Service in sandringham this morning. Tragedy in spain three members of a british family die at a Holiday Resort on the costa del sol. Weather wise its not going to be a light christmas today, no snow in the forecast. Trust around this morning and plenty of Christmas Day sunshine. I have the full forecast to get you through the christmas week in the next 15 minutes. After a 10 year absence james corden gives us a glimpse of whats in store in tonights return of gavin stacey surprises . There might be a couple. 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, good morning to you. 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 hes home to spend Christmas Day with them. This hasnt been the smoothest year for the royals, something the queen appears to acknowledge in her christmas message, describing 2019 as quite bumpy. Later today, the royal family will attend church on the sandringham estate. The duke and duchess of sussex, meghan and harry, of course wont be here. But its believed that Prince George and Princess Charlotte will attend the service for the first time. We could also see Prince Andrew attend. There was speculation he might not go because of the scrutiny and criticism surrounding his relationship with the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. Whoever attends, the royal family will want to put on a united front after months of newspaper headlines. Charlotte gallagher, bbc news, sandringham. Charlotte is at the sandringham estate for us this morning. Charlotte, we were talking just an hour ago and it was all empty and now i see the crowds have gathered and you have been telling stories of people determined to see the royal family today. Yeah, in the last hour oi family today. Yeah, in the last hour or 0 family today. Yeah, in the last hour or so it has got quite busy. People coming and joining the queue to see the royals on Christmas Day. They mentioned a lady who has travelled a very, very long way to get your this morning. She is actually called elizabeth, perfect name, really, tell us about your journey. Elizabeth, perfect name, really, tell us about yourjourney. The journey started at 1145 in Hemel Hempstead when one of the buses was taken hempstead when one of the buses was ta ke n off hempstead when one of the buses was taken off and id decided that was easy, i will nipped to watford and from what today will get to london. Four buses later, via baker street, then into victoria, then i had to get the final bus to low stop. Four buses. The fifth bus and then the car. And then your son picked you up and he drove here. And why . Did you think on thatjourney, the third bus, were you thinking this is a very long journey to get to norfolk . Quite enjoyed it. But was beginning to wonder why i was doing Something Like this. But they enjoyed every minute of it. They did. It is worth it, now you are at the front of the queue. Who are you most excited about seeing . I love thing the queen anai like to see the children. We do think that Prince George and Princess Charlotte may be today andi Princess Charlotte may be today and i like to see. I was outside the hospital for the birds as well. It would be nice to see them growing up and walking up here for the first time. A committed royal fan. And walking up here for the first time. A committed royalfan. You and walking up here for the first time. A committed royal fan. You are committed to the royals and your son martin is committed to you. He drove you here and is asleep in the car. He has no interest in the royals but he will drive you back to Hemel Hempstead. What a very good sign. They are expecting thousands and thousands of people to get here later, naga, to see the royals this Christmas Morning stop thanks very much, charlotte. You can see how excited some people are. Merry christmas to all of you. A new photo taken by the duchess of cambridge of her husband and children has been released with a christmas message today. The duke of cambridge is pictured kissing their youngest child, prince louis, with Princess Charlotte and Prince George. The picture was taken in norfolk earlier this year. 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. Nick quraishi reports. The Christmas Holiday that turned to tragedy in one of spains top tourist destinations. Police divers visible next to the pool which claimed the lives of the three family members. It is understood that a nine Year Old Girl first got into difficulty in the water, her 16 year old brother and father, who was 52, then jumped in to try to save her. Why none resurfaced from one of the many pools here is now the subject of a major investigation. Hotel firm clc world resorts, which runs the complex, released a statement. It said. It goes on the firm says its helping the authorities fully with their investigations into the deaths, while the Foreign Office has confirmed its offering assistance to a british woman following what happened. Nick quraishi, bbc news. The dean of Westminster Abbey says britain is in need of the hope offered by the christmas story. Speaking before the midnight service, he said he was hoping the nativity could unite people after years of political conflict. Our religion editor, Martin Bashir reports. This is a first Christmas Season for the new dean of Westminster Abbey, dr david hoyle, an ancient cathedral where monarchs have been crowned and poets celebrated, it is at the heart of our nation, a nation