To take on germany. Good morning. It has been the cold est good morning. It has been the coldest night of autumn so far temperatures and parts of scotland close to minus seven degrees. After a frosty start some will see rain today, hopefully not too much for those areas that have had such major flooding. I will have all the details later here on breakfast. Its saturday the 9th of november. Our top story. A clean up operation is underway in parts of Northern England afterflooding caused by a months worth of rain which fell injust one day. In derbyshire, one woman has died after being swept away by floodwater. There are currently seven severe flood warnings in place along the river don near doncaster. The River Derwent peaked at record levels last night, causing fears it would break its banks and flood the city of derby but levels have since dropped. Jane Frances Kelly reports. Normal life has been put on hold here in matlock which was hit hard by the torrential rain. Dirty brown water flowed through the town centre, flooding homes, disrupting businesses and submerging cars. Not farfrom here, in mosley, a woman died after being swept into the River Derwent full yesterday, the Prime Minister visited matlock to meet Emergency Personnel. And to see some of the damage for himself. City centre in derby was also brought to a standstill as floodwater began to inundate surrounding streets. Council workers want business to prepare for the worst. In workshop in nottinghamshire there were similar disruption as floodwater spread throughout the town. Not far away in mansfield, a cliff gave way. Landslide led to 35 homes being evacuated. In don caster, rescue boats on standby all night. The river don running through the town burst its banks. Communities pulled together to salvage belongings. People said the floodwater spread quickly and are now counting the cost. I was helping my neighbour lived everything upstairs and then her grandson came and helped me with the sandbags. We just all pull together, it is what you have to do. Transport has been badly disrupted. Trains of the left stranded due to submerge tracks while roads have been closed or are barely passable. Although water levels are slowly dropping, flooding can be seen for miles around. We have a reporter we will speak to later in matlock, the centre of some of those problems. Health and childcare take centre stage today, as the Political Parties continue their general Election Campaigns. Labour is promising to open a thousand new sure start Childrens Centres in england as part of a four and a half billion pound investment package. The liberal democrats are also revealing plans for Free Childcare for working parents. Meanwhile, the conservatives say theyll fund the training of 500 more gps in england if they win the election. Lets get more on this from our Political Correspondent pete saull whos in westminster. What should we begin with . Shall we start with health . Sure. The conservatives clearly feel that this will be a vote winner. Many people up will be a vote winner. Many people up and down england are worried about the fact that they are struggling to get a gp appointment at the moment. The conservatives are actually saying that they will recruit 3000 or train up 3000 extra gps by 2024 on top of that they will recruit an extra 3000 from overseas also do better in terms of retaining existing dock is. In theory, that will lead to an extra 50 million gp appointments a year by 2024. So in effect, almost one for each of us. The problem with this of course is whether it is indeed deliverable. You may remember in 2015 the then Health Secretaryjeremy hunt promised the conservatives would recruit an extra 5000 gps by 2020. Well, that is only a few months away and they are nowhere near meeting that target. We said 500, obviously it is 3500, the numbers you have brought up. And we are discussing childcare . Liberal democrats and labour are going strong on this one this morning. Targeting parents of younger children. Labour, for example, while saying they will find 1000 extras sure start centres, first introduced under the tony burke that meant blair led 0pperman. Many have closed however under the conservatives that the tories are saying they will bring many of those back into use for communities up and down the country. On childcare they say that all parents of two four year olds should have access to 13 hours of the childcare a week. The liberal democrats are going a little further on that and saying that should be 35 hours a week and they should be 35 hours a week and they should also be available to working pa rents of should also be available to working parents of children from the age of just nine months. The issue here, i suppose, is in terms of cost. It will cost a lot of money and in the early years an alliance of childcare providers is warning of an arms race when it comes to election promises on childcare. A lot of numbers there to go through. Thank you very much. We will talk to the labour party and the conservative party later in the programme. Sorry, the liberal democrats. It is six minutes past six. Today marks 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall. It paved the way for the reunification of germany, after decades of division between communist Eastern Europe and the west. Special commemorations to mark the occasion will take place across berlin. In broad daylight, with the world watching, east berlin became a prison. Its citizens sealed off from friends and family in the west. The regime called itself a democratic republic. In truth, the gdr spied on its own people, curtailed their freedoms. And this man wanted out. He escaped to west berlin across the canal patrolled by border guards. Translation it took me four hours. It was more diving than swimming and there were dogs and voices but i think i had a guardian angel. I heard a dog close by but thank god i was hidden in the reeds. I was afraid my teeth would give me away. I thought that is