Poignant, at this time year. Londons city hall has decided to open its doors for a festive celebration, for some of those sleeping rough an initiative backed by the mayor and charities in the capital. A recent report found that london is the worst place in the country for homelessness. Alpa patel reports. Smoked salmon or ham . The mayor of london, serving food to just some of the 100 homeless people, invited for christmas lunch. Its the first time an event like this has been held in city hall. As well as food, people are offered haircuts and eye check ups, too. Claire became homeless when she wasjust 13. She spent the next 30 years either on the streets, or in prison. Id be a lot more careful. I mean if you know people that is fair enough but you have to be very careful where you sleep. Be careful, you cant leave your stuff any more. Its got a lot harder as well, especially with everything going on. With help, claire now has a place of her own. She is hopeful this event will forge par
Hello, this is breakfast on Christmas Day with naga munchetty. Heres a summary of todays main stories from bbc news. The queen will lead members of the royal family at their traditional Festive Service in sandringham this morning. Yesterday the duke of edinburgh re joined his family at the norfolk estate after leaving hospital in london. Its not yet known if Prince Andrew, who recently stepped back from royal duties, will attend todays event. The Foreign Office says its helping a british woman, after three members of the same family drowned in the Swimming Pool of a Holiday Resort in spain. Its thought a nine Year Old Girl got into difficulties in the water, and her 16 year old brother and their father died after trying to help her. Bethlehem has experienced its best Christmas Period for tourists in 20 years, as thousands of people gathered there last night. The town is honoured by christians and pilgrims as the birthplace ofjesus christ. The festivities centred on the church of the na
You might find something that you have been wondering about. Mostly all we wanted to be is to be a joyful hour. And ive been to catch up with terrence, to reflect on the overwhelming impact of his personaljourney, highlighting loneliness at christmas. Good morning, Merry Christmas. Its Christmas Day, wednesday the 25th of december. Our top story. The queen will lead members of the royal family at their traditional Festive Service in sandringham this morning. Yesterday, the duke of edinburgh rejoined his family at the norfolk estate after spending four nights in hospital. Its not yet known if Prince Andrew, who recently stepped back from royal duties, will attend todays event. Charlotte gallagher reports. Prince philip arrives back at sandringham by helicopter after spending four nights in a Central London hospital. He walked out unaided and without a stick a huge relief for his family that he is home to spend Christmas Day with them. This hasnt been the smoothest year for the royals. S
Attending the service for the first time and people have been queueing for hours to see the royal family. Those will be one of the main draws for people coming down, a chance to see two of the youngest members of the royal family. This is such a tradition for some people. It is a tradition for some people. It is a tradition for some people. It is a tradition for the royal family to attend church on Christmas Day but actually, now, the circle we saw in the sky earlier they have made it into a smiley face. Hopefully the cameraman can show you that. They have done a little emoji for the royal family. That was my next question, how do they do that . no idea. That will be a welcome sight for the children if they come up. A lot of speculation about who will attend. And some peoplejust lot of speculation about who will attend. And some people just really wa nt to attend. And some people just really want to see the queen. Some have not seen her before in person. At sandringham you get to see a
The queen and members of the royal family have been attending the annual Church Service in sandringham, her majesty arrived surrounded by members of her family. We now see her leaving the service which has just we now see her leaving the service which hasjust finished. There we now see her leaving the service which has just finished. There she is emerging with the prince of wales and camilla, duchess of cornwall, behind. Kate and william with george and charlotte attending for the first time ever. Louis is at home. Princess and in the background in purple anne. The queen strolling down the path of Mary Magdalene church. Prince charles and Prince Andrew arrived for the earlier service and Prince Andrew is not there for the live am service. Harry and meghan are not with the royals this year in sandringham for the Norfolk Christmas which is so familiar to the royal family. A crisp, bright, day in norfolk and there are lots of people waiting to see the queen on her way in and im assuming t