good morning. welcome to breakfast with sarah campbell and ben thompson. our headlines today: police declare a major incident in cumbria after heavy snowfall and drivers abandon their stuck vehicles. weather conditions at least have improved for today but more across parts of the midlands, northern england waking up to a covering of snow and ice. we turn our attention to rain across southern areas. i will have the details. as southern gaza faces some of the heaviest bombardment of the war so far, hamas says it won't release any more hostages until there is a permanent ceasefire. scotland have the honour of getting next year's euros under way. they're drawn in a group with hosts germany and will play the opening game against them onjune 14.

a hero's welcome for kevin sinfield as he finishes day two of seven ultra—marathons in seven days to raise awareness for mnd. we know that the rugby community care about people that need them in this event, this community really needs you. what we have seen today is some unbelievable support. it's sunday december 3. good morning. our main story today: a major incident has been declared by police in cumbria after heavy snowfall caused huge disruption and challenging conditions on the roads. people are being urged to stay away from the county and only travel unless it is necessary. meanwhile, a yellow weather warning has been issued across the midlands, northern england and wales. with the latest, here's louisa pilbeam. north—west of england has seen up to

15 centimetres of snow in the 2a hours. kendall, cars came to a standstill. on the motorway, drivers were stuck for hours. in grasmere, more people were stranded in their vehicles. and in ambleside, these scenes when drivers were told to leave their cars and make their way to an emergency refuge. paul smith was one of those stuck there for hours. , ., . u, ., ., .,, hours. this notice came down, and as ou can hours. this notice came down, and as you can see — hours. this notice came down, and as you can see down _ hours. this notice came down, and as you can see down the _ hours. this notice came down, and as you can see down the road, _ hours. this notice came down, and as you can see down the road, it - hours. this notice came down, and as you can see down the road, it is - you can see down the road, it is still blocked, we are still about 1.5 miles from ambleside and it has just been like literally moving ten yards, stopping again. this just been like literally moving ten yards, stopping again.— just been like literally moving ten yards, stopping again. this was the 85 95 in cumbria _ yards, stopping again. this was the 85 95 in cumbria on _ yards, stopping again. this was the 85 95 in cumbria on the _ yards, stopping again. this was the 85 95 in cumbria on the way - yards, stopping again. this was the 85 95 in cumbria on the way to - yards, stopping again. this was the 85 95 in cumbria on the way to a i 85 95 in cumbria on the way to a family wedding. he says he was stuck for19 family wedding. he says he was stuck for 19 hours without food or water orany for 19 hours without food or water or any helpful emergency services. siren wails. cumbria police in the

area's fire and rescue service urged people not to take to the roads. a spokesperson for cumbria constabulary said... communities have been opening local centres for people to stay. maw; centres for people to stay. many have that spirit _ centres for people to stay. many have that spirit where _ centres for people to stay. many have that spirit where they - centres for people to stay. litany have that spirit where they were cracked open hotels and bed and breakfasts and help people out there who are tourists or even just visiting just for the day or even on holiday. visiting just for the day or even on holida . , ., . ., _, holiday. the snow, ice and cold disrupting _ holiday. the snow, ice and cold disrupting transport, _ holiday. the snow, ice and cold disrupting transport, there - holiday. the snow, ice and cold disrupting transport, there is i holiday. the snow, ice and cold i disrupting transport, there is also an amber cold health alert issued by the uk health security agencies remains in place forfive regions in england, including the north—west. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. snow is also causing disruption across europe.

avalanche warnings have been issued in western austria. meanwhile, in munich, a0 centimetres of snow fell in 2a hours, and in prague, a state of emergency was declared as more than 15,000 homes were left without power across the czech republic. we will speak to the lake district certain amount and rescue a little later in the programme to get the latest in events in cumbria so stay with us for that. we have the rest of the news including the conflict in the middle east. thank you. israel's bombardment of gaza continues to intensify after the collapse of a week—long truce. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says military pressure is the only way to bring hostages home. but hamas — designated as a terror organisation by the uk government — says no more captives will be released until there is a permanent ceasefire. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega has the latest.

southern gaza. palestinians have been seeking safety here. now, a target for israel's attacks. hamas leaders are thought to be hiding here and people have been told to evacuate further south. the bombing of the city was the heaviest in the war so far. residents say. translation: the israelis told us it was a safe zone which led us to flee here. ., ., ., , .,, here. now, even khan younis has become a — here. now, even khan younis has become a war— here. now, even khan younis has become a war zone. _ here. now, even khan younis has become a war zone. where - here. now, even khan younis has become a war zone. where are i here. now, even khan younis has| become a war zone. where are we supposed to go? our children are stranded on the street. this supposed to go? our children are stranded on the street.— supposed to go? our children are stranded on the street. this was the scene when — stranded on the street. this was the scene when ade _ stranded on the street. this was the scene when ade arrived _ stranded on the street. this was the scene when ade arrived in _ stranded on the street. this was the scene when ade arrived in high - scene when ade arrived in high newness. 100 lorries with humanitarians applies entered gaza from egypt yesterday. aid agencies say it is still not enough. israel,

the agonising wait continues for the families of the hostages who remain in gaza. around 140 people are still captive. hamas says no—one will be freed until there is a permanent ceasefire. in tel aviv last night, thousands gathered to call for the release of the hostages. 150—year—old was with her mother just two days ago. her husband was killed by hamas. their son remains in captivity. translation: i in captivity. translation: ., ., , ,, ., in captivity. translation: ., a, a translation: i am happy and excited to stand here- — translation: i am happy and excited to stand here. i _ translation: i am happy and excited to stand here. i came _ translation: i am happy and excited to stand here. i came to _ translation: i am happy and excited to stand here. i came to say _ translation: i am happy and excited to stand here. i came to say thank - to stand here. i came to say thank you because without you i wouldn't be here. and now we have to go back and get my sasha. the be here. and now we have to go back and get my sasha-— and get my sasha. the rally was interrunted _ and get my sasha. the rally was interrunted by — and get my sasha. the rally was interrupted by blaring _ and get my sasha. the rally was interrupted by blaring sirens - interrupted by blaring sirens warring of the risk of incoming rockets. minister netanyahu spoke for the first time since the end of the ceasefire. he insisted military pressure was the only way to free the capitals.