it, they are going to shoot me now. Scores of people died trying to escape. Few imagined the gdr would end like this. November 91989 after weeks of protest, the regime came tumbling down. No one died no blood was shed. But this revolution left scars nonetheless. Even Angela Merkel, who herself grew up behind the iron curtain, admits there are still profound inequalities between germanys east and its west. Growing discontent souring the tone of the celebrations. This installation is a chance for people to wear their fears and their hopes, their visions. This is, of course, first and foremost a day of celebration and foremost a day of celebration and commemoration. But the political leaders who gather here no that this country, europe itself, is in some ways still deeply divided. And they themselves are increasingly under pressure to address those divisions. For this man it is an important day as well although he will be thinking of another date, that of his escape. Translation i have always celebrated august 27, 1966. More than my own birthday. That was liberation when we escape from the regime. My disdain for that regime has never faded. Lives regime. My disdain for that regime has neverfaded. Lives lost, freedoms one. A country redefined and 30 years on, a people still trying to make sense of it. Huge wildfires are continuing to sweep across eastern australia, leaving at least two people dead and hundreds of homes destroyed. Firefighters are warning strong winds and a continuing drought could make the situation worse over the next few days. Our correspondent, phil mercer, joins us now from sydney. Can you bring us up to date with the scale of the problem . This is an unprecedented bushfire emergency spanning two states here in eastern australia. It is affecting many communities here in New South Wales, and to the north and queensland. There is a fire crisis there as well. We understand here in New South Wales, five of the out takes a deemed to be at an emergency level. So firefighters are racing to save property and to protect lives and also to urge residents either to ta ke also to urge residents either to take shelter or to leave. What we have seen so far, 150 homes, at least, destroyed here in australia over the last 24 hour is also. Tragically, two people have died. The number of dead could well rise. The number of dead could well rise. The worst affected areas once they are inspected, that number could rise because we know 30 people have been injured. Australia is once again facing a wildfire emergency full authority say that the wind has been somewhat slower and a bit kinder but come tuesday of next week they say that the conditions, in their words, will be dire. And looking ahead to the summer, given we are in the last few weeks of spring here in the southern hemisphere, the summer months are forecast to be potentially catastrophic for parts of australia. So this could well be a foretaste of some terrible times to come here in australia. Just looking at some of those images we saw as he was speaking a moment ago, given the scale of the problem, how do the Fire Services there try and cope when it reaches this level . Many of the fires are uncontained. That means they are burning out of control. You go up another level to the emergency status and it gives you an indication as to the scale of the problem facing firefighters. Vast areas of farmland and forest have been scorched. We have seen schools, bridges and powerlines destroyed. What we have on the ground, about 1200 firefighters here in New South Wales, they are supported by a squadron of water bombing aircraft and among them are two giant helicopter is called air cranes that dump massive amounts of water on these fires. It is safe to say that australia approaches the annual bushfire menace in a military way. This is military planning, trying to co ordinate the best use of resources. But as we said, with so of resources. But as we said, with so many fires burning across eastern australia, those resources are stretched and we know that some of the flames have been so intense and so the flames have been so intense and so fears that the fire crews, even in helicopters, have not been able to reach some people who called for help. That is just an to reach some people who called for help. That isjust an indication to reach some people who called for help. That is just an indication of how severe this crisis here is. Coming up now to 13 minutes past six. This is bbc breakfast, thank you forjoining us. The guardian publishes figures that show the number of nhs patients having surgery in private hospitals has trebled since 2010. The picture shows residents being evacuated from their homes after heavy rainfall across Northern England and the midlands. The times reports that google is making tens of millions of pounds from so called rip off firms which it says are using the Search Engine to encourage savers to invest in potentially fraudulent schemes. And the mirror reports that a facelift clinic has caused fury by using photographs of the duchess of cambridge to win clients. The firm reportedly said it could offer kates natural look. And the mirror reports that a facelift clinic has caused fury by using photographs of the duchess of cambridge to win clients. The firm reportedly said it could offer kates natural look. The most watched video on the bbc news website this morning illustrates what its like to be stuck in housing arrangements with a partner youve just broken up with. Cha ntelle and tevin, who had to live together for 10 months after they broke up, are among the 2. 