Common. Question time. Strictly. And. Yes they're all among the most tweeted about shows of 2018 news and current affairs programs dominate the list compiled by T.V. Licensing the Andrew Marr Show and Dr who were also on the B.B.C. Newcastle News I'm Stephanie Finn and thank you very much stuff it was Love Island day it's 5 prostate thank you for joining us this morning it's off in honor bright 1st year weather today so the old spots of rain possible but also some bright spots so it's a mixture again the rain will come later mostly feeling pretty cold breezy though tops about 6 degrees how is it looking on the rights to the rates on the roads today. It's looking quite busy now we're moving now more sort of moving into peak time so we're certainly seeing more traffic on the regions roads the day one slow before Chesley straight about 50 minutes we'll take you all the way up towards the angel of the north and then southbound around the metro center traffic certainly looking a little slower around Neville's cross this is southbound around the $690.00 What do you usually build of traffic the a wanted 9 southbound around the 192 which is the 3 horseshoes roundabout shank house we've got congestion down to move farm roundabout on its foot at fellow get the A 194 around the roundabout you've got slow traffic at white my pool things are looking a little bit more congested there as well into the time to also northbound back of the queue you've got usual delays and I would say it will certainly start before. All the way into the tunnel at the of the sign to the silver link it's going to take about 15 minutes southbound 19 a little slower down to the Silverlink and the Coast Road nearly as far back as Walt and we'll say congestion with nearly 15 minutes taking it towards a central motorway and to the filing bypass Kate have. I overhead a 10 minute delay so far this morning and public transport is moving well to call me let me know what's going on where you are 019123 to essential. Breakfast C.B.C. New Castle revealed for the new. Time to wrap up our little quiz so I said the Christmas film Jingle all with how to tug line 2 dads one toy no prisoners what is the one toy the 2 rival dads were squabbling over the Harry Potter Lego castle Oh no in the ninety's it was cardholder there was no in the ninety's it was 9699. Robosapien No I think was made up for the film it was OK. It was if you'd said. Action Figure out of giving you that Robbie the gravy wrestler who was a guest on laces your show's destiny said it's terrible Well done wrong all well that stuff I've noticed you're not doing your impression again no. Ground text with the B.B.C. And soon to be trouble free B.B.C. New Castle revealed. Christmas or in about 5 minutes time and that's true. Epic odyssey through all the dogs of the northeast all sputtering as possible mainly litter on 6 Celsius breezy again today yeah definitely have the very latest on all the roads we have got a little bit of slow traffic on the A 690 the slip road up there from the A 19 the minute now that it was humiliating climbdown wasn't to reason may has marched or had marched them peace to the top of the hill only to tell him that the crucial vote was off so this is how she faced the Commons yesterday with that news I listen very carefully to what has been said in this chamber and was. Was has been said in the street and out of it by members from a list sides so what is next the prime minister is off to Europe to try and renegotiate particularly over the Irish backstop that is the major sticking point in the BRICS that issue you know any of the odd but did it. Does Now with me I can remember when she's out a good day I don't know how I honestly don't know how she does it I hear and I wonder how much sleep she's getting and if she's getting any sleep or told she's got to win some concessions or she could be tossed could any of those concessions persuade backbench Tory M.P.'s who oppose a deal to change their minds will it be a general election another referendum no Bracks it it all more questions perhaps than Art says but we're going to try and get some answers or some insights at least so which. And by an expert Dr Alice to Clark who is a politics lecturer at Newcastle University thank you very much for being with us this morning Alistair. Surprised that she called the vote off I think everyone was surprised that she called the vote off the will have to be a vote at some point in time and she has become a bit like the Grand Old Duke of York as you say in marching everybody the top of the hill one back down again although the been much speculation about this during the course of the weekend I think it was expected that it would go to a vote. A humiliating to have to go to the Commons and then say well actually I've been listening and I know we're not and then go back to Europe again this is not the prime minister with any sense of authority and she's consistently said she's not going to get anything more out of the E.U. The E.U. Have said it as well that's it we're not renegotiating Is it true and that maybe some warm worlds or maybe some I mean she seems to say that she's talking about reassurance and things of that sort so that it's not unprecedented that the E.U. Have given some additional reassurances but it won't be much more than than warm world and really just clarifying what in the agreement to begin with so if and this is obviously a very big if if the E.U. Made concessions on the backstop would that with that placate the more hardline Bracks tears in their in their own party do you think I would doubt it very much if it's not that there will be something else for instance the up in 9000000000 that we're giving to the E.U. For current liabilities for future access to things and so on would be the next thing I would expect them to have a go at so I'd be very surprised if that placated them and Jeremy Corbyn in this voted no confidence in the government we thought it likely that a try and trigger this if Mrs May lost the vote the vote of course now as it happened and yesterday made it very clear what I thought we tried you think no I don't think you