translation: ~ . ., translation: we will continue the war until we — translation: we will continue the war until we achieve _ translation: we will continue the war until we achieve all— translation: we will continue the war until we achieve all of— translation: we will continue the war until we achieve all of its - war until we achieve all of its goals and it is impossible to achieve their goals without the ground operation.— achieve their goals without the ground operation. achieve their goals without the round oeration. ., , . h . ground operation. from israel's main airline, the — ground operation. from israel's main airline, the nine _ ground operation. from israel's main airline, the nine ally, _ ground operation. from israel's main airline, the nine ally, the _ ground operation. from israel's main airline, the nine ally, the united - airline, the nine ally, the united states, the clear message of repeating the south what it did in the north. i repeating the south what it did in the north. ., repeating the south what it did in the north. . , ., , the north. i have repeatedly made clear israel's _ the north. i have repeatedly made clear israel's leaders _ the north. i have repeatedly made clear israel's leaders that - clear israel's leaders that protecting palestinian civilians in gazais protecting palestinian civilians in gaza is both a moral responsibility and a strategic imperative. talks between israel _ and a strategic imperative. talks between israel and _ and a strategic imperative. talks between israel and hamas - and a strategic imperative. talks between israel and hamas have collapsed. the families of the hostages hope for them to come home. in gaza, people hope the guns will once again falls silent. hugo is injerusalem for us this morning. good morning to you. we saw in your piece there increased pressure from the us administration towards israel and how they conduct this war. the

emphasis being on protecting as many civilians as possible. yes. emphasis being on protecting as many civilians as possible.— civilians as possible. yes, good morning- _ civilians as possible. yes, good morning- very _ civilians as possible. yes, good morning. very strong _ civilians as possible. yes, good morning. very strong words - civilians as possible. yes, good i morning. very strong words there from the us defence secretary who also said that driving the population, civilian population of gaza into the enemy �*s' arms good replace a tactical victory with a strategic defeat, so bob pressure from the biden administration or the israeli authorities to do more to protect civilians in gaza. we also heard from the us vice president kamala harris who said that while israel had a right to defend itself, too many penicillins had already been killed. i think perhaps reacting to those comments and israeli officials said that the israeli officials said that the israeli military was taking extra measures to protect the population of gaza. now, overnight, israeli bombardment of parts of southern gaza continued. rafah wasn't of the

sites hit. this is a city on the border with egypt and residents of lima because they believe these air strikes are an indication that a ground offensive is imminent, and obviously the humanitarian crisis continues. hospitals are crowded, they are operating with very limited resources and people across the territory are facing severe shortages of basic supplies. so the situation remains extremely difficult for the population of gaza. ., ., the ministry of defense is to carry out unarmed surveillance flights in air space over gaza and israel to search for potential hostage locations used by hamas. five british nationals are still missing following the deadly hamas raids on southern israel on october 7. in a statement, the mod said the surveillance aircraft would not have a combat role. a german tourist has died and two other people have been injured in an attack in the middle of paris.

france's interior minister said the attacker targeted tourists close to the eiffel tower, stabbing one man and attacking another two victims with a hammer. he was later tasered and arrested. an 84—year—old man has died after an explosion destroyed his neighbour's house in edinburgh. two people were also taken to hospital following the blast on friday. an investigation is now under way to determine the cause, but the police have confirmed there are no suspicious circumstances. sir keir starmer has credited margaret thatcher and said she was a prime minister who effected meaningful change. in an article for the telegraph, the labour leader said baroness thatcher set loose britain's natural entrepreneurialism. he also cites labour prime ministers tony blair and clement attlee as others who managed to do the same. health ministers from dozens of countries are expected to use a meeting

at cop28 in dubai today to discuss how to tackle the health challenges posed by climate change. it's the first time that a day of the conference has been dedicated to the issue. experts say global warming could cause thousands of extra deaths every year. shoppers and people eating out are being urged to treat staff better over the festive period after a survey by the union usdaw suggested that two—thirds of retail workers had suffered verbal abuse in the past year. our business correspondent marc ashdown reports. it is the season to be jolly, but workers and hospitality staff are often being felt left a lack of goodwill. the busy festive season can be a challenging time in the number of incidents of verbal and physical abuse is on the rise. teeth? physical abuse is on the rise. why are ou physical abuse is on the rise. why are you touching _ physical abuse is on the rise. tfn'yy are you touching me? physical abuse is on the rise. why are you touching me? get - physical abuse is on the rise. why are you touching me? get out - physical abuse is on the rise. why l are you touching me? get out now! here, a are you touching me? get out now! here. a body _ are you touching me? get out now! here. a body one — are you touching me? get out now! here, a body one camera _ are you touching me? get out now! here, a body one camera capturesl are you touching me? get out now! | here, a body one camera captures a suspected lifter unleashing a torrent of abuse. the retail union

says everyday shoppers are sometimes losing their tempers as well. it's survey of more than 3000 members revealed that 65% of shop workers had been verbally abused in the past 12 months. while 42% have been threatened by a customer. the british retail consortium and uk hospitality are now leading a campaign to encourage us all to show a little kindness. we campaign to encourage us all to show a little kindness.— a little kindness. we want a zero tolerance approach. _ a little kindness. we want a zero tolerance approach. it _ a little kindness. we want a zero tolerance approach. it is - a little kindness. we want a zero tolerance approach. it is back . a little kindness. we want a zero tolerance approach. it is back to| tolerance approach. it is back to customers taking response ability for their own actions, treat people how you would like to be treated, a smile, a thank you, a please costs nothing. these people are working hard to deliver you a great christmas so just accept that and be grateful for the environment that you have got. we grateful for the environment that you have got-— grateful for the environment that you have got. we wish you a merry christmas! — you have got. we wish you a merry christmas! some _ you have got. we wish you a merry christmas! some big-name - christmas! some big-name retailers are on board — christmas! some big-name retailers are on board as _ christmas! some big-name retailers are on board as well— christmas! some big-name retailers are on board as well to _ christmas! some big-name retailers are on board as well to encourage i are on board as well to encourage shoppers and revellers to be kind and considerate over the festive period. marc ashdown, bbc news. a really busy time of year. we will

