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Transcripts For BBCNEWS Breakfast 20240713

Spending your money this year. Good morning from Blenheim Palace and youre listening to the oxford gospel event choir. Alice in the palace here, some wet weather but mild compared to as of late. More details later. Its monday, december 23rd. Our top story there are calls for a government inquiry into racism in football. Its after the Chelsea Player, Antonio Rudiger, complained of racist chanting during yesterdays premier league match at tottenham. The professional Footballers Association said it was disgusted by the reports, and insisted urgent action was needed. Heres our sports correspondent, andy swiss. It was a day english football was once again overshadowed by racism. Chelseas Antonio Rudiger clearly showing hed heard abuse from the crowd an hour into his teams game against tottenham. He informed his captain, who in turn told the referee, and after he spoke to both managers, for the first time in the premier league, a warning was made over the public address system, twice repeated. Announcer racist behaviour among spectators is interfering with the game. Please remember that in football, there is no place for racism. At the end of the match the chelsea skipper explained what happened. Toni came to me and he told me that he was listening in the crowd monkey noises, and obviously myjob as a captain is to come straight to the ref and to report it. Now its under investigation, and we have to work all together towards eradication of the problem. Its an issue in the life and in football unfortunately, and we need to keep working hard. Its been confirmed that the three warnings to the fans all related to a single incident. Tottenham have launched an investigation. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is a very proud club in relation to these situations. We also deal internally with that. But i think the protocol was followed. This is just the latest allegation of racist abuse to hit the english game. Two weeks ago, a man was arrested at manchester citys game against manchester united, while an fa cup match between haringey and yeovil had to be abandoned. Yesterdays match was also marred by a missile being thrown onto the pitch near chelseas goalkeeper, but it is once again the issue of racism thats put english football under the sternest scrutiny. Andy swiss, bbc news. Janes here now. Talk us through the reaction to yesterdays events . It is all over social media today, isnt it . A seminal moment in the british game. The first time an announcement has been made in the premier league and it is step one of fifas protocol on racism. The announcement was made in the stadium three times and it said racist behaviour among spectators is interfering in the game, please remember in football there is no room for racism. The second and third were reinforcing the first step, it didnt go to the second and third step, the second step is the suspension of the match and players going down the tunnel and if racism still occurs, the match is abandoned. That didnt happen but this protocol has been in place since 2009 and never fully enforced in britain, but in october when england played bulgaria in sofia, there were stadium announcements because there were monkey chance and racist abuse at the england players then. Following on from this incident that Antonio Rudiger experienced, he has tweeted, saying in reaction to the incident, because it was at tottenham stadium, they have said they are conducting an investigation and they have said they will take the strongest possible action against any individualfound to possible action against any individual found to have possible action against any individualfound to have behaved in such a way, conducting racist behaviour, including stadium bans. Taking this incident further, the pfa have called for a government enquiry into racism in football, they have tweeted saying, following events at the tottenham, chelsea game we are disgusted and dismayed once again a premier League Fixture has been tainted by abuse from the stands towards the players. This happened in the premier league but as yet no reaction from the premier league. Isu the pressure will be on them to make a reaction today and be seen them to make a reaction today and be seen to be dealing with the issue because weve seen seen to be dealing with the issue because weve seen several incidents of racism in crowds this season alone, so many are calling for top first a nswers alone, so many are calling for top first answers from the premier league i assume. Tougher sta nces. League i assume. Tougher stances. Jane will have the rest of the sport later and more reaction to that. Well be speaking to iffy onuora from the professional Footballers Association at around 7 10am this morning. They are the body calling for the government enquiry. A small town in australia, home to 400 people, has been almost entirely destroyed by fire. Balmoral in New South Wales has been engulfed by flames, as emergency crews struggle to contain whats been described as catastrophic bushfires. From there Shaimaa Khalil reports. It feels like a deserted war zone, but this is the aftermath of the catastrophic bushfires that have ravaged New South Wales. And in the village of balmoral, the devastation is everywhere. Russell scholes has been a volunteer firefighter for six years. He was out with his team trying to control the blaze in the village when his own house was burned to the ground. So many of the brigade are tired. Thats the mental side of it when youre continually battling something you cant beat. The Prime Minister, scott morrison, appearing for the first time today after fierce criticism of his holiday in hawaii, conceded that more needed to be done to tackle global warming, with scientists saying that drier conditions brought about by Climate Change have worsened the impact of bushfires. The catastrophic fires have subsided but the situation is still extremely dangerous here. The roads remain closed off. Balmoral was one of the worst hit areas by saturdays fires and the community is still very much in shock. Many havent returned to see what happened to their homes and what happened to their village. Just opposite the road from russells shattered house is a very different picture. Craig hurley stayed to defend his home during the fires, using up all the water reserves he had. Flames like a five or six storey building and just roaring all around you. Just scared as hell, you dont know what to do. Australias bracing itself for a scorching summer, and many are wondering where the next big fire is going to hit. Tesco has suspended production of Charity Christmas cards at a factory in china after allegations that it uses prison labour. 