Stages of the Champions League. That is despite losing to Bayern Munich in theirfinal group game. Good morning. Weve got cloud and rain spilling in from the south west. Its moving north and eastward through the course of the day, possibly leaving some snow on the hills. Its going to be a blustery day, but the wind will strengthen from the south west later. I will have more in 15. Silent night. Christmas comes early for terrence, the age uk volunteer who wont be home alone for the first time in 20 years. It is thursday 12 december. Our top story after six weeks of campaigning, polls are about to open across the country for voting in the general election. It is the third ballot in less than five years, and the first to be held in december in nearly a century. Our Political CorrespondentJonathan Blake is in westminster for us this morning. Jonathan, talk us through the day ahead. Good morning, yes, decision day has arrived. The time for politicians to do the talking is over and it is time now for voters to deliver their verdict. Injust time now for voters to deliver their verdict. In just under an time now for voters to deliver their verdict. Injust under an hour, as you say, at 7am this morning, voting will begin in 650 constituencies across the uk. So, as you head out this morning, you will see those familiar black and white signs indicating polling stations at schools, Community Centres and many other buildings besides. People will have until 10am tonight to cast their vote, putting a cross next to their vote, putting a cross next to the name of their candidate and the party representing them at westminster. Many people will have already voted by post and if your postal ballot is still sitting by the front door in that envelope you can hand it in at your local polling station at any time before the polls closed tonight. If you are staying up closed tonight. If you are staying up to watch the drama unfold, the first results should be in before midnight, and then many more as the night goes on, and by this time tomorrow, we should have a relatively clear idea of what sort of result this unusual election has delivered. Jonathan, thank you very much. Results coverage starts as polls close tonight. Huw edwards and the team will be here on bbc one and the bbc news channel from 9 55pm tonight. There will be special coverage on bbc radio 4 and 5 live, and of course, there is full coverage online at bbc. Co. Uk news and on the bbc news app. The convicted killer who fought the London Bridge attacker with a fire extinguisher, john crilly, has told the bbc that he was prepared to die to protect others. Mr crilly, a friend ofjack merritt, one of the two cambridge graduates killed in the attack, has been speaking exclusively to our Legal Correspondent clive coleman. Nearly two weeks ago, ex offender john crilly found himself at the centre of mayhem and butchery at a Prison Education event at fishmonger s hall where his good friend jack merritt was murdered. Just like a very high pitched wail, like a scream. John saw a woman sprawled on the stairs, bleeding, then usman khan, two knives out, wearing what looked like a suicide belt. He joined him with a fire extinguisher, shouting at usman khan not to blow his belt. He said to wait for the police. I was prepared to probably lose my life, yes. I was. With others using makeshift weapons, john pursued khan onto the street, spraying him with the extinguisher. Within minutes, police arrived. John shouting at them to shoot khan because of the belt. They did. Johns thoughts then turned to his friend, jack merritt, the cambridge graduate who saved his life and who along with saskia jones had been murdered by khan. Can you tell me what he meant to you . John just basically hope. Do you think of yourself as a hero . A hero . No. Jack gave up his life. He is. He would be my hero. John crilly talking to our legal correspondence clive coleman. Correspondent. Police in new zealand say they are finalising plans to recover the bodies of those killed by a volcanic eruption on white island on monday. At least eight people are known to have died and another nine are missing, presumed dead. The salvage operation has been hampered by ongoing volcanic activity on the island. Lawyers for the hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein say he has reached a 25 million settlement with dozens of women who have accused him of sexual misconduct. The money will be shared among more than 30 former employees and actors. He still faces criminal charges and is set to stand trial in january. He has pleaded not guilty and denies any wrongdoing. Tributes have been paid to the naturalist and broadcaster David Bellamy, who has died at the age of 86. He presented a series of nature programmes in the 70s and 80s, and was a campaigner for conservation. Our arts correspondent David Sillito looks back at his career. Theres nothing like a good drying day to put spring back into your polyester. David bellamy for more than 30 years, he was the enthusiastic face of botany on television. He had failed his exams at school, but a job in a lab fostered a love of science, and a few years later he was a lecturer at durham university, specialising in marine biology. It was that which lead to the interview when the torrey oil tanker ran aground ini967, releasing thousands of tons of oil into the sea. All of a sudden, a very large stretch of coast was going to be changed. The whiskers, his voice and his easy to understand style led to his celebrity. I think ithinki i think i was interviewed Byjohn Craven in the very early days on a sewer pipe in redcar, and i think that made me. Ino the late 19905 he was linked to hundreds of conservation and wildlife organisations. But when he declared Climate Change to be poppycock, invitations began to dry up. But the Conservation Foundation he set up in 1982 has issued a statement describing him as a friend, a teacher, and a larger than life character, who inspired people with his knowledge and enthusiasm. And thats where all the action