talk more about that later in the programme. the casualty and eastenders star nigel harman has pulled out of strictly come dancing after suffering an injury whilst in training. the actor and his professional partner, katya jones, had been set to dance the charleston on saturday's programme. no couples will be eliminated this week as a result of the pair's exit and mr harman told host claudia he was sad to leave the show. this hasn't really sunk in. when i watched everyone come down the stairs, i was a bit like, watched everyone come down the stairs, iwas a bit like, this watched everyone come down the stairs, i was a bit like, this is real, i am stairs, i was a bit like, this is real, iam not stairs, i was a bit like, this is real, i am not part of this anymore and that was quite sad and i have been avoiding her all day because it makes it really real as well. shame to go out so late. that leaves, watch, three left? three left. getting to the tough stages because they are all too good right now. who will go? we will find out. i have a week's reprieve. loads of

snow out that. nice picture! lovely picture. not great for drivers. goad picture. not great for drivers. good morninu. picture. not great for drivers. good morning- it — picture. not great for drivers. good morning. it looks _ picture. not great for drivers. good morning. it looks amazing. - picture. not great for drivers. (emf. morning. it looks amazing. this was shot from cumbria yesterday but that has had massive impact as you have already heard. we have seen a foot of snow in spot. the reason for it was just a little line of showers developing to the east, causing these lines of showers across the same areas. that links into a more wider area of snow which is affecting part of the midlands, northern england into the morning. a mixture of slate and icy conditions further south and east. this is where the band is sitting at the moment, this it here is rain and sleet, temperatures close to freezing so it could be very icy out there. heavy snow towards the northeast of england. a short while ago, this was the scene. many waking

up ago, this was the scene. many waking up to some pretty dicing conditions this morning. as far as severe weather is concerned, we are kind of done with that for today. we will start to see instead of snow, rain spreading across parts of wales, southern england, heavy showers on the south coast as well. mist and low cloud lingering, solve across parts of northern ireland and southwest scotland and it will be a cold day. —12 to start within the highlands, temperatures struggling to getting above freezing to start. while air will bring in more rain as we go through tonight. with cold air in place, north wales and parts of north—west england, it is this zone here. we will have two watch tomorrow morning for the risk of yet more snow to hamper the morning rush hour. pretty icy as well on the northern edge of that, heavy bursts of rain, few wintry showers in scotland and northern ireland but with some sunshine. the snow could

come down to lower levels, parts of wales as we go through monday and while averages are ok, upon what we have seen in recent days, it will feel colder there, a stronger wind across the country so there will be an added windchill. the system starts to get away as we go through monday night into tuesday, but we drag on north—easterly winds once again and with a breed of high—pressure building in, we could see again some frost and icy start on tuesday morning, particularly the north and west. outbreaks of rain and sleet in the south and east and that will clear through. both will finish they with lots of sunshine around on tuesday. but as we go through the day, temperatures will drop for some. you can see the blue in mountainous and rural areas, some places struggling to get above freezing. a sharp frost to come through tuesday night into wednesday. things will turn a bit

milder later in the week. thank you. it does look chilly out there. thank you. it does look chilly out there- matt. _ thank you. it does look chilly out there. matt, we _ thank you. it does look chilly out there. matt, we will— thank you. it does look chilly out there. matt, we will speak - thank you. it does look chilly out there. matt, we will speak to - thank you. it does look chilly out| there. matt, we will speak to you later, thank you. it's day three for kevin sinfield as he almost nears the halfway point of his incredible seven—in—seven—in—seven challenge. sojust a reminder — kev is taking on seven ultramarathons, through seven cities, over seven days — all to raise money to support those with motor neurone disease, like his friend and former rugby teammate rob burrow. yesterday he took on the streets of cardiff, as john maguire reports. it is the fourth of kevin sinfield's challenges inspired by his friend rob burrow. but this is the first away fixture. if he runs it, they

will come. once again, the support has blown the team away. we will come. once again, the support has blown the team away.- has blown the team away. we are deliahted has blown the team away. we are delighted to _ has blown the team away. we are delighted to be _ has blown the team away. we are delighted to be here. _ has blown the team away. we are delighted to be here. it _ has blown the team away. we are delighted to be here. it is - has blown the team away. we are delighted to be here. it is an - delighted to be here. it is an honour to be running carter. it is an honour to be representing our wonderful people across the uk and ireland in this wonderful community, the mnd community. it is ireland in this wonderful community, the mnd community.— the mnd community. it is a 2-way street is there _ the mnd community. it is a 2-way street is there when _ the mnd community. it is a 2-way street is there when it's _ the mnd community. it is a 2-way street is there when it's being - street is there when it's being raised by the team benefits those living with motor neurone disease. mnd, life on top of normal, hectic family life, you can't even explain it, really. but we get through it together, day by day. we adapt. he was a coach for the under nine's team, so he still gets his foot in the door over there and gets involved with the kids. it’s the door over there and gets involved with the kids. it's great, areat. involved with the kids. it's great, great- limbs _ involved with the kids. it's great, great. limbs soar— involved with the kids. it's great, great. limbs soar from _ involved with the kids. it's great, great. limbs soar from almost i involved with the kids. it's great, l great. limbs soar from almost four hours of running the day before were coaxed into action, ready to go again. coaxed into action, ready to go

aaain. ., ., , , again. cold. tired from yesterday. but the reception _ again. cold. tired from yesterday. but the reception we _ again. cold. tired from yesterday. but the reception we are - again. cold. tired from yesterday. but the reception we are getting l but the reception we are getting from cardiff is incredible. just amazing. from cardiff is incredible. just amazinu. , , from cardiff is incredible. just amazinu. ,, ,, from cardiff is incredible. just amazinu. ., from cardiff is incredible. just i amazing.— yes. it amazing. keeps you going? yes. it was measured _ amazing. keeps you going? yes. it was measured on _ amazing. keeps you going? yes. it was measured on the _ amazing. keeps you going? yes. it was measured on the first - amazing. keeps you going? yes. it was measured on the first night. i amazing. keeps you going? yes. it. was measured on the first night. the outpouring of emotion and goodwill and love, its outpouring of emotion and goodwill and love, it'sjust — it is something to behold, it is incredible.— something to behold, it is incredible. ., , , ., ~ incredible. cardiff's leg will take them from _ incredible. cardiff's leg will take them from the _ incredible. cardiff's leg will take them from the principality i incredible. cardiff's leg will take j them from the principality rugby stadium and around the city. a new idea, this week, and an instant hit is the extra mile, where people from the mnd community are invited to run or ride along, shoulder to shoulder with the team. how is that to you? amazing. i had the invitationjust over a week ago. unbelievable.

