The show must go on. In yourfront garden. Actors are performing west end shows on doorsteps while theatres are closed. Sensational salah. Mo becomes liverpools all time record goal scorer in the Champions League, on a night when results were less important with liverpool and Manchester City already group winners. Good morning from kew gardens where it is christmas at kew gardens and there are over1 million twinkling lights on the trail and we are standing right in front of the rose garden. Not as cold start to the day as it has been this week but the hmmfi as it has been this week but the forecast is great, gloomy with showers and more persistent rain coming into the west later. I will have all the details in about ten minutes. Its thursday 10th december. Our top story. A new deadline has been set for an agreement over a post brexit deal, this after a meeting between the Prime Minister and the president of the European Commission failed to break the deadlock. Discussions will continue today and downing street says a Firm Decision about the future will be taken by sunday. But it warns that major differences remain between the two sides. This report from our Political Correspondentjessica parker contains some flashing images. They met, a quick photo, masks off, and on again. Then down to business. Three hours of talks over a three course meal but in the end, big gaps remain. There was a good discussion, but there was no clear movement in the right direction. She described the conversation as lively. Downing street, as frank. But, negotiations that had stalled are now back on. David frost for the uk and Michel Barnier for the eu are getting round the table again in brussels. We must remember that a trade deal is for keeps, notjust for christmas. And i think the Prime Minister deserves praise for Standing Firm and not allowing fudge and compromise we may later regretjust to get a deal over the line. Fishing rights, business competition rules and how a deal would be policed are now familiar stumbling blocks. Number 10 said that borisjohnson was determined not to leave any route to what they described as a fair deal untested. Lets be clear, there was never any doubt that the promise to the british people was that there would be a trade deal. Quite frankly, there should be one already. This is not an ambitious deal that the government is seeking. It is now exactly three weeks until the brexit transition period ends. But the uk and eu have named this sunday as the new deadline when a decision must be made on the future of the talks. Jessica parker, bbc news. Our brussels correspondent nick beake joins us now. Iam i am intrigued. Iam intrigued. It i am intrigued. It was intriguing seeing them negotiating how to put masks on and off so it will be interesting to see the move mood, because didnt she describe as lively last night . Yes, its the time of morning when we try to decipher the diplomatic language and she used the phrase lively and interesting, make of that what you will. Downing street said it was a frank discussion which could mean it was a bit more animated than they would like us to believe, but it didnt stop particularly well and was awkward when they were posing for the cameras at the start and taking on and off their masks with ursula von der leyen suggesting to boris he should keep his distance to which he said, you run a tight ship here, but it seems that after that point the sides didnt come closer because despite three hours of conversation they werent able to break the deadlock on the big issues we have been talking about, fishing rights, competition rules, and how you sort out problems in the future if one side says the other has broken the terms of the trade agreement. It all means the chief negotiators will meet again today and try to break the deadlock. How many times have we said that . They have been trying for months and months this year to get an agreement that the latest deadline we have is this sunday coming on both sides say that if they havent reached anything over the next four days or so, come sunday, they will walk away and at the same time, the European Commission that runs everything in brussels on behalf of the 27 countries say they will be publishing contingency plans for no deal so business is notjust in europe but elsewhere will have some clarity and certainty if they are going to plan for the sides to be trading on different terms, which of course that would be the consequence ofa no course that would be the consequence of a no deal on trade. Nick, thank you for taking us through that. Greater Manchester Police has been accused of letting down vulerable victims of crime by failing to record 80,000 offences ina year. The Police Inspectorate said some cases were being closed without a proper investigation and no record was kept of a quarter of violent crimes, including Domestic Abuse and stalking. Greater Manchester Police said it had a Long Term Plan to address the concerns. The initial findings of a review into allegations of poor Maternity Care at hospitals in shropshire will be published this morning. More than 1,800 deaths and cases of neglect are being investigated at the shrewsbury and telford nhs trust. West Mercia Police have also launched their own investigation to establish if there are grounds for criminal proceedings. The United States has recorded more than 3,000 coronavirus deaths in the past 2a hours the highest total so far in a single day anywhere in the world. The number of new cases is continuing to surge and hospitals in parts of america are filling up. In california, admissions have risen by more than 70 percent in the past two weeks. Authorities in the United States have launched a major lawsuit against facebook. Officials have accused the social media giant of stifling competition when it bought whatsapp and instagram which it could now be forced to sell. The social media