is. A painting worth around £50 million may have been found inside the wall of the gallery from where it disappeared. Portrait of a lady by the austrian artist gustav klimt went missing from a gallery in northern italy in 1997. Now, tests are being carried out on a painting which was found in a secret compartment inside the gallery wall, discovered by a gardener as he cut back ivy. May be someone decided to stash it away rather than it going missing. Good morning, sally. Sorry, com pletely good morning, sally. Sorry, completely confused by that last story. Is that the art gallery equivalent of just shoving story. Is that the art gallery equivalent ofjust shoving something in your loft . It is like one of those secret notes, you know at school when there is a little brick missing in the building and you all stash notes in there . People do that with wallpaper, as well. You put something behind the wallpaper, a message for the next person. It is a similar kind of thing. Message for the next person. It is a similar kind of thinglj message for the next person. It is a similar kind of thing. I hope it is a nice message. I would put help, ive been kidnapped. A nice message. I would put help, ive been kidnappedlj a nice message. I would put help, ive been kidnapped. I will give you a nice message, a positive message from Jose Mourinho this morning, never under confident. Jose mourinho has been pretty bold about tottenhams chances of going deep in the Champions League this season. He says spurs will be a team to be feared in the last 16. That is depsite losing 3 1 to Bayern Munich in theirfinal group game last night. They had already qualified for the knockout stages, butjose reckons they will be much better when he has had more time to work with them. Manchester city rounded off their group games with a thumping 4 1 win over Dinamo Zagreb. Gabrieljesus got himself a hat trick. They will now be one of the seeded teams in the knockout stages. It looks like Steven Gerrard is going to extend his stay as rangers manager. He has been a huge success in scotland since joining them in may last year, and says it will be a Pretty Simple decision to sign the new deal that he has been offered. And it was yet another strange evening in the life of ronnie 0sullivan. Here he is refusing to shake the hand of his opponent and the referee at the scottish 0pen, choosing to fist pump instaead. He said it is because he is a bit 0cd with germs. I understand that. Has that not arisen before . Not that i am aware, but more bizarrely, in the end he did actually shake james cahills hand. But the refereejust did actually shake james cahills hand. But the referee just got a fist bump. Doesnt the referee where a glove . Where a wear a glove. I understand that. It is all about the hygiene. But you couldjust i understand that. It is all about the hygiene. But you could just have some antibacterial gel. Every time i have said hello to you, sally were almost halfway through december, which means the Christmas Party season and hangover season is in full swing. 0ne firm has come up with a solution hangover days for employees who have over indulged, giving them the chance to work from home. We went out to ask what workers thought of the idea. The idea of a hangover is a good idea, because people already take days off for hangovers anyway. They just dont tell their employer. Some countries, companies have dvds, which i actually think thats a idea, because it means that people who dont drink, as well, can benefit from looking over their own well being duvet benefit from looking over their own well being duvet days. Benefit from looking over their own wellbeing duvet days. Why would you need a hangover day . Just take a normal holiday if you think you are going to go out and get leathered, a little bit of maturity about the whole thing, and just back to that ina half whole thing, and just back to that in a half day. I would love a hangover day, but i think you can just soldier through it, really. tis the season, christmas. just soldier through it, really. tis the season, christmas. I do think its useful for students to go out drinking, or work, think its useful for students to go out drinking, orwork, or uni, but i am still not productive, so sometimes its better for us to stay home. However that go down, charlie . You could ring up tomorrow morning, sorry, hung over. Can i have today at home . The floor in the whole thing in this working environment, it is just not going to work any practical sense flaw. We would like to hear your views on this. You can e mail us at bbcbrea kfast bbc. Co. Uk, or share your thoughts with other viewers on our facebook page. And you can tweet about todays stories using the hashtag bbcbreakfast. But if you are hung over, you wont be up, it is 6 12am. Never at work with a hangover, i promise you, good morning, carol. It is a cold start to the day for some of us. It is also a frosty one. You may find you have to scrape your car windscreen before you head out. We have rain coming in from the west moving eastwards as we go through the course of the day, so temperatures in the west are not quite as low. 0vernight we have had this transient ridge of High Pressure across us, clear skies, hence the drop in temperatures. Some of us will start off with some sunshine. But an array off with some sunshine. But an array of fronts coming in from the west bringing in rain and a fairfew showers across parts of scotland through the course of the night, so the met office has a nice warning out, which is valid until 10am, and of course it is ice on untreated surfaces, so take it steady if you arejust heading out surfaces, so take it steady if you are just heading out on the roads on the pavements. You can see the showers we have had in scotland, some of them falling as snow in the hills in the rain coming across Northern Ireland, england and also wales. Today is going to be a blustery day. Later on the winds will strengthen in the south west. But to start with, frosty, bright, the cloud builds coming in from the west ahead of this system, which will bring in some rain and some hills no. Weve got hill snow overnight across for example the hills in wales, we could see some in Northern England. But if we see some heavy bus coming out of this rain, well, we could see even some snow at lower levels in the north of england. We dont expect it to settle, and it will be transient. Temperature wise, still on the nippy side if you are heading out in any central and eastern areas, where is out towards the west we are looking at eight, nine, ten or 11. Out towards the west we are looking at eight, nine, ten or11. Now, as we head onto the evening and overnight, the wind will strengthen across southern parts of wales, the south western approaches, the English Channel, and also the channel islands, potentially touching gale force. 