In her Christmas Day message, shell say the cities powerful identities had shone through in the face of appalling attacks. And im on the queens sandringham estate in norfolk, where the royal family have gathered to celebrate christmas. And this year, that includes prince harrys fiance, meghan markle. Good morning. Merry christmas its monday the 25th of december. Also ahead. The pope urges the world not to ignore the plight of migrants forced to leave their countries because of violence. Christmas isnt all about presents and turkey dinners. Overi Million People will be working today. Well catch up with some of them. I have no idea what im singing louise is worried. She wasnt the only one six breakfast presenters and i,000 strong audience. What could possibly go wrong . find out how we got on in our big singing challenge. Hes the ultimate Christmas Jumper. Eddie the eagle edwards has come out of retirement. Hell be right here on the sofa to tell us why. And phil avery has the weather. Merry christmas, stronger Merry Christmas to you, steph this santa was spotted in the leeds yesterday. Ill be back in a few minutes to tell you if what appears through your window today will look equally as festive. See you in a bit. Good morning. First, our main story. The queen will pay tribute to the cities of manchester and london in her Christmas Day broadcast for the way in which they dealt with this years terrorist attacks. Shes at her estate at sandringham with other members of the royal family including prince harry and his fiancee, meghan markle. Our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. The queen recorded this years broadcast a few days ago at buckingham palace. Its main theme is the importance of home, a place she describes as a source of warmth and love. Looking back over the events of 2017, she praises the disease of london and manchester. The queen visited the victims of the bombing at the Manchester Arena in which 22 people died as they left a concert. She will talk about the powerful identities of manchester and london, which, she says, had shone through in the face of appalling attacks. On the table beside her in the broadcast, alongside pictures of Prince George and princess charlotte, or two photographs of her and her husband, one of which was taken on their wedding day in 1910. This year, they have celebrated their seventh year wedding anniversary, and the duke of edinburgh retired from his separate programme of engagements verse 70th wedding anniversary. The queen will praise her husband for his support, and, as she puts it, for his unique sense of humour. The queen was absent from last years risking the state Church Service at sandringham due to a heavy cold. But there is expected to be a full turnout of the family at church this morning. Among the group attending church will be prince harry and his fiancee, meghan markle, who are both spending christmas on the sandringham estate. It will be the first time someone who is yet to marry into the royal family will have joined marry into the royal family will havejoined their marry into the royal family will have joined their christmas celebrations. Her presence a reminder of one of the event to which the family, forward to in 2018. The royal family will make their traditional trip to church. Good morning and Merry Christmas. You we re morning and Merry Christmas. You were talking earlier to some of the well wishers. Quite a few americans. Yes, thats right, Merry Christmas, steph. There has been a crowd gathering here since about 5am in order to make sure they are in position to get a good advantage point for once the royal family begin that walk up to church at about10 45am. Afair begin that walk up to church at about 10 a5am. A fair number of americans hoping to get a glimpse of meghan markle. There are couple of raf bases nearby, so a large number of americans based on them have come here today in the hope of seeing another american, meghan markle. Here today in the hope of seeing anotheramerican, meghan markle. She will be here, as we know, alongside prince harry at the Church Service this morning. That is a break with royal protocol, because generally, if you havent married yet, you are not normally invited by the queen to, and spent christmas here. If you are in there girlfriend or boyfriend if are in there girlfriend or boyfriend if you are a mere girlfriend or boyfriend, you do not normally get an invitation. But this year, an exception has been made for meghan markle, because she is an american, her immediate family are in california, and she will be here as pa rt california, and she will be here as part of the wider royal familyjust before 11am this morning so quite a busy day for them. And the queens Christmas Day broadcast will be on bbc one at 3pm this afternoon. Pope francis has urged the world not to ignore the plight of millions of migrants driven from their land, during Christmas Eve mass. The pontiff compared them to mary and joseph, recounting how they had to travel from nazareth to bethlehem but found no place to stay. He said many migrants were being forced to flee from leaders who see no problem in shedding innocent blood. Meanwhile, services have taken place across the uk and further afield. Our religious editor, martin bashir, reports. At westminster cathedral, Cardinal Vincent nicholls, leader the Roman Catholic church in england and wales, framed his christmas message as a statement of concern for the way we tend to communicate with each other. He said we often prefer conflict to dialogue, hostility instead of a willingness to listen. Its a manifestation of a kind of radical individualism, and while the individual is hugely important, we have to know that we are also built to belong to each other. We are built to have relationships and to work and find our best through relationships. He went on to say that as we gaze into a nativity scene at christmas, we find one who can free us from the choking effects of disagreement and strife. Christ himself. And at the very beginning of the christmas narrative here in bethlehem, in a [and defined by walls of separation, a renewed call for reconciliation. Here in manger square, a Midnight Service has been held at the church of the nativity, where the archbishop