that he says is bitterly divided. I see the divisions everybody else sees. I feel them. This i get angry and i get disturbed, and i live in westminster, where i bump into it all the time. We need some hope in all of this. I think weve become angry and i think weve become despairing. Dr hoyle says we need an intervention from outside and that the message of christmas offers the possibility of genuine engagement without hostility. Peace isnt the moment when the arguments. Peace is the moment when we can contain our arguments and thats where were really struggling at the moment, it seems to me. We cant enjoy our variety. We have to be this or that. I think the gospel suggests this and that, theyre both god given. We can do this together. The story of a child refugee born in perilous circumstances is not the image depicted on most christmas cards, and yet, as the dean of this historic abbey makes clear, redemption and reconciliation are possible, though the task ahead is a challenging one. Martin bashir, bbc news, ad Westminster Abbey. The pope has marked the start of Christmas Day with Midnight Mass at the vatican. Thousands of people packed st peters basilica in rome for the service. He told worshippers that god loves everyone even the worst of us. Hundreds of families in australia are spending Christmas Day in emergency shelters, as the country continues to battle some of its worst bushfires in years. Figures released by firefighters in New South Wales reveal nearly 1000 houses have been destroyed. Shaimaa khalil is in sydney for us. Whats the latest . I will say Merry Christmas to you, on the other side of the world, but what you are talking about is people who are not able to get back to their homes because of the devastation caused by these fires. Well, naga, some people are not able to go back to their homes and some people will have no homes to go back to because theyve lost everything in the devastation of those fires. And as you say, many, many families are now spending christmas in shelters as their villages have been devastated by the catastrophic fires are still closed off, because even though the fires themselves have subsided, the situation continues to be really dangerous. We did see a lull in the weather, a drizzle of rain here and there, not enough to help aid the firefighters. The firefighters themselves are spending the holidays along those containment frontlines, they are trying to contain those areas, trying to make sure that they are backfiring, blazing those areas of the fires travel faster. The main concern is looking ahead towards the end of the week, the temperatures are set to rise in the main concern is if this is coupled with strong winds the fear is there are going to be more fires. And with the wind being someone fires. And with the wind being someone predict will they dont know how far and how big. Shaimaa, thank you very much for bringing us up to date. Shaimaa khalil therefore us. Up to date. Shaimaa khalil therefore us. One more story to bring you. Four stranded deer who were rescued from a river in Greater Manchester have been named dancer, prancer, dasher, and blitzen in homage to their sleigh pulling cousins. Daring dasher escaped and swam upstream, but the other three were reluctant to follow. They were all eventually saved by the rspca and fire service in a rescue that took four hours. But they are all fine. Now if you are a regular feel you may remember a gentleman called terrance. This christmas has been very different for him. The whole of december has since he told us his story he has been busy. Today he is volunteering with age uk and i met up volunteering with age uk and i met up with him to find out how his life has changed. Hello, terrence. Lovely to see you. How are you . Are you well . Fine, yeah. Youre looking well. Thank you very much. What are we up to today . Well, im taking you to a tea dance. Im excited about that. Do you want to show me the way . You come with me. You come with me. Youve been busy. Dreaming of a white christmas. Did you say you had two left feet . Yes. Its all right, so have i laughter. But dancings lovely. Its such a lovely way to meet people. And you can see everyone here, look, this is fabulous. Terrence, you have warmed the hearts of the nation over the last few weeks and youve encouraged more people to make sure that no ones lonely this christmas. What do you make of the impact youve had . Well, im really glad it has, but i didnt expect it to go like this, do you understand what i mean . Cause as far as i was concerned, all i was doing was telling it like it was, like i always have done, about spending the last 20 christmases on my own, which i have done since mother passed. If ive done it to help age uk, then im more than pleased. And ive made an awful lot of friends as well. Terrences story is not unusual. We have thousands of older people in oldham that are living terrences life. Every Christmas Day they spend it on their own. And thats whats made it special this year. At least those people, neighbours are going to look in on them, people are going to pop a card through the door, and make a real difference to those people. The old ham college choir, just for you. Silent night, holy night. When we came to your house and sang for you, it made us feel so special. It made you feel so special . It brought me hope. I know. It was adorable, seeing you so happy. Thank you. Mother and