5 Million People in the uk living in so called hidden households that they cannot afford to move out of. Heres ben with a look at this mornings weather. That picture says it all but hopefully a lot of the levels are receding . Yes, but the rain we had is working its way through the River Systems and there are still numerous warnings in force but seven severe warnings in force but seven severe warnings on the river don at the moment. The weather website will have all of the update on those flood warnings and there is some rain in the forecast today but hopefully, those areas that have been so badly affected by flooding, not a lot of rain. Certainly a frosty start for many of us than from the west you can see this band of rain working its way in, already wet across Northern Ireland, the rain getting into other western fringes and ahead of it, dry but cold weather. Some fog patches for parts of the south east and the midlands. Out west, the rain is moving into the south west of england and wales and yes, this is suggesting sleet and snow. If you are up above 200 metres over the hills of wales, you could get a covering of snow during today, maybe 2 covering of snow during today, maybe 2 five centimetres. Heavy rain in Northern Ireland, maybe some localised flooding in the east, some in south west scotland and showers in northern scotland but for much of scotland, a pretty decent start of the day, although it is cold out there. Through the day, the band of rain works its way in from the west but if you are watching on those parts of yorkshire or the east midlands, we have had flooding there, noticed the way in which the rain does not really get in to the area in any meaningful way, it sta rts area in any meaningful way, it starts to slide southwards again across the midlands, over high ground, some sleet and snow mixing in. North and east, dry, just the odd shower, quite a chilly day, mild for wales and the south west later on but you may see some late whiteness there. This evening and tonight, this area of whether pivots and slides away, shall remain across south wales and the south of england and further north, clear, starry skies overhead for the most parts of the northern half of the uk, a cold night, maybe down to 4 also across parts of scotland. Tomorrow, remembrance sunday, starting off with a lot of clout, some shall remain in the south, sliding away though and apart from the odd shower peppering northern scotland and down north seacoast of england, it will bea north seacoast of england, it will be a predominantly dry day with some good spells of sunshine. This is certainly good news for those areas that have had the flooding. Another chilly day, temperatures best between seven and ten and noticed behind me there is a weather system waiting in the wings, it will move through during sunday night into the first part of monday and the air cold enough snow over high ground on the north but persistent range of clear quickly on monday to leave a sunshine and shower mix, some wintry towards the north west, but it will stay rather chilly, top temperatures between six and 11 so some rain is in the forecast but for those flood affected areas, hopefully not too much. Back to you. Ben, thank you. Lot of people are very interested in those reports this morning and of course it is our main story, the town of matlock in the Peak District was hard hit by those floods with homes and businesses facing a huge clean up operation this morning. Homes and businesses facing a huge cleanup operation this morning. Our reporter one luxmy gopal is there for us. |j luxmy gopal is there for us. I am in a misty matlock and i dont know if you can hear the sounds of that but thatis you can hear the sounds of that but that is the sound of the fast flowing River Derwent rushing under the bridge that i am stood on and you can see quite how fast flowing it is but it is quite a lot lower thanit it is but it is quite a lot lower than it was yesterday, the river levels have dropped and of course, people here in matlock have been breathing a sigh of relief overnight that the River Derwent did not burst its banks. They were spared anyways flooding the may have already experienced. But is thanks in part to the fact it stayed fairly dry. There has not been much, if any, rain here and certainly nothing like the parental downpours we saw in parts of South Yorkshire and derbyshire on thursday night and into friday. So a big sigh of relief and as you say the clean up operations can believe a gravel and begin in earnest. The Prime Minister was here recently, talking about the clean up operation and more investment in flood defences and being prepared and that is certainly something that people here are going to be working on and preparing and actually today, still some sandbags out and the clean up operation will begin. The Weather Forecast for the rest of the day does have a bit of rain in it but nothing like there has been before. Of course, across the rest of the country, there is also the clean up operation in parts of South Yorkshire, and derbyshire, and if there is still a disruption of a result of the flooding with some trains cancelled so while the rain may has eased, the heavy rains may have eased, the disruption from the floods is still very much still there. Thank you very much. Luxmy gopal will keep us up to date throughout the morning. All of the sport withjohn throughout the morning. All of the sport with john is throughout the morning. All of the sport withjohn is coming up. It is 19 minutes past six. Now its time for the film review with mark kermode and carrie gracie. Hello. Welcome to the film review on bbc news. And to take us through this weeks cinema releases is mark kermode. So, mark, what do we have this week . A very mixed bag. We have the good liar, which is a super ripe drama starring helen mirren and ian mckellen. We have the irishman, Martin Scorseses netflix film which is playing in cinemas. And luce, a very intriguing psychological thriller. So we start with the good liar . We start with the good liar with helen mirren and ian mckellen. They are silver surfers who meet online. In the opening sequence, they are filling out the Online Dating forms and they are both fibbing about themselves. And we learn early on that he is a con man, he meets helen mirren, she is looking for companionship, but gradually, a rela