running alongside kevin at one point, as well. he running alongside kevin atone point, as well.— running alongside kevin at one oint, as well. , a ., point, as well. he is quick, though, is it because _ point, as well. he is quick, though, is it because they _ point, as well. he is quick, though, is it because they yes, _ point, as well. he is quick, though, is it because they yes, he _ point, as well. he is quick, though, is it because they yes, he is - point, as well. he is quick, though, is it because they yes, he is good. l is it because they yes, he is good. fantastic — is it because they yes, he is good. fantastic i _ is it because they yes, he is good. fantastic. i have _ is it because they yes, he is good. fantastic. i have a _ is it because they yes, he is good. fantastic. i have a friend - is it because they yes, he is good. fantastic. i have a friend who i is it because they yes, he is good. | fantastic. i have a friend who lives with mnd down in the coastal area in south wales. that one is for you, jim. thanks, guys. hello. kate lost her brother— jim. thanks, guys. hello. kate lost her brother sam _ jim. thanks, guys. hello. kate lost her brother sam to _ jim. thanks, guys. hello. kate lost her brother sam to mnd. - jim. thanks, guys. hello. kate lost her brother sam to mnd. this i jim. thanks, guys. hello. kate lost- her brother sam to mnd. this weekend marks 11 years since his death. so this was the perfect opportunity to remember him. we this was the perfect opportunity to remember him.— remember him. we are all here to su ort remember him. we are all here to support each _ remember him. we are all here to support each other. _ remember him. we are all here to support each other. the _ remember him. we are all here to support each other. the people i l remember him. we are all here to i support each other. the people i met in cardiff about eight years ago inspired me to run. she ran a half marathon. she lost her dad so i went to have a bit of a chat. mr; marathon. she lost her dad so i went to have a bit of a chat.— to have a bit of a chat. my family is here. to have a bit of a chat. my family is here- and _ to have a bit of a chat. my family is here. and we _ to have a bit of a chat. my family is here. and we have _ to have a bit of a chat. my family is here. and we have done, i to have a bit of a chat. my family is here. and we have done, you. to have a bit of a chat. my family i is here. and we have done, you know, we have _ is here. and we have done, you know, we have done — is here. and we have done, you know, we have done quite a view fundraising events ourselves, over

the last_ fundraising events ourselves, over the last couple of years. and we've been _ the last couple of years. and we've been - _ the last couple of years. and we've been - we — the last couple of years. and we've been — we were invited to come along and do _ been — we were invited to come along and do this, _ been — we were invited to come along and do this, so we thought it was a good _ and do this, so we thought it was a good way— and do this, so we thought it was a good way of— and do this, so we thought it was a good way of raising some money in cardiff _ good way of raising some money in cardiff to — good way of raising some money in cardiff. ., , ., , , , ., cardiff. to see what these guys do, and their positive _ cardiff. to see what these guys do, and their positive attitude, - cardiff. to see what these guys do, and their positive attitude, it i cardiff. to see what these guys do, and their positive attitude, it is i and their positive attitude, it is simply— and their positive attitude, it is simply inspirational. _ and their positive attitude, it is simply inspirational.— simply inspirational. rarely, if ever, as simply inspirational. rarely, if ever. as an — simply inspirational. rarely, if ever, as an englishman i simply inspirational. rarely, if ever, as an englishman beenl simply inspirational. rarely, if- ever, as an englishman been cheered down westgate street. but in the heart of this rugby mad nation, they know an incredible achievement when they see one. welcome back to carter. . ~ they see one. welcome back to carter. ., ,, , ., they see one. welcome back to carter-_ how - they see one. welcome back to carter._ how was i they see one. welcome back to l carter._ how was your they see one. welcome back to i carter._ how was your day? carter. thank you. how was your day? beautiful. the _ carter. thank you. how was your day? beautiful. the support _ carter. thank you. how was your day? beautiful. the support has _ carter. thank you. how was your day? beautiful. the support has been i carter. thank you. how was your day? beautiful. the support has been - i carter. thank you. how was your day? beautiful. the support has been - we| beautiful. the support has been — we were blown away because you are never sure. we have seen some wonderful parts of cardiff and we are all great for the weather was nice. don't put that on the

television. yes, some really nice people and it has been great. (cheering) and the support was taken to another level as through the smoke kevin and the team went out onto the pitch to be congratulated by another rugby grade, sir gareth edwards. . . , . by another rugby grade, sir gareth edwards._ thank - by another rugby grade, sir gareth edwards._ thank you i by another rugby grade, sir gareth | edwards._ thank you very edwards. fantastic. thank you very much for all _ edwards. fantastic. thank you very much for all your _ edwards. fantastic. thank you very much for all your support. - edwards. fantastic. thank you very much for all your support. it i edwards. fantastic. thank you very much for all your support. it is i edwards. fantastic. thank you very much for all your support. it is a i much for all your support. it is a wonderful— much for all your support. it is a wonderful city you guys have got. we know that _ wonderful city you guys have got. we know that the rugby community care about— know that the rugby community care about people that need them in this mnd community, really need you. what we have _ mnd community, really need you. what we have seen today is unbelievable support _ we have seen today is unbelievable support and it has been an absolute honour— support and it has been an absolute honour to _ support and it has been an absolute honour to be in cardiff.— honour to be in cardiff. brilliant, thank ou honour to be in cardiff. brilliant, thank you so _ honour to be in cardiff. brilliant, thank you so much. _ honour to be in cardiff. brilliant, thank you so much. thank i honour to be in cardiff. brilliant, thank you so much. thank you i thank you so much. thank you everyone. thank you gavin. cheers. it was everyone. thank you gavin. cheers. it was time — everyone. thank you gavin. cheers. it was time between _