ofjerusalem said that whilejesus was born in a town under roman occupation, he was identified as the prince of peace. Martin bashir, bbc news, in bethlehem. Guatemala has said it will follow americas lead, moving its embassy in israel tojerusalem too. Guatemalan president Jimmy Morales said he made the decision after guatemala has said it will follow americas lead, moving its embassy in israel tojerusalem too. Guatemalan president Jimmy Morales said he made the decision after speaking to israels prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. Donald trump had threatened to cut aid to nations that voted against the us in a recent un vote on the issue. A british woman being held in an egyptian prison for drug smuggling offences will appear in court later today. Laura plummer was arrested in october when she was found with 290 tramadol tablets in her suitcase. The painkiller is legal in the uk, but not in egypt. Her family has maintained she wasnt aware the drug was illegal. If found guilty, she faces up to 25 years in prison. Surrey police are trying to identify a man who was found unconscious in a ditch yesterday afternoon. Theyve released pictures of the mans clothing in an attempt to track down his family. The man, who is thought to be in his 20s, is in a serious condition in hospital. Around 150 skiers have been rescued from a broken down ski lift in the french alps after being trapped on it for several hours on Christmas Eve. Helicopters were used to rescue the people from their individual gondalas, which were around 82 feet above the snow, and rope was used to help the skiers get back down the slopes. The cause of the fault isnt known. That would be a scary trip down that slope, wouldnt it . if youre relaxing at home, perhaps opening presents this morning, spare a thought for this team who are still hard at work. Santa and his reindeer spent the night travelling the globe to deliver presents to children across the world. Hopefully we are going to be able to show you the journey that he is making with the reindeer at the moment. Air Traffic Controllers from the us have been tracking the flight path of his sleigh. Ive been told he has already delivered 6. 5 billion presence around the world. There we go, you can see him there, he is headed towards new mexico, i believe. Headed for arizona. There we are, ive got else talking in my ear telling me exactly where he is at the moment. His delivery is going well, 6. 5 billion presents for children all over the world. Hopefully you will have yours this morning if you are waking up here and unwrapping them. Its always the best bit, unwrapping the presents in the morning. We will keep you updated on how santa is doing. Its usually one of the busiest places in the country on a monday morning, but today euston station will feel very different. Its being turned into a homeless shelter for Christmas Day with staff and volunteers getting ready to serve a special meal to 200 rough sleepers. Our reporter Caroline Davies is there. Caroline, i know that station well. Really amazing to see it being put to such good use today. Well, good morning, steph. This is a rather empty used in station. As you say, everything is boarded up behind me, because of course its not a normal commuter monday. If it was and you saw that departure board, i dont think you would be best pleased, thats not a great start your working week. But of course, today is Christmas Day. Here are the fantastic banqueting tables that those volunteers from network rail has been putting together. The last train left at 11 30pm last night, and ever since then they have been working to make this special for Homeless People in this area. It was Network Rails idea. Im joined by one of the team. Can you tell me a bit about where this idea came from . This was the idea of network rail, a Great Company to work for, they encourage us Great Company to work for, they encourage us to think of better ways to do things. We came up with this idea to encourage to do this at christmas. What will people be eating today . The guests will be having a great feast. A banquet, i suppose. We have a smoked salmon starter, soup, a main course roast, and then we have christmas pudding. What a way to finish a meal. We were busy last night. Santa came and gave us busy last night. Santa came and gave us the tables, chairs and decorations, so we were busy setting up. You have also had donations from 45 different groups and companies to make this happen. What sort of things have you been given . The whole team have been blown away by the donations, the public generosity in terms of setting this up. 45 companies have come to us in the last two weeks, really, we have had donations of thermal clothes, hats, gloves, jeans, we have got a whole Department Store of clothes that we will organise later to give out. We have great food that weve been given as. You look i heard that you had a particularly special thing from a local school. A local school in north london spent the time to write 200 individually addressed cards that were going to give out to each of our guests that will come along today. The school taking the time demonstrates the public emotion thatis time demonstrates the public emotion that is happening around this event. If anyone is sitting at home thinking they would like to give something, are you all set for today . We are all set, all planned, we have 32,000 people working across the christmas period, so we are quite used to planning. It has been fun to work on this. We are all set for today, weve got everything in place and ready to go. Christmas day is just place and ready to go. Christmas day isjust one place and ready to go. Christmas day is just one day of the year. What will network rail do for the rest of the year to keep the spirit going to . We are focusing on today. We have 200 guests, we are going to give them the best day expect a few days ago, and i cant wait to give them that day. We have done this with two organisations, street kitchens, a Brilliant Organisation that feed thousands of people every week. And saint mungo is, the largest Homeless Charity in london. Please help those organisations out. All of the volunteers here at network rail will be ready when the guests arrive at 