thats causing problems on the roads, but lots of disruption because the planes are out of place first thing and railways affected too. Lots and lots going on today. Keep up to date on your local bbc Radio Station. Were hoping to spread some joy and happiness over the festive period by launching our bbc breakfast sings series today. Because whether its in a sports stadium with tens of thousands of others, a local choir orjust on your own singing really can lift your mood. We caught up with a Large Community choir in york helping people with Mental Health problems. It has proved to be a real lifeline. Singing helped my Mental Health. Fi get upset, i cry and just sing a song. For loads of us who have had Mental Health problems we can become isolated and separated from others and singing together is a really valuable way to counteract that and to bring people together. valuable way to counteract that and to bring people together. I have been up and down coming to the choir has really helped me to focus on if the good things in my life. It lifts your spirit and you know it ta kes it lifts your spirit and you know it takes away the strain and stresses of life. It is a positive force, you know, that goes right through you physically and mentally. know, that goes right through you physically and mentally. I think every Single Member i have seen of the choir since they came in has made some shift towards a more positive health and outlook on life. We will talk more about the joys of singing and whether it has Health Benefits after 8. 30am. We will have alsneak pre view of our efforts. Were singing in a concert later in the week. It is time for the news, travel and weather where you yesterday was the coldest day we have seen since december 2010, and we had the snow as well, 30 centimetres in sennybridge yesterday. It is this area of low pressure that will bring us some rain, and it will be windy on the south coast with gales, elsewhere some wintry sunshine, and you will see some showers feeding into Northern Ireland and north west scotland. A few patches of ice on untreated surfaces, so if you are adding about, take care. Here are the details as we move through this afternoon, the rain clearing towards the east and temperatures largely in the east and temperatures largely in the low single figures, struggling above freezing, patches of ice and plenty of greatness around. But not feeling warm, and a scattering of showers were Northern Ireland scotland, some of which will be wintry. Through this evening and overnight, the showers become confined to coastal areas, largely dry with clear skies and it will be a bitterly cold night. These are the temperatures in towns and cities, a widespread frost developing, but in rural areas it will be colder than that, some areas getting lower than 10 that, some areas getting lower than 10 celsius. A cold start of the day tomorrow, a few patches of freezing fog could be slow to lift, and then a weather front moving in from the west, the cloud will increase with outbreaks of rain, wintry in the north, and temperatures still largely in the low single figures, so not feeling warm as we move into tomorrow. That rain spread its wake eastwards overnight, so wednesday wet and windy with showery outbreaks of rain, but temperatures starting to recover, between three and 11 celsius. Hello. This is business live from bbc news with ben thompson and david eades. Is bitcoin about to get a clearer future . Traders can now bet on the price of the crypto currency rising and falling. So could banks be Holding Bitcoin alongside their gold and dollar reserves . Live from london, thats our top story on monday the 11th of december. The price of bitcoin has surged as the crypto currency goes mainstream and begins trading on a Major Exchange for the first time. Well be explaining what it all means. Also in the programme talking tough on trade the wto rejects president trumps protectionist rhetoric and calls for a more free flowing relationship