giant insists the companies were far smaller when it bought them and that the deals were fully approved. An experimental rocket belonging to elon musks Spacex Company has exploded while attempting to land back on the ground. The 16 storey high starship rocket was being tested as part of the companys plans to eventually carry humans and cargo to the moon and mars. Tanya dendrinos reports. It looks like a scene from a hollywood blockbuster. But this fiery spectacle wasnt planned. Its the crash landing of the latest prototype of the spacex starship. Two, one, zero. Codenamed sn8, it was the crafts first attempt at a High Altitude flight test. Early on was smooth sailing for the uncrewed mission. It lifted off from the boca chica facility in texas on a brief flight tojust over 12km, achieving much of what it set out to do. Including a horizontal descent. But after a flip back into the vertical position for touchdown, things went a little awry. It might not have looked like it, but according to spacex ceo elon musk, the flight was a success, congratulating his team, saying, we got all the data we needed. His sights firmly set, tweeting, mars, here we come. Tanya dendrinos, bbc news. Carol is at kew gardens this morning to get us into the festive spirit. Presumably in the dark, but all lit up presumably in the dark, but all lit up this morning because the lights have just come up this morning because the lights havejust come on. Isnt it glorious this morning . Of course, it is christmas at kew gardens and you are looking at the singing roses, there are about 10,000 of them and they change colour as you can see and they are right in front of the palm house. There is a trail here that has over 1 million twinkling lights, the cathedral as well, and it is gorgeous and if you are thinking of coming, it is sold out until christmas and of course, all of the coronavirus rules apply if you are coming down. Its not as cold a start of the day as it has been earlier this week but the forecast for today is a fairly grey and gloomy one. A lot of cloud around and some of us have some rain. So we have the rain and some showers across the north and west of the country and a lot of cloud elsewhere, chile in the east than the west to start with and through the west to start with and through the day we hang on to a lot of the cloud which is thick enough for some rain and drizzle as well. By the end of the day, you will notice the clouds thickening across the west of Northern Ireland and the rain arriving. Temperatures between seven and nine and as we head through the evening and overnight the band of rain comes into Northern Ireland which will sweep across all areas are getting into the east and behind it there will be showers and the wind will strengthen across the far north of scotland in the northern and Western Isles and there will be some clearer skies as well. As we head through tomorrow we start with the rain in the east and most of it will clear except across the north east of scotland where the met 0ffice north east of scotland where the met office has a weather warning for heavy rain and by the time we get to saturday, parts of scotland and the north east in the high ground could have as much as 100 millimetres falling on already flooded ground or saturated ground which could lead to issues with flooding. Behind that, we are looking at some showers, limited brightness and the best of it will be in parts of the south west and temperatures getting a little milder and as we head through the weekend saturday looks like the driest day with rain coming oui like the driest day with rain coming our way during the course of sunday, moving west to east and the wind picking up so unsettled probably sums it up nicely. Could you step to the side so we can enjoy the images . That is so much better. Look at that. Doesnt it look fantastic. Look at you there all morning. Carol . Can you take note as to who is being cheeky and got you out of the shop this morning. I know, its not even quarter past six. Terrible behaviour. Already it is starting. Enjoy it while it is still dark, you have another hour or so. Thank you, carol, see you later. Lets take a look at todays papers. Brexit makes the front pages, after the Prime Minister went to brussels for trade deal talks with the European Commission president. The Daily Telegraph says the talks went badly, but the two sides now have until sunday to reach a deal. The daily mail calls the night of talks dramatic but says the dinner failed to break the deadlock. It says the uk could be heading out of the eu without a trade deal by the end of the weekend. The guardian has a more optimistic headline it says mrjohnson made clear at the talks that a trade deal between the uk and eu was still possible. And finally, the mirror says the supermarket tesco is stockpiling food for the new year, amid fears a deal will not be reached. Za ra zara and mike tindall, they broke the news yesterday that they are expecting their third child, so congratulations to them. This is either going to make people say it is lovely or make them feel a little bit queasy. Lets see. Brother and sister incubated a box of quail eggs, so they bought these quail eggs, so they bought these quail eggs from the supermarket and had a 24 eggs from the supermarket and had a 2a egg box and they decided to keep it in 2a egg box and they decided to keep itina 2a egg box and they decided to keep it in a warm place and they went to the incubator on october the 27th and emily, the young girl, she said she had seen someone hatching eggs in an incubatorand she had seen someone hatching eggs in an incubator and thought it would bea in an incubator and thought it would be a front project, so by november the 13th, friday the 13th, she heard some cheapening and there was a chick that got out of its egg and it ended up being, in the first two chicks were named after the