11am. Thank you very much, and Merry Christmas to eve ryo ne very much, and Merry Christmas to everyone there from all of us here at breakfast. We have had a couple of e mails from people who are getting involved in things like that. Lowry is on her own today but she has decided to make chile and rice which she is going to take out later to give to the homeless in her town. Thats a lovely thing to do. Keep those messages coming in about what youre doing. I know what philip is doing, he is taking up half of National Grid with that electricity you also taking your family to the bbc canteen, which i cant get over spoiling them rotten in the true spirit of Christmas Christmas is manifesting itself in many ways. I thought we would do an unscheduled item about light pollution, i think we are going to have the name and shame on this. Yes, carlas garden in stevenage. If youve been blinded recently in the hertfordshire area, you know where the source of that light is coming from im showing you this because this is a manifestation of the modern embodiment of christmas, unlike our weather. The risk brightness, a lovely dawn captured across the docks of hull. But you area across the docks of hull. But you are a long way from not such a lovely christmas in this weather front, the western fringes of england and wales, southern parts of scotla nd england and wales, southern parts of scotland and Northern Ireland. You will know about it if you wonder that front, it is wet and windy. Ahead of that if you and that front. There are wind gusts. The gusts along the southern coasts, you could be looking at 60 mph, that will be sometime later in the day. Make the most of the dry weather. Until we get close to that weather front, Northern Ireland too im afraid, its one of those. North of this, quite relevant for what is to come, temperatures at three, four, 5 degrees or so. As we get through the evening and overnight, we will push the weather front with gusty winds and heavy rain out into the north sea. Not a great evening on the rigs. We will introduce a colder weather, turning showers wintry on Higher Ground. Look at this profile, one, two, three, 4 degrees. Ice first up if you are on the move on boxing day. But for sporting fixtures, not a big issue. Most will go ahead. There will be some sunshine at last on boxing day. Clear skies. If you can avoid the wintry showers, particularly on the Higher Ground, but sometimes at lower levels in the northern half of scotland. Later on, you lose your sunshine in the south west of england and wales as a new area of low pressure drags its cloud, wind and rain across the southern half of the British Isles through boxing day evening and overnight. All the while, weve got clear skies and a chilly old night across the northern half of britain. And where the two meet, coming out of boxing day and into wednesday, there could well be winteriness in the southern half of the British Isles. Detail on that at this distance obviously a wee bit sketchy. But i would have thought up by Higher Ground in the south, slushy deposits, but there could be rain in the east midlands and south east. In the middle part of the week, you will need a hat, scarf and gloves. Hopefully you got them for christmas, and a few other things too. Do you at least where a Christmas Jumper when you have your meal with yourfamily Christmas Jumper when you have your meal with your family in the canteen . no, i cant abide them im a scorpio, im generosity to a full but Christmas Jumpers, im a scorpio, im generosity to a full but christmasjumpers, who brought that one back . bah humbug still, we love you really because you deliver it with such a smile were not going to judge you if you are spending most of the day on the sofa, but there are some people out there doing very adventurous things this christmas. In a moment we will be talking to the explorer ben saunders and his fiancee, pick paris. Ben is currently in antarctica. Lets find out why. An extraordinary challenge, for which ben saunders spent much of 2017 training for. The plan is to make a solo, completely unassisted, unsupported crossing of antarctica on foot. So im walking from one side, to the south pole and carrying on to the opposite side of antarctica. Motivation for ben is deeply felt. His friend Henry Worsley died last year attempting the same feat. My initial reaction for a few weeks was that i didnt want anything more do with antarctica ever again. Itjust seemed too tragic. I started thinking perhaps the best way to honour the friendship, the inspiration he gave me, would be to sort of finish the job for him. Trekking more than 1,000 miles in a place where temperatures often reach 40 degrees celsius, challenges dont get any tougher. That looks tough, doesnt it . before we speak to ben, were going to talk to his fiancee, pip, who is in the peak district. Merry christmas, and hows it going . Merry christmas, and hows it going . Merry christmas, steph. How are you feeling . Hes been away for a couple of months, how you feeling today . Yes, ive been ok, but today. I mean, yeah, im sad that hes not here. But i spoke to him about 20 minutes ago. And he sounded very cheerful in his tent. Hes got a long day on skis ahead of him. So, yeah, im wishing him a very happy christmas. What are you going to be doing today . Have you got plans . Yes, the stockings havent quite been opened. His is still here, he forgot to tell father christmas he wasnt at home. After weve heard him speak with you, we will open the stockings, go on a walk, not as long as his, and just a big family lunch. I know you are incredibly proud of him, and you, whats it been like over the last few months . Have you managed to talk to him very often . Yes, i speak to him every evening on satellite phone, which i think keeps both of us going, really. Im so proud of him. Hes doing really well. Hes had awful conditions in antarctica. So his progress hasnt been as quick as he hoped. Hes got a difficult decision to make in the next few days as to whether he can carry on after the poll, but i really hope he can, and i know lots of followers are cheering him on. 0k, of followers are cheering him on. Ok, pip, | of followers are cheering him on. Ok, pip, i know its a tough day for you. Were going