everyone. thank you gavin. cheers. it was time between wealth -- i everyone. thank you gavin. cheers. it was time between wealth -- was| it was time between wealth —— was rivals cardiff and the scullers, but 8000 people were united. more miles run, more money raised, more people who now understand what motor neurone disease means, therefore more health for those living with this disease. john maguire, bbc news, cardiff. it is so impressive and we will be live with kevin in birmingham just after 8am, so make sure you tune into that. it just after 8am, so make sure you tune into that.— just after 8am, so make sure you tune into that. it is 6:23am and we will stay with _ tune into that. it is 6:23am and we will stay with the _ tune into that. it is 6:23am and we will stay with the sport. _ tune into that. it is 6:23am and we will stay with the sport. the i tune into that. it is 6:23am and we will stay with the sport. the euros| will stay with the sport. the euros draw. ~ ., ., will stay with the sport. the euros draw. . ., ., 4' ., �* ., ., draw. what we need to know? a lot of --eole draw. what we need to know? a lot of people thinking _ draw. what we need to know? a lot of people thinking about _ draw. what we need to know? a lot of people thinking about july. _ draw. what we need to know? a lot of people thinking about july. not - people thinking aboutjuly. not quite _ people thinking aboutjuly. not quite the time for more charts. wales— quite the time for more charts. wales will— quite the time for more charts. wales will tell you that not all the places— wales will tell you that not all the places have been determined, so there _ places have been determined, so there is— places have been determined, so there is plenty to be decided about there is plenty to be decided about the euros — there is plenty to be decided about the euros. but we do know who will be playing — the euros. but we do know who will be playing who at what point. so travel _ be playing who at what point. so travel plans may be something that

is friend _ travel plans may be something that is friend of— travel plans may be something that is friend of mine for england and scotland — is friend of mine for england and scotland fans. —— front of mind. scotland will have the honour of kicking off next year's euros after being drawn against the host nation germany. england's biggest test will come in the shape of denmark, while wales do still have hopes of making it, and if they do, they'll have it tough. joe lynskey reports. ona on a december day in hamburg, football mapped out its summer, and for scotland and steve clark, they now know they will start the show. germany. now know they will start the show. german . , ., . ., germany. the first match of the euros will _ germany. the first match of the euros will see _ germany. the first match of the euros will see them _ germany. the first match of the euros will see them face - germany. the first match of the euros will see them face their i euros will see them face their hosts. scotland have been drawn in group a with germany, along with hungary and switzerland. it is a tough draw, but for scotland, a great platform. tough draw, but for scotland, a great platform-— tough draw, but for scotland, a great platform. most to open the tournament _ great platform. most to open the tournament and _ great platform. most to open the tournament and be _ great platform. most to open the tournament and be involved i great platform. most to open the tournament and be involved in i great platform. most to open the l tournament and be involved in the first game and hopefully we can set the tone of off with a good match. it was all was good to be exciting for us. . it was all was good to be exciting for us.- england - it was all was good to be exciting for us.- england public l for us. england. england public first match _ for us. england. england public first match will _ for us. england. england public first match will be _ for us. england. england public first match will be against i for us. england. england publici first match will be against serbia. group c is completed by denmark and slovenia. they are the team who at

the last euros pushed england all the last euros pushed england all the way. but they have avoided teams like italy and croatia. this favourable drawer wraps up i expectations.— favourable drawer wraps up i expectations. favourable drawer wraps up i exectations. ,, ., ., ., expectations. stood here after quite a few draws — expectations. stood here after quite a few draws and _ expectations. stood here after quite a few draws and you _ expectations. stood here after quite a few draws and you feel _ expectations. stood here after quite a few draws and you feel the - expectations. stood here after quite a few draws and you feel the same i a few draws and you feel the same way. you can look at it on paper, but the games are played on paper. obviously one or two teams you are glad to avoid. for obviously one or two teams you are glad to avoid-— glad to avoid. for wales to reach the euros _ glad to avoid. for wales to reach the euros they _ glad to avoid. for wales to reach the euros they faced _ glad to avoid. for wales to reach the euros they faced two - glad to avoid. for wales to reach | the euros they faced two play-off the euros they faced two play—off games in march. but should they make it, a tough draw awaits them in group d. the netherlands and france, both wanting to be there at the end. for now, it is the start that was sturdy tarting army. a meeting in munich with the german team who are out of form and that event. the countdown is on twojune the 14th. dolinsky, bbc news. ——joe lynskey, bbc news. with manchester city not playing until today, arsenal took advantage, extending their lead at the top of the premier league to four points.

they beat wolves 2—1 for a third straight win. in a game of missed chances for arsenal, it actually took just six minutes for them to take the lead with england forward bukayo saka claiming his fifth goal of the season and captain martin odegaard scored their second soon afterwards. a late consolation from wolves couldn't stop them getting thejob done. really, really happy with the way the team performs. we were really dominant, a real threat. the team performs. we were really dominant, a realthreat. going forward, super aggressive defensively. we generated a lot, considered almost nothing, and at the end it should have been much bigger, i think of the scoreline. we need to keep winning matches, performing the way we are, and that is the challenge, continue to do that every week. on tuesday we have a big one against luton, away. arsenal's last defeat was to newcastle and just like that day anthony gordon provided the vital goal in a big win. the forward gave newcastle a 1—0 victory over manchester united. it's his fourth goal in as many home games and takes them up to fifth with manchester united a couple of places behind. burnley�*s historically bad start

to the season at home ended in emphatic style, jay rodriguez scoring inside 15 seconds to begin a rout against sheffield united, who replaced burnley at the bottom of the table. it finished 5—0 at turf moor, who saw a league win for the first time since being promoted. the guys deserved it. they performed well for a while now. but this league is brutal. you have to win your games. and they did it in a fantastic fashion today. i haven't felt the nerves. i could barely contain them. they were raring to go. they have been waiting for it, you know, the frustration of last week. i don't think it turned into negativity with us, but something we will show people. certainly a win, but for us it was an important moment. the draw for the third round of the fa cup takes place today and will feature national league south team maidstone who have reached that stage for the first time since they rose from the ashes of the old maidstone united in 1992.