were or the Democrats. Unionist Party the Northern Irish party that been propping up to reason may have been quite clear that they would vote against her withdrawal agreement but they would support her in a vote of no confidence in other words they would win a vote of no confidence the government would win that vote Corben would be in no better points away but partly would be no better place with with that and yesterday the European Court of Justice ruled that the government can cancel back set without the consent of other E.U. Countries does that make it more likely that maybe after all of this we've only after all. It simply adds to the mix most people have been factoring that in for a while that the U.K. Could revoke Article 50 unilaterally Of course it needed the courts to say this and confirm this is it more likely to be honest I don't think so I think we're heading more likely towards the no do you want the moment then the necessarily to to staying in the E.U. Right the people's vote how likely is that it's becoming possible but I'm not put it any more than than that basically if that had to happen a referendum would take rough way but for 5 months or so to organize so they would somehow or another have to revoke article revoke maybe pause Article 50 in order to hold that referendum and they you have said they'd they'd be willing to do that to step in degree but just for a limited period in all your time you know you look back presumably it is politics gone by politics around the world is this fairly unprecedented I keep thinking our current member this happen and before her this bit of evolve occur or this bit before it Ottaway on President Alfre we've never been in this sort of position before and I've been thinking back to various crises Black Wednesday in 92 and as far back as has been things before that even and it really has had people reaching for the parliamentary procedure books for the history books and. Essentially going back some centuries to find things of equivalent their magnitude remarkable quite remarkable how do you think history will judge this moment not favorable. I think for a number of reasons one for how the government has conducted itself none of this has been inevitable because no one has tried it before it could have been done differently but I think even going back to that Cameron point when he was prime minister anyone remember him. You know there was another. Call that funny that to the surface. But I do you know even with him and calling the referendum in the 1st voice and fairly complacently thinking that it would be one I don't think history will back in this period as a glorious part of British history however from your point of his politics lecture Can you remember a more exciting time it's incredibly exciting when the students are enthused by it you know quite as I'm teaching have grown incisors as a consequence makes it difficult for us however to kiss off with everything that's gone on and there have been quite as well what we have been teaching and there have been ministers resigning in the background on the story. Dr Alice the claws good of you thanks Alice their politics lecture at Newcastle University nearly as exciting as politics. That's it is time to call for a big win to give away on B.B.C. Castle we could be sending one lucky family on a V.I.P. 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Times i watch out for the main route are starting to look a lot slower and head through the region so northbound a one slows down the street taking you up to the angel of the north around the metro center we have a 15 minute wait taking you past the Metro Center across the bridge and then up towards the city of the 696. 5 minutes. It's about 12 minutes. Heading up to. 20 minute. Through the Tunnel and. 20 minutes. 20 minutes this is. Over 10 minutes. And. Moving. Let me know what. 234-6565 The big when to give away a continues. It's a. Kids. Henry. OK. Number one Steve in Hadrian park Good morning Steve welcome to B.B.C. Radio for the Northeast are you ready and raring to go. Right we could be sending you that if you know the answer to this Julia Donaldson has written the new B.B.C. One Christmas animation Zogby bought she's perhaps best known for a new the children's tale about a mouse walked in through a forest and a scary monster What is that scary monster called. The growth lawyers say the crew for you say yeah. Well done congratulations Steve I'm glad I'm very much Elaine joy the I don't know if you've read Zogby read Zogby nor read the group of over 1000005. Seem kind of thing you're absolutely not a stick Mon and Tahmima top they're all grit only so this criticism is when you see it on the big screen solve all that great stuff thing thank you thanks for calling you very much Stephen here in Park walls and he called all its 102346565 all was worth album that number on absolutely holds with and keep listening to B.B.C. Cancelled big winter giveaway continues later say will be sending another family to V.I.P. Screening this time to see the midnight gang which is the latest out of Taishan affidavit what do you. Get If that wasn't enough if that wasn't enough to get you in a Christmassy made to make up for all of the real good where you count how tough it can but how we don't stuff the creator of the group flaw the the Morse fondly remembered bouquet of our time moments when I've never read it. You've never read it I've never read the golf. You know. The jolly postman I've just bought it in French have you. Got all these but. There's a lot of moving. OK tell me how we can top the graph Well of course we can top it with the Foster's 12 dogs of Christmas so forget the 12 Days of Christmas obviously this is not with a difference a song with a difference indeed it involves a canine best friend. How many more days to go Alfie Too many as it loads Yes Quite often you could possibly imagine what will Christmas ever raw and yes it well we're taking you to meet some of the most interesting and lovely lovely canines across our region on Friday we met Molly pub dog yesterday I visited New Castle dog and cat shelter. And today our dog