to speak to ben now. Thank you so much for talking to us. For a lot of people who arent with their loved ones, it can be tough today. Then, morning dew, Merry Christmas, tell us where you are Merry Christmas, tell us where you a re exactly Merry Christmas, tell us where you are exactly ben, morning to you. Im currently in my tent, in my sleeping bag. I am about 57 miles away from the south pole. And what are you going to do today to celebrate . Laughter well, im going for a walk there will be no christmas lunch but i did find a little chocolate father christmas in my bag from my mum. Im ashamed to say hes being eaten already. I had one Christmas Present this morning. I think there might be one or two more this evening when i finish in the tent. Its been a good day so far. Ben, for you in the middle of that expedition, whats it been like . We heard a bid from pip there. Clearly she is obviously gutted that youre not that with her. Tell us about the expedition and why its important . Thank you. Its been very hard. I came here during knowing it would be a tough camping trip. Ive been. Todayis tough camping trip. Ive been. Today is a 48. Is day 48. Ive travelled just short of 950 kilometres, 22. 5 marathons. Its been pretty hard, and the weather has been unusually bad. Theres been a lot of low cloud and fog and mist. Some very Poor Visibility which makes it harder to navigate. Its beena tough, makes it harder to navigate. Its been a tough, tough trip. But im doing it all for a charity called the in deva fund. Which supports wounded and honourable veterans in deva fund. People can follow along online. There will be updates from my tent every evening. Its been tough so far. Im nearly two thirds of the way across now. We really appreciate you taking the time to talk to us. And to your fiancee, pip as well. Have a Merry Christmas from all of us. Thank you, and you, Merry Christmas. Ben saunders in the middle of his expedition. My goodness, people are up expedition. My goodness, people are up to all sorts today for some people, Christmas Day can bea time for some people, Christmas Day can be a time of anxiety and loneliness. To help us survive the day, weve got the breakfast version of the three wise men. Good morning, and Merry Christmas. Corinne sweet is a psychologist, Sally Hitchiner is an anglican vicar, and Grant Harrold a former royal butler and etiquette expert. Weve had quite a few messages in from people to tell us what theyre doing. And theres actually quite a lot going on in terms of helping people out there, isnt there, sally . We were hearing about euston station being turned into a centre where they are going to give dinner to Homeless People. A lady told us she is going to be taking out food. There is a lot going on. There is huge amounts, and its not too late to volunteer if you want to get out in the local community. Looking online for where groups are helping the homeless or local charities that are helping people, shelter doing huge amount of work for people at this time of year. Logging into a website like a church near you. Com. Find out where your local communities are gathering, where there are events happening and being able to engage with people outside of your home and being able to take responsibility and helping others at christmas. Its been really helpful. It stops the pressure for you to have the perfect family christmas. If you are and what on what you missing someone and want a chance to keep busy and get out there and help other people is the point. People, though, they might not want, out of the house. Whats your advice for by both you dont want to leave the house . If you wore on your own and you are feeling lonely, if you have people that you can either phone or you can tweet or make some sort of social Media Contact with, it makes it feel better to reach out if you are feeling a bit lonely. There is always the samaritans that you can phone 24 hours a day, they are always there and they are ways listening. If you are living on a road and you know a few people on your road, take a mince pie round. When we actually make a movement out towards somebody else it makes us feel better. There will be somebody to talk to. Grant, for those people whove got of people coming crowned the house, its a big day, you know, youve got all the family pressures, youve got all the family pressures, youve got all the family pressures, youve got all the kind of catering to do, you must know an awful lot about that. What are your top tips . Christmas is the perfect time to be putting others before you. As a host, you could have people coming crowned, you want to put them first, make sure that you have got their favourite food and drinks in. As a guest, you want to support the host. Some people say to me, can i help a host if they are busy in the kitchen or do host if they are busy in the kitchen ordoi host if they are busy in the kitchen or do i keep out the way . You can judge it. Some hosts dont want you involved, they want you to enjoy yourself. Some hosts are grateful for the help, working together and helping each other. Its important to remember that. What if youve got afamily like to remember that. What if youve got afamilylikea to remember that. What if youve got a family like a blended family, lots of people of different ages, they all want Different Things, how do you cater for that . Is difficult, because you have different generations. The older generation wa nt generations. The older generation want a quiet day, sitting by the fire possibly or having some time out in the afternoon. The kids dont wa nt to out in the afternoon. The kids dont want to do that. Youve got to remember, for example in the afternoon, keep chairs empty for the more senior adults who might want to chill. And for the children, plan a christmas walk in the afternoon. The queens speech, some members of the family might want to watch it and some might not. Some might want to play games in another room. Its thinking ahead and planning the day, having a schedule, something im good at as a butler is planning out the day, making sure that everyone has something to do and everyone is enjoying themselves. Too much alcohol can cause chaos. |j enjoying themselves. Too much alcohol can cause chaos. I would