they had to come from behind to beat league two team barrow 2—1, and did so in spectacular style thanks to midfielder bivesh gurung with only his second goal for the club, giving maidstone the big shock of the round so far. that's because seventh—tier club horsham wouldn't provide a fairytale against sutton, also from league two. the club and their supporters, the lardy army, had a reprieve after barnsley beat them with an ineligible player in the last round. but omari patrick completed a 3—0 win for sutton, putting them into the third round for the first time in seven years. well, for someone who said he was playing terribly and couldn't be bothered with snooker any more, ronnie o'sullivan is having a good run at the uk championship in york. he's now through to the final, leading from start to finish against iran's hussein vafaei, winning his semi final comfortably 6—2. o'sullivan said playing well under pressure is important but "i'm just motivated by cash". there is a prize of £250,000 on

offer, but victory would also see him extend his own record to eight uk titles. and he'll play three time winner ding junhui this afternoon. the chinese beat england's world number twojudd trump by six frames to four to reach the final of the first triple crown event of the season for the second year running. huw nightingale and charlotte bankes won great britain's first team snowboard cross world cup medal with gold in les deux alpes in france, adding to the world championship the pair won in march. and kirsty muir took silver in the big air world cup event in beijing. the teenager's season has started impressively, her first outing brought a fourth place finish and yesterday's podium was her first in this event having done it twice before in the slopestyle discipline. muir said the weather was perfect and the jump felt really good. big air, an apt, it is big and in the air. ., ., , ~ ., the air. how do they know when the 're the air. how do they know when they're going — the air. how do they know when they're going to _ the air. how do they know when they're going to land? _ the air. how do they know when they're going to land? they i the air. how do they know when - they're going to land? they practise and they get — they're going to land? they practise and they get good — they're going to land? they practise and they get good at _ they're going to land? they practise

and they get good at it. _ thank you. what is the time it is 'ust after thank you. what is the time it is just after 6:30am. _ mosquitos are usually associated with hot countries, but experts warn that wetter and warmer conditions mean they can survive in more places around the world, and that can have a "profound effect" on global health. cases of tropical diseases are now being seen in europe, but scientists are investigating ways to predict where outbreaks will happen in the future, as victoria gill reports. tiny and troublesome — these mosquitoes are one of the two species known to transmit the dengue virus. scientists say that as our climate becomes warmer and wetter, it's helping these insects to spread into new areas. if you'd told that, when i started many years ago, i would be focusing on the uk for mosquito—borne diseases, that would've really surprised me. however, what we're seeing in other countries has given us a warning that this could be something that could be a significant problem

for us in the future. climate change is not the only driver, but it's helping to fuel a global surge in this tropical disease. there has been a huge increase in the number of cases of dengue globally in the last two decades. it's now spreading in new areas, including europe. in the year 2000, 500,000 cases globally were reported to the world health organization. in 2023, li.5 million cases have been reported. the mosquitoes breed in stagnant water. not everyone the insects bite will develop the virus and for most that do, the fever lasts about seven days and the majority of people fully recover. but in developing countries where it's already widespread, dengue is taking more of a toll. in bangladesh earlier this year, an outbreak killed nearly 1,000 people. it was linked to the hotter, wetter monsoons. that's why scientists, funded by the wellcome trust, are working to stay a step ahead of this disease.

with a combination of on the ground surveillance for mosquitoes and new technology, researchers are developing tools to predict where outbreaks are most likely to happen. we're gathering data from global climate products, from satellite images, from field campaigns to collect data from drones and weather sensors and when we combine all this information, we can develop models that can then allow us to predict the risk in advance and help target those interventions. sunday is the first health day of the cop28 un climate talks. experts hope this official recognition of how our health is linked to climate change will help strengthen the ambition to slash global emissions quickly. climate change has a profound impact on our health and we must ensure that climate action is designed with both health and justice at the heart. mosquitoes have no regard for international borders. here in the uk, traps for the insects are set

at sites where they're most likely to arrive, like ports and airports, so they can be quickly eradicated. it's just a little black bucket with a polystyrene block and some water. so, an invasive aedes will come in and she will lay her eggs just on the polystyrene block above the water... 0k. and then, you pick up the block, see if there's any eggs on it. if there are, then we can look to identify them. what do the eggs look like? you can see how tiny and inconspicuous they are. they look like dust. they do — they're easy to miss. wow. the problem is not going to go away, so more attention, more funding and more focus on these type of issues is welcomed. victoria gill, bbc news. yeah, we will go for a quick scratch! we'll be back with the headlines at 7:00. now, it's time for unspun world.

hello and welcome to unspun world, here at the bbc london headquarters. after a brief pause, will the war in gaza enter a new and even more worrying stage? the vast majority of the population of the gaza strip is in the south. and that will mean a lot of casualties if they continue the way they have, civilians dead. as cop28 rolls out in dubai, disturbing evidence about the health effects of oil and gas production on the people of the region. really high levels of respiratory disease, asthma, also high levels of heart disease, and this is particularly bad in communities that live close to the gas flaring. and is europe as a continent lurching towards the far right? when it comes to concerns

about the cost of living, i think when it comes to migration, you can say that europe is moving to the right. the pattern that has been followed in just about every war israel has fought since 1973 has been repeated now in gaza. israel is attacked, hits back hard — too hard for the liking of israel's friends, and particularly the united states, and then there's immense pressure for a ceasefire. after that, the issue is how long the ceasefire or ceasefires can be prolonged for. in the case of the gaza war, of course, israel has a very real interest in extending the ceasefire because that's how it gets its hostages back. clapping

but this means that israel's determination to destroy hamas root and branch is undermined, even though there is a clear determination among western governments that hamas should not be allowed to control gaza again. the eu's foreign affairs chiefjosep borrell is only the latest international figure to make this point. the bbc�*s international editor jeremy bowen is back in london from gaza for a few days before heading out there again. what is the situation like on the ground? i went into the north of gaza with the israeli army one day and because the civilians had all been ordered out, forced out, pushed out, fled, they are dealing — i didn't see one civilian. and they were really hammering the place. there was not one intact building that i saw.