child. Yes, im all right. Thank you. Door, i cant tell you , how pleased i am that you have now signed up as a volunteer for age uk. Happy christmas. Have a good one. Weve been sent loads of cars and presents, so we thought wed show you some of them. Over here, would you like to have a look . They have been addressed to dan on your behalf. You can see theyre to terrence. Why would. Why. . Well, youve touched the hearts of people, terrence. I would like to thank everybody. Ijust want to give you an idea. Ill open this card. Lots of lovely people do care about you. I think i get very emotional, me, you know. And when you see so much kindness has been given. You know, we always say theres this and theres that, what we forget is theres an awful lot of extremely kind people and ive found that out, believe you me, ive found that out. I cant thank you all enough. I really cant. From the bottom of my heart. We have one more surprise, and this is from the bbc breakfast team. 0h oh dear. Wait one moment. What do you think . Its a fabulous snowman cake that was on the show. Do you remember, dan and louise had the cake maker on the programme . It looks a bit like me, doesnt it . A very happy man. Terrence will be joining me on the sofa just before 9am along with some of the volunteers from age uk who will be helping people to tackle loneliness today. It is certainly not lonely here because i have my friend matt with me. How are you . Im very well. Merry christmas to you. Im loving your corsage. Merry christmas to you. Im loving your corsage. I thought i would put a bit of effort in, add some christmas bar school on this special day. I was a good they would look like this outside, but sadly not, not this year. But what i can do is offer you something much better compared to what we had of late, some Christmas Day sunshine. 23 coming today and a chilly start. We will have some frost on the ground in some parts of the uk, temperatures overnight in the highlands drop as low as minus seven degrees in the last half an hour. Elsewhere we have had temperatures below freezing in quite a few spots, so asi below freezing in quite a few spots, so as i said there would be a bit of rust to get your Christmas Day under way. One or two showers at the moment, in the far north of scotland in the north of northern ireland. For many of you, its a story of sunshine from dawn to dusk, light winds as well. If you want a Christmas Day, well, youve got the weather for it. Temperatures 5 9d, feeling as it should do this time of year. But as we go into this evening and overnight the temperatures dropped quite quickly, fall could be an issue if you are driving, certainly through central and eastern parts of england, that breeze picks up later so the fog should lift. That breeze is a sign of things coming our way once again. Rain into tomorrow morning, lifting temperatures here into boxing day, 7 10 temperatures here into boxing day, 7 10 degrees as we start but a touch of rust across scotland and northern Eastern England in particular touch of frost. Heading to orfrom particular touch of frost. Heading to or from friends or family or showers, it will be a wet start in wales or South West England. Showers will return later. The rain will spread its way across england during the morning, into eastern parts of england into the afternoon and central and southern scotland. Drier and brightest ending of these, temperatures about seven degrees but turning milder towards the south west. If it is a late journey for you, heavy rain pushing in in the evening back towards northern ireland, wales and South West England yet again. And that is this weather front here which was lewdly move its way north eastward is friday and into the morning. It will bring increasingly mild hour, so things are warming up towards the weekend, nothing festive about the forecast as we finish the weekend. Many places will be dry, there will be rain around and went across the far north west of scotland at times. But into saturday and sunday lots of dry weather and temperatures in double figures. Not being like that for a certain person who has been travelling through the country tonight, i hope father christmas has been very, very kind to you. Ive been very, very kind to you. Ive been checking the weather radar, oh, there here goes. Hes been hitting some snow in the cloud across utah and here is now pushing this way southwards towards mexico, where of course knows no there is no snow at the moment. Here will be continuing this journey across the globe. Matt, it is notjust the younger viewers who care where father christmas is. I have been tracking him all night. Its so much fun. Abp Dani Christmas have you been playing any Christmas Music in the office . We have just been singing. What was that like . I cant remember step into christmas using mac step into christmas there you go. Step into christmas using mac step into christmas there you golj still have no idea. Stepped into christmas. Why am i talking about music . We are going to get a lot of music . We are going to get a lot of music on bbc radio two. This is kind of a build up. Tell us about the show this morning . Weve got some christmas champions on with us got some christmas champions on with us this morning, someone special who is six, serving lunch for 50 people. A six year old . Is six, serving lunch for 50 people. A sixyearold . A sixyearold, she is an absolute zero. And we ha