supermarket, mark and spencer, then it was death chopper, death chopper two, elvis, honey, rocky, chucky, and lucky. So the eggs had been brought routinely as part of the shop . Yes, 12 hatched. I dont how that makes you feel. And it might make you feel queasy and it might make you feel queasy and it might make you feel queasy and it might make you think it is lovely. I hope they are all 0k is what i am hoping. Here is a story about Dusty Springfield and we dont have any to play for you, because everybody likes Dusty Springfield, but there isa likes Dusty Springfield, but there is a new bio pic coming out starring gemma artisan, but the little nugget they pulled out of the biopic about her is that Dusty Springfields star had faded to such a degree in the 19705 that she was in the habit of entering Dusty Springfield impersonation contest and often lost. Such was the fact that she had so much fallen away from public consciousness that she would enter a contest to sing her own song and someone else would win, being better at being her than her. Wasnt there at being her than her. Wasnt there a video of adele doing something to surprise a fan . She turned up to a lookalike contest, and she turned up and all dressed up and surprised one of herfans and all dressed up and surprised one of her fans doing the same thing. And all dressed up and surprised one of herfans doing the same thing. I think she was fine, financially. We can doa think she was fine, financially. We can do a compare and contrast. Here is Dusty Springfield holding her guitar, with fantastic air, epic. Something to aspire to. Are pulled away. And then we go to this instrument. Is that a loot . No, it isa man instrument. Is that a loot . No, it is a man playing the three oboe theorbp. Which is a 16th century loot. It has an extended base range, and she was playing it at a concert, so thats quite a challenging thing. Quite challenging to take on the tube train if are travelling. I a lwa ys tube train if are travelling. I always used to feel sorry when i went to music things, always very sorry for the cellists. It is a 6 16am. A father and son who survived a motorway crash on new years eve almost two years ago have launched an appeal to find the people who saved their lives. Gary, whos from bradford, blacked out and lost control of his van while driving on the m6 near stoke on trent. Hayden, who was 11 at the time managed to call 999. 0livia richwald has been speaking to gary and his son hayden. My dads head went to the wheel and we went up the bank and flipped over, down and ended up facing the ongoing motorway. I passed out. So i dont really remember anything of it. What do you both remember about the people who helped you that night . I remember someone going in, breaking into the back of the van, and they got a saw, and they came and sawed the window so me and buster could get out. But whilst they were doing that, i did have to shield my dad and busters eyes while i looked away. Why do you want to meet them . I need to thank them. Ijust want to thank everybody who was there on the day at that time, because, like i say, it could have been a different story. Hayden didnt know where we were, he was facing back down the motorway in the van. They knew where we was, they help to get the Ambulance Service to where we was. Just love to meet them and say, thank you very much. Its not very often something happens like that. Neither gary nor hayden suffered serious injuries in the accident. Gary had his benign brain tumour removed but faces more surgery in the future. Two years after the accident, father and son have decided to raise money for Brain Tumour Research. Weve already raised over £500 which is amazing, really. As he said, he drives all over the country, its amazing how it didnt happen when he was on his own. If he was on his own, then that could have been awful. So to say it happened with me in the van, with buster, it sort of made it better. Because there was someone there to help. Well said, hayden, and gary. Well be speaking to hayden and gary with their dog buster just after 8. 30. They are trying to raise money, which is fantastic. What a young man. Good to be able to tell the story. He is one of the most divisive figures on the high street. But in recent years mike ashleys retail empire has grown to include Department Stores and high end clothing shops. Today we learn a bit more about how his business is coping and if he could be about to step in to save debenhams. Ninas looking into this one for us this morning. What could happen today, nina . It isa it is a possibility. We will also speak to it is a possibility. We will also speakto mike it is a possibility. We will also speak to mike ashleys right hand man to him. Good morning. We are looking out for how the Frasers Group is faring over this challenging period. But were more interested in what they have to say about a brand they dont even own yet. Debenhams. Just a reminder of who they are a presence in more than 20 countries, employing tens of thousands of people. This is the face behind the company logo mike ashley. Hes one of the biggest and most controversial players on the high street. Hes was criticised for trying to keep nonessential shops open at the start of lockdown. Hes also been accused of poor treatment of some of his workers. He started with a single store in maidenhead in 1982 called mike ashley sports. It soon became a name youll probably know well Sports Direct. Since then hes built a vast and diverse empire with brands including jack wills, flannels, game and what remains of the house of fraser. Will debenhams be next . This time last week we were reporting that the centuries old brand was going for good, more than 120 stores were preparing to close, and 12,000 jobs were at risk. Then earlier this week the shock announcement that mike ashley wanted to save it. But is the deal for real .