the telescope that will delve deeper into the universe than ever before will be launched into orbit within hours. and breakfast regulars hughie and freddie find out how the money they ve raised is bringing christmas cheer to children in hospital. and while it remains a dream for another year for and while it remains a dream for another yearfor many of and while it remains a dream for another year for many of us, for one or two it is already a white christmas and there is still more snow in the forecast. join me for all of the details here on your christmas day breakfast. good morning. it s christmas day, 25th december. our main story: the queen s televised christmas day message is expected to be a very personal one the first since her husband, prince philip, died in april at the age of 99. the queen will spend the day at windsor castle after deciding not to travel to sandringham for her traditional family gathering. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. the que
hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. one of the greatest scientific missions of modern times has taken a giant leap forward in the last hour, with the launch of the james webb space telescope. the £10 billion project has taken 30 years to reach this moment. the telescope was launched from kourou in french guiana. it s the most powerful ever built, and the developers hope it will reveal stars and galaxies from the birth of the universe, as well as distant planets which could provide evidence of life beyond earth. our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports. and we have engine start. and lift off. the start of a blockbuster astronomy mission. james webb begins a voyage back to the birth of the universe. inside this rocket is the biggest telescope ever sent into space. punching a hole through the clouds. 20 seconds into the flight. this is the james webb space telescope. it s a successor to hubble, but 100 times more powerful. after three d
cold, frosty, white star to the morning yesterday, temperatures below minus five celsius in one or two places. compare that to 9 11 c, so a huge difference. we are in this milder air mass, but we have low pressure sliding south east across the uk as we move through the afternoon. we are in this wedge of milder air, the yellow and ridges indicating that, but cold air out will be poised to push in tomorrow and thursday. a lot of cloud around with moisture laden milder. you will be lucky to see a few glimmers here and there, but further north, patchy rain and drizzle, and the rain picking up across the north west later as the load moves in. the temperatures, 12 13 c for the mainland, still cold for the northern isles, only three celsius for shipment. this low pressure will sweep south east across the country, bringing a band of heavy rain, which will spread south, followed by blustery showers in northern and western areas. they will start to have a wintry flavour across central
be found? and coming up on the bbc news channel: with the opening ceremony due to get under way shortly the curling continues, team gb winning the latest round robin match in the next event. in the mix to events. good morning and welcome to an earlier than usual edition of the bbc s lunchtime news. the prime minister must shape up or ship out that s what the senior conservative mp huw merriman told the bbc this morning, as questions continue about boris johnson s leadership. he is looking at how to rebuild his team after the resignation yesterday of four of his top aides. mps supportive of the prime minister are suggesting he s making necessary staff changes following a damning report by the senior civil servant sue gray into rule breaking parties at number ten during the pandemic. but munira mirza quit because of the prime minister s false claim that sir keir starmer failed to prosecutejimmy savile when he was director of public prosecutions. and this morning a fifth