they ve got 25 new drivers but still need at least 25 more. as the christmas season puts extra demand on taxi firms, customers can only hope that more councils take action to make sure everyone can get home safely. colette smith, bbc news. after a break of a0 years, abba have released a new studio album which benny andersson and bjorn ulvaeus say was never really planned. as a reminder benny played the piano, bjorn the guitar, and together they wrote the scandinavian supergroup s numerous hits of the 1970s and early 80s. they ve been telling our entertainment correspondent colin paterson they enjoyed writing a couple of new songs but hadn t set out to complete an album. colin went to visit them at their studio in stockholm. benny and bjorn in abba s home town. the good thing about living in stockholm is that people don t
bother you, not in the 70s, not in the 80s, not now. they come up now and they re all happy and say, wow, i m so happy that you made a couple of new songs. the idea of making a whole album was not part of the original plan. abba had only gone back into the studio to record a couple of new tracks for next year s live show which will feature digital recreations of the band in concert looking like they did in 1979. we had two songs. we enjoyed those. we thought they were really good so we said, maybe we should do a couple more. and we did. and then we said, maybe we should do a few more. so we have an album. bjorn, he s sounding very laid back. have you got any more nerves? i mean, this is a big deal, a0 years between albums. yes, it s emotionally very
and then we said, maybe we should do a few more. so we have an album. bjorn, he s sounding very laid back. have you got any more nerves? i mean, this is a big deal, 40 years between albums. yes. it s emotionally very difficult to grasp, actually, that we did what we did. we don t need to prove anything here. i don t think we are taking a risk because if people think that we were better 40 years ago, fine. # you re not the man. you should have been. # the album includes a number of songs about relationships ending. both couples in the band divorced shortly before the group split in 1982. people have read a lot of it into various lyrics. and of course, there is some of that in the lyrics, but most is fiction. but the emotions are there. yeah, yeah. but not the exact situations. no exactly. but after waiting 40 years for abba to get back together,
the reunion could be very short. i don t want to do another abba album. but, you know, i m not alone in this there are four of us. yeah. if they twist my arm i might change my mind. i think you can twist his arm, bjorn. the ladies might be able to do that. yeah. it ll take them to do it, actually. yeah, i think so! colin paterson, bbc news, stockholm. my my copy of the album arrived in the post this morning in my copy of the album arrived in the post this morning in cannot my copy of the album arrived in the post this morning in cannot wait my copy of the album arrived in the post this morning in cannot wait to listen! now it s time for a look at the weather with nick cloudy skies out there for many and it s turning milder. it was 9 degrees in glasgow first thing this morning whereas across a large part of england it stayed clear for long enough last night for a frost and in benson in oxfordshire the temperature was close to 5, the lowest reading of the season so far.
and you can watch the programme i can cure you: online mental health cures here on the bbc news channel on saturday the 6th november at 8.30pm. it ll be repeated on sunday 7th november at 2.30pm. after a break of 40 years, abba have released a new studio album which benny andersson and bjorn ulvaeus say was never really planned. as a reminder benny played the piano, bjorn the guitar, and together they wrote the scandinavian supergroup s various hits of the 1970s and early 80s. they ve been telling our entertainment correspondent colin paterson they enjoyed writing a couple of new songs but hadn t set out to complete an album. colin went to visit them at their studio in stockholm. benny and bjorn in abba s home town. the good thing about living