of Christmas is a truly brave ones who are all like get ready to meet Frankie. Brucie said 12 months old Belgian Malinois ashes from his history on the streets as a puppy so if it works out what you're going to be asking me fantastic end of a frog So what exactly is how to roll from eventually when we train to be a search and rescue dog so basically what we're useful is any major building collapse or major transport incidents in front is role of either search and rescue have to find new kitchen people. At what we're doing or she saw we do a thing called a run We're so you just get the dog with a toy and she's just model and not just increases our drive that's what we do after that we do a thing called a pop out you cause it is hidden. Some sites I'll put a challenge in so that's basically switching the dog on thinking to go to work now the person. We have and then from there you go into a hidden fully hadn't their search so the to be fully hidden the put the challenge into the dog got to go to work and then just me. Where is a toy can I go tonight I'll. Put a challenge in so we have a go yet fantastic if you just stick in my in this will challenge will be fire rescue search dog make a noise if you hear me. And I hear. What I'll do then is release a dog should come in so if you and then just throw in we could go just to paint a picture of the radio I am hiding behind a wool sub's way my instructions now. Does she have to be really really. Good question. At the moment. Because what we need for a search dog is more or less a naughty dog because she has to go off on a rubble pile and. Put a lot of beat into the dog to want to. Own thing and so you don't want to have the recall I'd love mind I would eventually like the recall but we need to get the suits but don't 1st of all want to get the search and install to not the market of the repeats and what's the relationship like it's like a wife. But you don't let a stand now so we don't put your wife in to get all it's only lives in the kind of you've got a fantastic you've got to create a bond with the dog so you have to choose with me 24 seventh's spend more time with the dog got to be wife and kids unfortunately to work with. We just spend a lot more time together now I know she's a working dog this is a professional relationship. Are you proud of. A fantastic she is. She has. A daughter who's. Right. They grab videos go to our Facebook page it's B.B.C. New Castle radio for the Northeast click on the if you're not our friend you should be and if you. Watch all the videos and the video for this one. Thank you tries on a fire wellies for the 1st time she doesn't like it's funny. She never enjoys that. Sort of fire so thank you very much to Steve and time with fire rescue excellent. Oh yeah we've been through 12 of these. Could you send any more except I'm George did not mind him in the tin it says I never have seen all the Brandon this poor says of you going yeah with a dog on a Fosters 12 dogs of Christmas Yeah welcome to the on a fast year with a bit of a. Cream. To text with B.B.C. . 3 takes just a standard. B.B.C. Castle reveals the northeast get your pen the number again because we're going to tell you how the children in your family could be talking to Santa on Christmas Eve I'll be given an e-mail so well worth getting a pen on hand for the mostly dry if you sunny spells today there will be some clouds around and the odd spot of rain possible but I'll be later and it does feel chilly with a bit of a breeze picking up as well top temperature about 6 degrees and Jill will be here shortly most of the main routes looking pretty busy now it's coming up on 826. Breakfast. What's in there. Or Teesside International Airport or Durham Taiz Valley the mayor wants to know what you think is a contentious name change you know the called Speak speak airports in Liverpool they have to change. Because when SCO said Spirit was just spit all of the wrong way trip to fact. Kapadia John Lennon Airport is no and so what will his call. Catchy Teesside International the County Durham person. You know John Lennon spectacles and. Good thinking yeah I. Think that many people on here call come to me. Elsewhere in the papers Question Time and Dr who are among the most tweeted about B.B.C. Shows they go on about I've seen this in all the pit was obvious at all the shores where you tend to tweet like Question Time gets lots of teeth because they ask for the. Under Marshal gets lots to do because they have a clash time and yes the place where season it you just say Will you strictly gets lots of treats will you THANKS TO ALL THE Yeah exactly it's only going to do is to Sask it's a wrap us covering on Tower of famous cathedral is set to be removed this is in the journal. Part of a mess frankly recently the wrap around term cathedrals iconic Tower is finally coming down after 3 years so work to remove the wrapping from the central tower started on Monday so should be under wraps for Christmas. B.B.C. New Castle revealed. It's time to ask you for your nominations to get a special call from Santa lives on this see a program on Christmas Eve 24 the December it's on a Monday this year on the contact details all those B.B.C. New Castle apps B.B.C. Dots court dot you kid I told you I'll give you plenty want to go get your pen you haven't got to go and get it will see it again a couple of minutes put Santa in the header right and we need these important bits we need to name and we also need to contact details and by that we mean a phone number so that's the really important that we do need a phone number so we can contact you all the little ones parents during the day come promise that everybody will get a call but if you'd like to put 4. The name of the child for Santa is less than just drop us that e-mail and promise even though they are super super busy at the minute Santa his elves will get back to you at some point so here it is that email once again B.B.C. New Castle at B.B.C. Dot co dot you care pop Santa in the head and good luck but a quick reminder of all of course post please or the question is this if you know Bill know what could actually help yo