say, try and have water in between your alcohol. Its christmas, though people want to have a few drinks obsolete, but dont let other people too much. Pace yourselves. Absolutely. Cups of tea and a bit of time out. What you we re tea and a bit of time out. What you were talking about their about etiquette, we are so used to having phones and ipads and all of our gadgets around, lets just phones and ipads and all of our gadgets around, letsjust have a christmas lunch wherewith but put them away and we actually relate to each other, have a little bit of quiet. Obviously if you are contacting people around the world or friends, do that. Contacting people around the world orfriends, do that. But contacting people around the world or friends, do that. But when somebody has made a lunch, really appreciate their cooking. Id turn the phone is off for a bit for the meal. And not taking pictures of the food as well. To instagram it. Some people dont want their homes on social media, bear that in mind and remember that. By thoughtful. A real challenge, im wanting to ask grant, the etiquette expert, about this, how do you cope if someone gives you a present that you really dont like you dont say that the worst moment, you are given the Christmas Jumper or socks and you dont know what to do. Youve got to act. Even if its the worst gift youve ever seen, if its the worst gift youve ever seen, you if its the worst gift youve ever seen, you cant show that, you got to keep the smile in, you got to show excitement and do a speech that is fit for the academy awards. You are so is fit for the academy awards. You are so thrilled, is the best gift youve ever had make sure that what youve ever had make sure that what you dont do is hand it into a charity shop or something were another member of the family might then buy it and the following christmas, which has happened to they will wear it that happen to you with a gift you gave to someone somebody else has ended up wearing it, it not be the same gift but very similar. I have a friend who once said, tell me if you dont like it. I told her that i didnt like it and she never forgive me a lot of greys, just cover today, especially if people have had a few drinks, just roll with it. Having is based that actually does say is, today, whatever you are given is a gift. Any experience of goodness is a gift. That is the heart of the christmas message, really, you are given a gift in christmas. Actually be able to celebrate the bits that are good and being able to roll over the bits that are not. Dont get into heavy discussions. Not words that are going to wind people up. |j think wed better leave things there. You are going to come back on at the end of the show to help us wish everyone a Merry Christmas, with your dogs i heard them barking in the background. I think thats the puppy that we can hear, she is in make up getting ready |j the puppy that we can hear, she is in make up getting ready i love the thought of that guys, we will see you later. Do stay with us, the headlines, got. And i will bejoined by the ski jump legend eddie the eagle. Hello, this is breakfast with steph mcgovern. Heres a summary of this mornings main news. The queen will pay tribute to the cities of manchester and london in her Christmas Day broadcast, for the way in which they dealt with this years terrorist attacks. Her message was recorded at buckingham palace. Shes now at her estate at sandringham in norfolk with other members of the royal family, including prince harry and his fiancee meghan markle. Pope francis has used his Christmas Eve mass to urge the world not to ignore the plight of millions of migrants. The pontiff compared them to mary and joseph, recounting the biblical story of how they had to travel from nazareth to bethlehem but found no place to stay. He said many migrants were being forced to flee from leaders who see no problem in shedding innocent blood. At the church of the nativity, in bethlehem, Midnight Mass took place against a backdrop of heightened security. Fewer pilgrims than usual are in the city because of increased tensions between palestinians and israelis following president trumps decision to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. Guatemala has said it will follow americas lead, moving its embassy in israel tojerusalem too. Guatemalan president Jimmy Morales said he made the decision after speaking to israels pm benjamin netanyahu. Donald trump had threatened to cut aid to nations that voted against the us in a recent un vote on the issue. A british woman being held in an egyptian prison for drug smuggling offences will appear in court later today. Laura plummer was arrested in october when she was found with 290 tramadol tablets in her suitcase. The painkiller is legal in the uk, but not in egypt. Her family has maintained she wasnt aware the drug was illegal. If found guilty she faces up to 25 years in prison. Surrey police are trying to identify a man who was found unconscious in a ditch yesterday afternoon. Theyve released pictures of the mans clothing in an attempt to track down his family. The man, who is thought to be in his 20s, is in a serious condition in hospital. Around 150 skiers have been rescued from a broken down ski lift in the french alps, after being trapped on it for several hours on Christmas Eve. Helicopters were used to rescue the people from their individual gondalas, which were around 82 feet above the snow, and rope was used to help the skiers get back down the slopes. The cause of the fault isnt known. When you think of christmas traditions, radishes might not be the first thing that come to mind unless you live in the mexican region of wahaca that is. Each year in the run up to christmas, thousands of people come together to carve a nativity scene out of radishes. The custom is now in its 120th year and started when vegetable vendors adorned their stalls with carvings to show off their wares. It is incredible what you can do with a radish. Look at that tash if you are wondering what to do with your radishes, that is an idea for you. Those are the main stories this morning. Joe mcfadden might have been crowned this years strictly come dancing champion, but today its the turn of former contestants to waltz their way