and if they want to do that in the south, well, there is the issue for the vast majority of the population of the gaza strip, which is approximately 2.4 million, is in that area. that will mean a lot of casualties if they continue the way that they have, civilian dead, and that is, of course, going to increase the pressure on israel, notjust from its enemies, but its allies. the americans, the british, staunch allies of israel have said that too many palestinian civilians are being killed by the israeli military. the fact is, though, that the israeli army is not empowered to listen to these western warnings. well, they say the fight within the laws of war. they say that they respect all the rules regarding protection of civilian lives, and that when civilians get killed, that it is the fault of hamas because they use civilians

as human shields. now, that's not something clearly that is accepted by israel's allies, the us, britain, the french. they have that explicitly that too many have been killed. so, what do they do? do they fight in a different way? do they use lighter weight weapons that as well as hitting the target don't necessarily kill everybody within a certain radius around it? do they not send in heavy tanks? do they send in men in smaller squads instead and, therefore, exposing them to much more risk? it is a really difficult military problem and it is compounded by the fact that there does not seem to be a thought—out political objective on the israeli side for how all this ends. do you think this is also going to change the way that israel is governed, its approaches, its attitudes?

i spoke to a man who was in the '905 oslo peace process period, and he was the speaker at the parliament. i said to him, what has this done to the israeli psyche in terms of the trauma that the country is going through? he said, "look, thejewish state, the existence of israel, "was meant to inoculate us against the holocaust "and all of that, the awful legacy, the terrible memories." he said, but suddenly people are thinking the vaccination is not working. he said, "the mindset of israelis has gone back "to something like between the end of the second world war "and the declaration of israeli independence in 1948." in other words, a great deal of uncertainty. now, i think things have changed in so far as israel is a very powerful, very secure country in many ways.

but there are these existential worries that they have because of the way that their security was breached in such a profound matter. the bbc has been attacked, is still being attacked by hamas supporters. almost as much as it is being attacked by israeli supporters. is that your feeling of how it has gone, that you personally have had that degree of personal attack? in a sense, it goes with the territory. i think that at a time like this, when both sides are really hurting, for a whole variety of reasons, they are not interested in a partialjournalism. they want support. they want their victimhood to be acknowledged. they want us to be cheerleaders for whatever side it is they support. and that is not the business that we are in injournalism and at the bbc. and if it keeps us as accurate as we can possibly be

at all times, well, that is to the good. i don't think it is necessarily a bad thing to be criticised. i think it's part of it. and, also, in modern warfare, the media battlefield is really, really important. perceptions of victory count almost as much, certainly in the minds of politicians, i think, and peoples, as the actual realities on the ground. i have got a friend, a leading journalist with very, very strong links to the military in particular. he said to me he thought that it was at least possible that israel's sharp shift to the right may have come to an end now with all of this. it might now become necessary for israel to work for some other kind of future than just simply dominating the palestinian population. is he being too over—optimistic?

one of the two main opposition leaders is now in the war cabinet. the extremist far—right members who have sustained netanyahu's government are not in the war cabinet. i think that if there is a scenario, which is what the americans want, that a peace process is somehow restarted, that the palestinian authority, which is the other side of palestinian politics, comes in and runs the place somehow. then you can see that scenario perhaps playing out and leaders change, faces change, policy change. but netanyahu has spent most of his career, among many things, thwarting the establishment of a palestinian state, so that is something thatjoe biden feels is the only solution ahead.

and it is something that benjamin netanyahu has spent his whole career, despite one or two speeches to the contrary, actively doing all he can for it not to happen. cop28, the international conference to cut emissions and hopefully limit global warming, has opened in the united arab emirates — one of the world's biggest producers of fossil fuels. a head of the conference, who's also the head of a major oil company, argues that the best way forward is to ensure that big oil is working with the ecologists in reducing global warming harmful effects. though his company is planning much greater expansion over the next few years and saudi arabia is reported to be encouraging poorer countries to buy more oil and gas. last year, bbc arabic

broadcast a remarkable documentary showing the effects of oil production on the health of people in southern iraq. now, it's produced another film called breathless, which shows the worrying effects which the habitual burning off of gases — a process known as flaring — has on the population of the gulf. its producer is owen pinnell. pollution that comes from the process can be extremely toxic to health. in ourfilm, under poisoned skies, which came out last year, we found that cancer, levels of cancer, were extremely high in the towns and villages surrounding the oil fields. in particular, leukaemia amongst children, rates of leukaemia were very high, but there are also other health effects that can be linked to the flares. really high levels of respiratory disease, asthma, also high

levels of heart disease and this is particularly bad in communities that live close to the gas flaring. between iraq and iran, there is 25% of the entire world's gas flaring, so this population is extremely exposed to dangerous pollution that comes from that process. and how far does it spread around the gulf area? what we found is the pollution is spreading hundreds of kilometres from the oil fields. the scientists we work with took the data on the volumes of the flares, so how much gas they are burning, and combined that with information on the exact types of pollutants which were being emitted and then also looked at weather data like wind patterns and found that this pollution is being carried,

sometimes, for example in kuwait city, which is 140 kilometres south of basrah, they found dangerous levels of pm2.5 which is a type of pollution which can be linked to heart disease and lung disease. kuwait has one of the highest levels of heart disease, especially deaths from heart disease in under—70s, in the world. it also has extremely high levels of asthma amongst children. the air quality in kuwait is very bad and what we found is that gas flaring is contributing to that. what are the oil companies that are actually responsible for the flaring, what are they saying about it? the biggest oilfield in iraq, which has the highest level of — level of flaring in the world is rumaila, and that's partly run by bp, partly run by petro china, a chinese oil company, and bp said they are helping the operator to reduce flaring emissions, while petro china said they are supporting bp in doing this and are extremely concerned about the findings of our investigation.

