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Good morning. Welcome to breakfast, with tina dahely and Steph Mcgovern. Our headlines today work to prevent a dam in derbyshire from bursting continues in the face of a new warning of more thunderstorms and flooding. Prime minister Boris Johnson visits those affected in Whaley Bridge and promises to make the area safe. Because this is a major problem. If that dam goes, you know the potential destruction that can wreak on the whole of the village below. The home secretary, priti patel, says she ...

Hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shaped our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. My guest today was told that he has a reading age ofjust eight. His dyslexia was so bad he had to return to school to study in his 20s for the exams that he simply couldnt pass when he was there the first time. He is now dr peter kyle, a close ally of keir starmer� s and the shadow Northern Ireland secretary, who, if labour comes t...

Or corky from the Night Manager, youll certainly recognsie this famous face. Tom hollander and his fellow actor will keen on stage, on putin and russias billionaires. And with me the real life logan roy. Actor brian cox is back after the huge success of the drama succession. Rain newton smith, the boss of the cbi battling to save it, and salma shah, tory insider and former adviser at the home office. Morning, morning. Promises, promises the conservatives made some huge ones in the past on imigra...

like nothing else in my life. good morning from edgbaston ahead of the second day of an ashes series thats so far lived up to all the hype. a brilliant century from joe root and brave battling by england helped them to nearly 400 before they turned the pressure onto australia, with this opening test intriguingly poised. and ian wright, ken bruce and davina mccall are among those in the kings first birthday honours list. it will feel increasingly humid this weekend when the sun is out b...

is newsday. thank you for being with us. its 8:00 in the morning in singapore, and 5:30am in odisha in india, where the countrys worst train disaster in decades happened. theres a growing sense of shock as the scale of the crash becomes more apparent. the rescue operation has been called off — with more than 275 people known to have been killed. a major investigation is under way. officials have confirmed that signalfailure may have been a factor, but there are broader concerns, too....

hundreds are known to have died with many more injured. those pulled from the wreckage were taken to nearby hospitals where they spoke of the horror of the crash. translation: when the accident occurred we realised _ that there was a fire. when it caught fire nobody could escape. some did manage to get out, some were able to run out of the carriage. but the train had fallen over another train. koshida had to watch as her only daughter died in front of her. translation: as we kept i rol...

# im dreaming ofa # im dreaming of a white christmas... we meet the members of the choir for people with dementia to find out how its bringing relief — and joy — at the festive season. good morning. iam in i am in covent garden, where we will see a white christmas later on this morning. for most of us the forecast is a cloudy one with rain around, especially wales and central england, some brightness in the north, but even here later, some showery rain. details later in the program...

championship—winning team are recognised in the new year honours, and theres also a knighthood for queen guitarist brian may. and many more sports stars have also been included in the honours list. after the commonwealth games lit up birmingham, olympics heptathlon champion denise lewis is made a dame for helping to make the event such a success. # up in space, man. we catch up with sam ryder ahead of tonights new years eve party on bbc one, and how he cant wait for eurovision to com...

a warm welcome to bbc news. the former pope, benedict xvi, has died at the age of 95. the vatican says he passed away this morning at his residence there. his health had been worsening in recent weeks. benedict served as head of the roman catholic church for eight years until 2013, when he became the first pope in 600 years to announce his retirement. he was german by birth, and was known for his conservative theological outlook. bell chimes this was the moment his death was confirmed ...

university of york finding out what its doing to help. morning. just how far can arsenal go this season? back on top of the table thanks to sakas spotkick as klopp accepts liverpools title hopes are all but over. and well be with the three dads as they complete their latest epic challenge to raise awareness of suicide prevention. it might be a rainy scene outside the window for some of you this morning but actually plenty of sunshine to come today. the full forecast later on breakfast....