onto the dance floor for the strictly Christmas Special. Its on bbc one at 6 30pm and breakfasts tim muffett caught up with the dancers and celebrities in rehearsals. Well, they have me doing a viennese waltz with brendan, which is lovely. Its just nice shes finally got a decent partner to dance with, instead of that anton fella. It didnt take long. About 45 seconds. Merry christmas, anton a bit of a royal theme this year, isnt it. You have been to buckingham palace, met the duchess of cornwall. You had a cheeky cha cha with her. I got a little cheeky cha cha, im not going to lie. I enjoyed it, i think she did too. She is a very close friend of craig, apparently. Is she . So he says. So he does have a friend everyone says strictly changes your life, have you been dancing ever since . This is quite normal now, thats what changed. Cue dramatic music. This is now my life. We are just watching it back now, to see if there is any tiny improvements that we could make. Compared to brian connolly, how does colin rate . They are two completely styles of dancers. So that would be really unfair of me to compare. I love you brian, i love you colin. Is this your own special routine youre working out here, what is this bit . This is a bit of a group dance, we are doing a jive. Well, its a jive for colin, to me itsjust running round. People say strictly changes your life, it makes people dance all the time. Did it have that effect . Absolutely. Before i used to just listen to music, now its like, oh, you do a foxtrot to this, oh, you do a quickstep to this, oh, this is a jive. Does that make you dull at dinner parties . I kind of keep it in what was it like being back on this dance floor . Right now, it feels ok. When i hear the, kimberley dancing thejive, im going to be like. What are the unusual requests you get for the Christmas Special . We have had practice reindeer ears theyre the same as normal reindeer ears. This is pashas shiny reindeer tummy. I am seeing a mustard yellow velour thing here, what is it . Gold sorry. Jeremy vines golden shoes. They are. They are huge. They are a 12. It has a special coating on it. The jeremy vine coating. Wipe down, after your christmas dinner. Thats good. I have to descend from the ceiling on some sort of star, because when i did strictly i was never allowed to fly. Massive shoes. They have made gold shoes and there may be nobody else who can wear size 12 gold shoes apart from Audley Harrison. The Audley Harrison music yes. Thats right. I forgot. You must never say the words Audley Harrison. I wish it could be Christmas Every day. You know the words youre on in a minute how different is the atmosphere on a Christmas Special, compared to the highly competitive live shows every saturday . Does it feel different . We get a christmas lunch, then theres a cheese and biscuit party. We never have cheese and biscuit parties. Cheese isnt good for the voice, though, is it . Dairy products . No. Are you competitive with each other . Not really. Dave arch over here, are they competitive with each other . Laughter. Cheering and applause. Almost 30 years ago, eddie the eagle edwards won legions of fans with his spirit and sportsmanship at the calgary Winter Olympics. But after hanging up his skis, eddie is coming out of retirement as a special guest at londons new years day parade. Hes here with us now. How are you . I am wonderful, thank you. You are super busy, tell us what has been going on . Just very busy off the back of the film, and i have been megabusy, travelling all over the world, doing speaking jobs and tv and radio, and the odd commercial here and there and doing lots of skiing, the occasional ski jump, but it has been fantastic. |j wa nt to jump, but it has been fantastic. |j want to show everyone the clip of you at callegari. That is what you we re you at callegari. That is what you were famous for, let us have a look at it. He is safely down. Listen to the crowd. It is not an enormousjump but it is 71. That is a british report, you have seen it here, he has made it as a ski jumper. 71 metres. For eddie the eagle. And the crowd love it. Just nearly stumbled. He wont get very high star marks, he knows that, he has never eimpressed the judges with his style. How do you feel about that . It can remember it like it was yesterday, it has been 30 year, since then, you have been doing lots of Different Things but we havent seen you of Different Things but we havent seen you ski jump very often, what has been going on . Because i became eddie the eagle, i got kicked out of the sport, and i tried to go for the 98 olympics but thought i had qualified but that didnt work, so i went back to school and just been doing eadie the eagle work, the last timei doing eadie the eagle work, the last time ijumped doing eadie the eagle work, the last time i jumped was doing eadie the eagle work, the last time ijumped was about 20 years ago, apart from one or two about two yea rs ago, apart from one or two about two years ago before the film was released and then as part of the london new years day parade they asked me to do some ski jumping. I havent done it for a while. Everything has changed but it is nice to get back on myjumping skis to see whether i still have the courage to do it. We have got a clip of you doing that in norway in the last couple of week, let us look at that. How did that training go . Was it, did it communally do you . Kind of, because it was very last minute, and i had one day off in december, and i was in munich and they said with will flew do you oslo, there was no snow, we were will flew do you oslo, there was no snow, we were disparately ringing round and we found this little place with a 40 metre ski jump. We went straight there, about three and a half hour drive, and skis on and did it. So i didnt have time to think about it, it had to just do it. Which is is sometimes the best thing to do. Just do it. Which is is sometimes the best thing to dolj just do it. Which is is sometimes the best thing to do. I agree. Why did you come out of retirement. I was asked to be part of the new years day parade. Didnt know they had a parade. They said we would love you to be guest of honour and a month later they said would you do some ski jumping again . I thought