6 year old Florence Widdicombe found a plea for help in one of the cards, apparently written by a foreign prisoner in shanghai. The supermarket said it was shocked and has launched an investigation. The duke of edinburgh has spent a third night in hospital, receiving treatment for what royal officials have described as a pre existing condition. Buckingham palace says prince philip, whos 98, was admitted on friday as a precautionary measure. Our correspondent, andy moore, is at the king edward vii hospital in london with the latest for us now. What more can you tell us . I hello, louise. Another night in hospital for the duke. This private hospital around the corner from harley street, the king edward vii hospital. No update from friday, when doctors advised him to come as a precaution and they said he needed to undergo observation and treatment for a pre existing condition. We dont know what it is. The duke was heading from norfolk, sandringham, where he spends a lot of his time, to london and at the same time many members of the royal family were heading to sandringham for the traditional royal christmas. The queen was at Saint Madeleine church on the estate yesterday with the family of king edward, the same church the royal family go to on Christmas Day. Many members of the royalfamily Christmas Day. Many members of the royal family attend that service. We dont know whether the duke will be released from hospital and will be able tojoin released from hospital and will be able to join the rest of the royal family. No public visits yet from any members of his family, no private visits either that we are aware of. Maybe an indication that this is not being treated as a very serious matter and hes expected to go home fairly soon. 0k, thank you very much. Dozens of former thomas cook employees say theyre struggling to access benefits and pay their bills three months after the travel chain collapsed. Some of those affected say theyve received just £50 in 12 weeks. The government has apologised, saying its dedicated staff have helped thousands of people. Simon browning reports. 9,000 jobs disappeared overnight when thomas cook collapsed in september. Disbelief. Pilots and cabin crew, there dreams over. The collapse of thomas cook left a huge legacy. Three months on and dozens of its former employees have spoken to the bbc, because they are unable to get the benefits and support they desperately need to move on. Betty was cabin crew for 12 years. You realise you are just a number. It doesnt matter what you have contributed or done. You are made to feel that it all doesnt matter, these are the rules, that is what they do, and that is the end of it. Scores of people told us they were poorly advised byjob centres because of confusion about their you realise you are just a number, doesnt matter what you have contributed or done. You are made to feel that it all doesnt matter. These are the rules, thats what we do and thats the end of it. Ex employees say they were given conflicting advice as to whether they were entitled to jobseekers alliance or universal credit. Some cases have been closed and some have still not received £50 in 12 weeks. I had to wait five weeks for my first payment, which was fine, but the day before the payment was due they closed my claim and basically told me because ive made too much money, but the money i had was my redundancy money from thomas cook but i havent claim anything so im living off savings now. Ian, a pilot forfour living off savings now. Ian, a pilot for four decades, living off savings now. Ian, a pilot forfour decades, admits living off savings now. Ian, a pilot for four decades, admits hes living off savings now. Ian, a pilot forfour decades, admits hes had a better time at hisjob forfour decades, admits hes had a better time at his job centre in chorley. We were looked after and given a lot of help, but speaking to my colleagues, i know some of them we re my colleagues, i know some of them were treated pretty appallingly. Within the last week, i have speaking to dozens of former thomas cook employees from across the country. While some have managed to find work, others have had a much tougher time and they claim its because the job centre has poorly advised them and many are not willing to speak on camera unless it damages their prospects even further. I spoke to my friends a few days ago and they havent got any otherjob days ago and they havent got any other job because they days ago and they havent got any otherjob because they cant face going to an interview, cant face going to an interview, cant face going out of the house and they are struggling. One of our friends, she ended up with her partner using her redundancy to live in a hotel in a b8b and she was declared homeless. The government has apologised if some people have experienced delays to claims. They have said they urge people to stay in contact with theirjob centres so they can urgently fix their claims. For almost two centuries, thomas cook brought holidaymakers fun and sunshine but its demise continues to cast a shadow over its former staff. Stormy weather has been affecting parts of southwest europe, causing flooding and extreme winds. The crew of a cargo ship, off the coast of sardinia, had to be airlifted to safety after it began to capsize. The vessel hit rough seas and was ploughed into a rocky stretch of coastline. The 12 crew members were rescued and no one was injured. That looks close, doesnt it . Right next to those rocks. Remember Harry Billinge . We all remember harry, dont we . Hes the d day veteran who inspired us all after raising tens of thousands of pounds for a memorial to his fallen comrades in normandy. He featured on breakfast quite a lot over the year. He certainly did. Harrys made a quite an impact this year, and his fellow Armed Service veterans wanted to throw him a party to say thank you. Brea kfasts tim muffett went along to join them. Well meet again. Is your name harry . Applause dont know where, dont know when, but ill know well meet. Hello, sir. Nice to see you, old boy. Thank you for your service, sweetheart. Without people like harry, we wouldnt be here today. He is an absolute hero in my eyes. Harry set out to raise just over £22,000 for a memorial in normandy. £1 for every soldier under british command killed there during the d day landings stop hes exceeded his target. When he appeared on brea kfast, his target. When he appeared on breakfast, the impact was huge. They say im a hero, im no hero. Unlucky. Im here. All the heroes are dead and ill never forget them as long as i live. Have you been surprised by how much money youve raised . I have. Ive been deeply moved to tears sometimes with people. If you look at this big screen over here, we can show you whats been done so far. You came into the studio, didnt you, and you saw the work that had already been done. What was that like . I was choked. Already been done. What was that like . Iwas choked. For already been done. What was that like . I was choked. For once in my life, i was speechless. Marvellous. Im very grateful to everybody for being so kind in giving a donation, even to the kids. They saved their pocket money, believe it or not. So will you please say hello. Thank you for your service. If it wasnt for people like you, i wouldnt been able tojoin up myself. People like you, i wouldnt been able to join up myself. Sheila, whats it been like this year seeing harry get globally famous . Very hectic. What has it been like seeing harry raise all that money . Tremendously proud of him. It is marvellous. Sat down monday and said, i know what im going to do, collect the money for the boys post quote. Weve been married 65 years believe it or not. We are one person. Shes lovely. I cant describe her any different from that. Wed like to give you this to you and sheila just asa give you this to you and sheila just as a token. Thank you, im overwhelmed. Thank you. Christmas is a big time for the armed forces brea kfast clu bs. A big time for the armed forces breakfast clubs. There is now more than 300 of them. A lot of banter, friendships are formed. If theres anyone on their own, they know theres somewhere to come. Anyone on their own, they know theres somewhere to comem anyone on their own, they know theres somewhere to come. It is a brotherhood and harry is one of those brothers. We are brothers in arms. The new year, 2020, are you going to carry on fundraising . Ill carry on until i drop because if you stop, you rust. On behalf of our breakfast club, we thank you and we salute you. Thank you very much, most kind. An extraordinary year for a remarkable man. Tim muffett, bbc news. I love what he said. If you stop you rust. Good on him. Lovely to see his wife there as well. I always look forward to this moment on breakfast. Carols at Blenheim Palace in oxfordshire with another rendition of carols carols. Good morning. Good morning everyone. It is fabulous here. We are here for alice in the palace, that is alice in wonderland and this room is the flamingo room. We have a lot of sparkling flamingos. Now this is the pa rt sparkling flamingos. Now this is the part where alice played croquet. The hedgehog down here is the ball and the flamingos are the mallet. And this is one of the playing cards forming the hoop. Everything is sparkling this morning and quite beautiful as well. We will show you around the palace as we go through the next few hours. Theres been a cold start to the day across parts of scotland. Parts fell to 7 last night and after all the rain recently there is one Flood Warning in wales and 80 in england and there is more rain on the cards over the next few days this christmas week. It will not rain all the time, some of us will have dried weather and many of us will today. Low pressure dominates the weather. Many fronts in the north west reducing showers, some merging as we go through the day and there is another front moving eastwards across england, producing some showers. The showers today in the east will be fairly isolated but more of them in the west and some will be heavier as they emerge, particularly across northern and western scotland. For many it will be a dry bright day with sunny skies. With temperatures falling lower overnight in parts of the highlands we are looking at temperatures reaching only three degrees today but generally speaking we are in the mid high single figures or ii we are in the mid high single figures or 11 degrees as we push the further south. Through the evening and overnight are what the front across the south east will introduce rain pushing eastwards northwards into northern Northern Ireland, Eastern England and behind that simply spells. It will be windy like it is today. Windier than we have seen it is today. Windier than we have seen recently once again that means we will not have such an issue with frost. We start tomorrow with that weather front clearing slowly through the date of the north sea, still some showers left behind. Mostly still some showers left behind. M ostly o n still some showers left behind. Mostly on the north and the west but we could see the odd one elsewhere. In between some dry and bright weather with sunshine and temperature again getting up just into double figures. For Christmas Day, we look at a largely dry day with sunshine and a ridge of High Pressure but high cloud coming in from the west will turn sunshine hazy. Temperatures again just slightly above average. If you are travelling later on Christmas Day, it is worth mentioning that we do

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