0vernight, also, we lose the rain from england. But it starts to sweep back in towards the east of scotland and we also have a fair few showers coming oui also have a fair few showers coming our way as well. So tomorrow we start off again on a windy note. The strongest winds virtually where they we re strongest winds virtually where they were overnight, south wales, the south west, the English Channel and the channel islands. Again the risk of gales. A lot of dry weather around tomorrow, still some rain getting across the north east of scotland, still a fair few showers and still feeling on the nippy side. But then, you expected. It is december after all. Temperatures of five to about seven in the south west, a little bit higher, possible seven to 11. Low pressure very much the driving force to the north east on saturday but we have this system scooting across southern areas with its fronts. 0ne this system scooting across southern areas with its fronts. One look at the isobars will tell you it will be windy through this weekend stop so windy, we have some showers in the north, showers and Northern Ireland, showers moving across parts of england and wales, with some hill snow as well. And then it looks like we could see Something Else coming away later on saturday into the south west of england. Still a little bit of uncertainty to just how far north that is going to get, but what i can tell you this weekend is it is going to stay chilly. There will be some sunshine around, with some showers as well, but it will often be windy, especially so in the south. Lets take a look at todays papers. Well stay away from the front pages and go straight inside. What have you got . Of course we do, i forgot back page of the times, var, dont know how you think about it, video assistant referee, its been hugely controversial. Im a big fan of it. Not everybody is. In principle, its a great idea, but the times has a great line saying the fa will step in to sort out var armpit offside chaos, situations, and it has happened, where a players armpit has been declared offside, ahead of the last defender, and a goal has not been given. It has happened in controversial circumstances this season. Roberto firminos goal was the most controversial against aston villa. I dont know if the camera can pick this up, his armpit was adjudged ahead of the last defender. Thats fair enough, isnt it . Yellow it is so marginal. Thats why you haveitin it is so marginal. Thats why you have it in the first place . They have it in the first place . They have said they will use it for the clear and obvious decisions, instead of the tiny marginal decisions that ta ke of the tiny marginal decisions that take a while, they will use it for the big decisions. Im with you, it should come down to common sense. The idea of var is there is a human being who looks at it and says, yes, that either you arent, arent you . You cant be a little bit offside or not really enough. It has to be black or white, where do you go . An armpit. An ankle . Thats what theyre doing, and for fans armpit. An ankle . Thats what theyre doing, and forfans in the ground, its becoming really frustrating. In some sports, though, it becomes a moment of drama. Thing of tennis, it is a moment where eve ryo ne of tennis, it is a moment where everyone gets drawn in and the picture comes down think of. Everyone gets drawn in and the picture comes down think of. You are all part of it in tennis, they do it well. In football, the fans seemed detached and one step away from what is happening and even the referee has the power taken away from him at times and that feels wrong. A real can of worms and they have to try to sort it out. Peoples birthdays, i have picked up on this, bill nighys, he is 70 years old. And lionel blair, who of course famously is a song and dance man, is 91 today wow i never thought he was that. A great age. John barrowman is in later, he ploughs a similar path as an entertainer, a showman. Hes not 91 nowhere near 91 did you ever used to do that thing where you tapped a can to stop it from being too busy . No. When you had a can of coca cola or Something Like that or a beer, you tap it to stop it being busy. Fizzy. Like that or a beer, you tap it to stop it being busy. Fizzy. Did it work . White apparently, for everyone that drinks stuff out of a can, there was this theory that if you flicked it it dislodged the bubbles stuck to it. It doesnt work. Scientists have tried it on more than 1000 cans and those tapped lost about the same amount as those that did not get tapped. In california scientists have been looking at the strength of hair, and they are dealing with an issue on the face of it. You would think thick hair is strong with an thin hair, right . Go to the university of california, they have a machine that has been busy pulling hair to find out whether thick hair is stronger than thin hairand low whether thick hair is stronger than thin hair and low and behold it turns out Professor Robert ritchie gives us an explanation frankly i dont understand, but what they determined was that wasnt true. It says, this is actually a statistical thing which is a bigger piece will have a greater possibility of having a defect. Big