welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: more than 40,000 criminals would avoid jail every year under plans to scrap prison sentences of six months or less. president trump digs in over his mexican border wall. hundreds of thousands of workers go unpaid during a record breaking us government shutdown. mainland europe braces itself for more heavy snow as austria suffers the worst conditions for 30 years. shocked and sad. andy murray s great friend and rival novak djokovic leads the tributes as the brit prepares for what could be his final grand slam appearance on monday. and flying into the new year it s indoor bungee jumping. i ve been to try the new sport which leaves you in a spin. and weather wise, a wild start to the weekend and it stays mild and weather wise, a mild start to the weekend and it stays mild throughout but turns increasingly windy. i have got all of the details here on breakfast. it s saturday the 12th of january.
and coming up at 7.30, a special programme about the unique choir who played their part in celebrating the royal wedding of harry and meghan. police have launched a terror investigation after the stabbing of three people last night at manchester s victoria railway station, one of them a police officer. a 25 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. the victims‘ injuries are said to be serious but not life threatening. the prime minister said her thoughts were with them and praised the response of the emergency services. our correspondent danny savage is in manchester for us tonight. danny. tell us a little bit about the investigation and how it has unfolded through the day. christian, there is little doubt that anyone passing through manchester victoria railway station at about ten to nine last night would have been terrified to witness the events that happened here on the platform. a knife attack carried out at random, it appears, on people passing t
we take a front row seat as mark kermode looks back on the big releases of the year in review 2018: the year in film. police have launched a terror investigation after the stabbing of three people last night at manchester s victoria railway station, one of them a police officer. a 25 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. the victims‘ injuries are said to be serious, but not life threatening. the prime minister said her thoughts were with them and praised the response of the emergency services. our correspondent danny savage is in manchester for us tonight. i think there is little doubt that anybody that was passing through manchester victoria railway station at about 8:50pm last night would have been terrified to witness the event that happened here on the platform. a knife attack carried out at random it appears on people passing through the station. and police have said because of what the attacker allegedly said during the attack and after the
a first look at the papers, with a more in depth look at 11:30pm with our reviewers nigel nelson and jo phillips. stay with us for that. some breaking news, police in manchester say the 25 year old man arrested over the stabbings at manchester victoria station on new year s eve has been detained under the mental health act after being assessed by medical staff. earlier, police launched a terror investigation after the stabbing of three people last night, one of them a police officer. the victims‘ injuries are said to be serious, but not life threatening. the prime minister said her thoughts were with them and praised the response of the emergency services. our correspondent danny savage reports. a railway station in central manchester, just before 9pm last night. move away now. move! police restrained a man on the ground who moments earlier had been wielding a knife, attacking passers by. a bbcjournalist was on the platform at the time and saw what happened. it s new year s
bea the date, but for many of us it will be a wet one with either raining or showers, a little bit of brightness in between, and i will have more details in 15 minutes. good morning. it s wednesday, november 7. our top story: the us mid term elections, widely viewed as a referendum on president trump s first two years, have seen the democrats take control of the house of representatives for the first time in eight years. a democrat majority in the lower house is likely frustrate some of the president s legislative plans. however, the republicans are on course to strengthen their control of the senate, leading president trump to declare the night a tremendous success. jon donnison reports. on the cbs evening news from the decision desk on this election night. this is a moment of truth for donald trump. it s congress that s up for grabs, but these elections are widely seen as a referendum on his presidency. democrats had hoped for a blue wave. it s perhaps been more of a ripp