why not . I am still fit so we thought lets do it. We had that one day, we managed to get there and do a bit ofjumping. We found some snow and now we are getting ready for the parade on new years day. I am loving your enthusiasm. Are you involved in the Winter Olympics coming up . I might be doing some commentating here and there, but nothing is planned at the moment, but i am in montana for two weeks doing ski related stuff over there and then i fly back and we will hopefully have something sorted. I wa nt to hopefully have something sorted. I want to watch as much as i can of the Winter Olympics. What an honour to have a film made about you. That was really cool. Thank you so much for coming in. Merry christmas, i hope you have a lovely day and good luck with the parade. Eddie will be guest of honour at the new years day parade. Your christmas might involve barely moving from the sofa, but many of you are also up to some adventurous things. Lets speak to pheobe smith, whos been camping out at ben nevis all night goodness phoebe, Merry Christmas, how are you . Merry christmas, a bit cold, iam how are you . Merry christmas, a bit cold, i am good though, thanks. Tell us cold, i am good though, thanks. Tell us why you decided to camp on ben nevis on Christmas Eve . It is part ofa nevis on Christmas Eve . It is part of a challenge i set myself, so i have spent the last three nights camping on snowden, then scafell pike and now ending on ben nevis, in my three peaks sleep for centrepoint the Homeless Charity. What will you be doing for the rest of the day . Well i have to get down off the mountain and yaic my tent, it is com pletely mountain and yaic my tent, it is completely frozen. Problem with sound. Well, phoebe. It looks beautiful, there. Holding my phone there is is a guy called andy who has followed me. He has come up to say hello. Excellent. I am glad you are having a good time. We will have to leave it there. That is phoebe on ben nevis. What a great thing to do on a Christmas Eve into christmas morning. Snow there, but let us find out what the weather is like. That is a scary looking cat. I am glad you had the happy face of the situation in scotland. There is the face of a cat who has had enough. Here we are, quarter to nine and that moggy is fed up to the back teeth. I dont care what it is going to get in its presents, socks all four of them during the course of the day. It isnt going to make a lot of difference, that cat really is fed up to the back teeth. Because, it was so wet and windy overnight, in the nairn area where it was up on the shores of the moray firth, it is tied in with this weather front. It is one of those Christmas Day, nothing particularly seasonal with regard to white and reindeer and the rest of it. It is going to be wet and windy at the same going to be wet and windy at the same time. That weather front hanging out towards the western side of england and wales for a good part of england and wales for a good part of the day. Later op as you will see it will work eastwards, ahead of it it will work eastwards, ahead of it it is pretty much what we have had for the past few day, very lit it is pretty much what we have had for the past few day, very [it in the way of sunshine, temperatures in double figure, this is good weather for you if you are on the move. And the wind on the south coast 30mph. Near the front, southern parts of scotland, Northern Ireland, the far north of england not great, it has to be said. There will be wintriness in the high ground. We hind it, 3, 4. In the high ground. We hind it, 3, 4,5 in the high ground. We hind it, 3, 4, 5 degrees. 10, 11, 12. Here comes the weather front, further towards the weather front, further towards the east. That opens the opportunity there, the doorfor the the east. That opens the opportunity there, the door for the cold weather, to gradually slump down and across the British Isles to give us across the British Isles to give us a markedly different day for many on boxing day. Three orfour degrees overnight. There could be a touch of ice round. If you are on the move first thing. That is not a big issue, its a mixture of sunny spells and showers. Plenty of sunshine for the midland and eastern parts of england too. Plenty of showers coming into the north of scotla nd showers coming into the north of scotland and wet and windy fayre piling in towards this south west quarter of the British Isles where it is three to eight or nine degrees or so. It is three to eight or nine degrees or so. That is important, because here we have relatively mild air, and wea here we have relatively mild air, and we a wee bit of moyes hub, it is wet and windy here, cold air on the north and that is the boundary, where we see the two mixing, that low pressure gradually working further east during the course of wednesday, there it will be the real issue, we will keep a close eye on the weather. This could mean wintriness in the south. More on the high ground, ahead of it that is a lot of rain in east anglia and lincolnshire too on what is going to bea lincolnshire too on what is going to be a pretty chilly day. As part of our bbc sing series we presenters were set a challenge. Could we pull off a Live Performance at manchesters bridgewater hall, singing in front of more than a thousand people, with only eight hours to learn our lines . How did we get on . Lets have a look. You might find some of this distressing lets have a look. Six Breakfast Television presenters. At matchs Bridgwater Hall. Their challenge, to learn a christmas classic. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire. And sing to a full house of more than 1,000 people. That is a lot of peoples ears that could be potentially bleeding by the end of it. Presenters will perform with the gospel choir manchester inspirational voices. Will they remember the words . Lots of toys and. Will they remember the tune . Lots of toys and. Will they rememberthe tune . |j lots of toys and. Will they remember the tune . I literately dont even know how it should be. The challenge is on. I am sweating. You will be fine. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire the Bridgwater Hall is sold out. In audience to give much needed support fellow business presenter shaun and louises husband. I have never sung before individually or as a choir. And they have learned it in one day. Wow. So hopefully they have learned the words and they are not going to slip up. I words and they are not going to slip up. Lam words and they are not going to slip up. I am sure they will do well. |j ama up. I am sure they will do well. |j am a big fan of dans so i am looking forward to seeing his performance. Yeah. Good luck, do well and breathe before you do it and just have a good time. Presenters will need all the help they can get. Zip it. They have had just a couple of hours to learn, rehearse and. Perfect the song. |j have no idea what i am singing. Louise is worried. The words keep going out of my brain. It is only two lines. It is ridiculous and embarrassing. There you go guiding our presenters the remarkably patient leader of manchester inspirational voices, wayne ellington. Really do bring a good sense ellington. Really do bring a good sense of joy into ellington. Really do bring a good sense ofjoy into what youre doing. He has a great way of making you feel like youre diana ross. Every mothers child. When youre clearly not, when you are a dying cat. He is an amazingly optimistic man. Because he sees talent where we are not seeing talent. Merry christmas, Merry Christmas laughter so for the ladies. Wayne has been a wizard. A magician. Every mothers child is going to. Take wane out of the equation, we are all in trouble. Wayne. Jy wayne. Joy to wayne. Joy to the world joy to the world sing joy to the world. The concert has started. Wayne and his choir bringing joy to the world. Meanwhile, backstage. Apparently mike has taken my trousers. And every mothers child is going to spy. He hasjust put and every mothers child is going to spy. He has just put my trousers on and walked out. Sound awful, doesnt it. It is lovely. And know that santas on his way. Charlie, do you want to borrow my dress . Lots of toys the and goodies on his sleigh. You randomly pick up other peoples trousers. That is enough, we need to get ready. Bye. Minutes to go, wayne gathers the presenters for a final pep talk. Should anything go out of place, any notes, and you have to you randomly pick up other peoples trousers. That is enough, we need to get ready. Bye. Minutes to go, wayne gathers the presenters for a final pep talk. Should anything go out of place, any notes, and you have to tighten up, keep your s on me. Eyes on me. I hope they will feel comfortable and be ok. I just hope they will feel comfortable and be ok. Ijust hope. Bbc sing. Goodness me. We will see what happens. Lam what happens. I am nervous. Why did we agree to this . I dont know. It gives me great pleasure to announce our special guests, the bbc presenters. Naga, mike bushell. Louise minchin. Dan walker. Steph mcgovern and charlie state. Applause you guys all right . Yes. Hold on to your hats everyone. Here we go. Chest roasting on an open fire chest roasting on an open fire jack chest roasting on an open fire jack frost nipping at your nose jack frost nipping at your nose yuletide carols being sung by a choir and folks dressed up like eskimos and folks dressed up like eskimos every body knows a turkey and some mistletoe help to make the season bright help to make the season bright tiny tots with their eyes all aglow will find it hard to sleep tonight cheering and applause santas on his way santas on his way hes bringing lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh every mothers child is going to spy to spy to see a reindeers really know how to fly although its been said many times many ways Merry Christmas to you Merry Christmas to you they know that santas on his way they know that santas on his way hes bringing lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh and every mothers child is going to spy to to spy to see if reindeers really know how to fly and so im offering this similaring phrase similaring phrase simple simple although its been said many times, many ways Merry ChristmasMerry ChristmasMerry Christmas merry miscra bs Merry Christmas merry miscrabs to you. Applause christmas to you. Cheering and applause didnt she do well . She did brilliantly. Im so proud. Fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. Up lifting, gets you right here. Right. That was so scary. They were brilliant. They were up for a laugh. Thats the main thing ant is it. Thats the main thing ant is it. Thats what you have to do at christmas, its good. They were so brave to do it, they really we pt they were so brave to do it, they really wept for it, so, it would be mean to cringe, i really thought they did brilliantly. We got away with it. They were so kind to us i am going to give the audience ten out of ten. Merry christmas to you. Iamso i am so sorry i know that was awful. One of our Little Christmas dogs on the sofa. Thank you for your m essa g es dogs on the sofa. Thank you for your messages you have sent in about our singing. Do you went to get off simba . Jacqueline saying dont take offence, your singing is awful. You have made me smile. Thank you for eve ryo ne have made me smile. Thank you for everyone who has sent in messages. Enjoying the calm before the calm and bustle of the day. The advice about how to keep calm was great. Giving that advice were oh our three wise men, eddie and grants three little dogs who have been keeping us entertained. A very Merry Christmas from all of us here on breakfast, have a fabulous day. This is bbc news. And christian fraser. The headlines at 9am the queen will pay tribute to how the people of manchester and london dealt with this years terror attacks, in her Christmas Day broadcast. And im here on the queens sandringham estate in norfolk, where the royal family have gathered to celebrate christmas. And this year, that includes prince harrys fiance, meghan markle. The pope urges the world not to ignore the plight of migrants forced to leave their countries because of violence. Also christmas away from home for nearly 200,000 British Armed forces personnel, including in afghanistan and iraq. The bbc is at one military base in iraq, as troops reflect on christmas away from their loved ones. What do i miss most . A good christmas dinner i think will be the one, you know, mums