there's no denying that this is happening, that the levels of flaring are extremely high. one of the reasons for that is because we can see the flaring from space, so we've used satellite data to identify these very high levels of flaring. nobody�*s saying "it's not happening", nobody is saying "it's not causing disease and problems"? nobody is denying it is happening, but in the last ten years, there has been very little progress in iraq in reducing levels of flaring. we are also looking at other countries that are flaring, one of them being the uae. in the united arab emirates, they say that they are trying to cut out all gas flaring. they have an aim to eliminate all routine flaring by 2030, and yet what we have found is they are flaring every day.

what do the other oil companies say, adnoc, in the uae? when we took the allegations to adnoc. they say they are focusing on eliminating routine flaring by 2030 and have a lower rate of flaring then the global industry average. the uae government didn't comment on the allegations and neither did the cop28 team. because that is where cop28 will be? that's right. we will show the film at cop28 and what it is showing is that the pollution that has been created from flaring is reaching dubai and essentially those people coming to dubai for cop are being affected from the pollution from the oil fields in the uae. so it will be really good to get some sort of comment on how they plan to phase out that practice. just about the entire world is affected in one way or another by the movement of peoples.

there've been riots in south africa over the years against migration from poorer parts of the african continent. europe, north america, australasia have between them taken in millions of people from developing countries as the pressures of war and global warming get worse. mass immigration has real advantages — it counters the falling birth rates of rich countries, and it provides a workforce to do the kind ofjobs which the established inhabitants don't want to do. it can also lead to much greater social tension. france, germany, austria, the netherlands, sweden, denmark in particular have been permanently changed by immigration and right—wing parties and movements have become increasingly successful there. as a result, are centre—right

parties shifting to accommodate the far right? the latest example is from the netherlands, where the outspokenly anti—islam politician geert wilders has just topped the poll. is wilders actually... i spoke to katie adler, bbc europe editor. probably inadvertently one of his main rivals from the centre—right party said early on in the campaign that she would — she kind of opened the door to making a coalition government with him, and that really was the first in the netherlands, because the more mainstream parties have consistently said they would not go into politics with geert wilders because of his inflammatory views and talks, and the fact that she did that had softened the image of his party. i think what also softened the image is, if you look at all mainstream parties, what were they campaigning on? migration, migration,

migration. and so that also helped bring geert wilders into the more mainstream. what has happened in the netherlands obviously is the response to the overall issue of immigration. but the issue, which affects most — if not every — country in europe, hits them in different ways, doesn't it? i think we can look at a broad pattern at the moment. i think when it comes to concerns about the cost of living, i think when it comes to migration, you can say that europe is moving to the right. you can really affect government policy outside of government and the netherlands is a very good case in point. mark rutte, who was the caretaker prime minister for many years, is someone from the centre, really — he's centre—right. but under pressure from candidates, he is going further right on policies about immigration. look at france. emmanuel macron, when it

comes to migration and security, he feels forced to the right in order to beat off the competition from the far right. so at the end of the day what we can see is it will all affect the eu. it will affect the eu when it tries to make migration deals. the most influential voices are for example, italy and georgia meloni, who comes from the hard right, but more centrist governments are feeling under pressure to join georgia meloni in her area because of the political competition they are facing at home. with georgia meloni, for instance, you're not getting the geert wilders line at all, are you? she's, if anything, she's been rather centrified by coming into power, hasn't she? georgia meloni is not as extreme as some feared she would be. european asylum policy is moving more to the right,

but i don't think we're talking extremist terms, because when getting into government your hands are really tied, and if we bring it back to the netherlands, geert wilders said if he was to make it into government, it would have to build things back a bit and many compared him to donald trump because of his inflammatory or populist language. and now is known as 'geert milders' because some are saying he will have to tame his language. this is all a result of having to go into politics with some sort of parties with people like geert wilders. people aren't as scared as they used to be. if we look at germany and the afd, when they first did well in regional elections — not the national elections — it was a huge news, mic drop moment. it was huge. absolutely! the country that gave birth to the nazi party

and the horrors of the second world war, now we see them in a number of regional governments. and, you know, there was talk about one of the main contenders who wanted to become chancellor after angela merkel, saying we really have to be open to the idea of forming a coalition government with the afd. so things have really moved in europe. and on the migration point, the real trouble is that no—one has a solution to it, isn't it? there's a lot of talk inside of europe, led by italy and georgia meloni, saying we need to invest more in these countries where so many migrants are coming from — but that is easily said and how is it done? and how do you make sure that people in need the money get it? and so on and so forth. it is a matter of managing migration rather than solving migration. i don't think you can say across the board that europe is going in one way or another, but wejust had, just after the dutch election, viktor orban saying the winds of change

are blowing across europe, the winds of change are blowing — exactly which direction we cannot say. when i was the brussels correspondent in the '70s, i think if we'd been able to say to the architects of the european union, look, it will be like this, the afd in germany would sometimes top the polls and geert wilders in the netherlands, they would have been horrified, wouldn't they? you've got to keep in mind to things — one, in 19705, we are a lot closer to the horrors of the second world war and it was out of the ashes of the second world war that the european union emerged with this "never again" promise, "we're going to work together." also what happened, from those years, from the founding of the european union and government post world war ii, there was a centre, a centre—right, and the centre—left in most european countries.

they dominated — not just politics, but life. i think what you have seen in recent years is a shaking off of those shackles and many voters in europe saying you cannot decide things for us anymore. we want to have a choice. and you can't — it's an end, if you like, to this top—down politics, where you politicians tell of the people how we should think, how we should live, and what we should do. we want to have a say and we feel we have been ignored. opinions are divided and politicians have lost the faith of the voters. that's what gives us a much more unstable political environment in europe, which is then exacerbated by the instability that we're seeing around us, whether it is covid—19 or russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine, or the catastrophe we are now seeing unfolding in the middle east. katie adler, europe editor.

—— katya. and as katya was saying, immigration is affecting europe as a whole and something particularly disturbing happened last week in an unlikely part of europe, dublin, normally quiet, delightful, welcoming city. a man originally from north africa who had come to ireland 20 years ago and had irish citizenship, attacked a small group of children and their mothers with a knife outside a school in the city centre, injuring several of them quite badly. it was a horrible business but immediately people on the extreme right started organising an anti—immigrant protest in dublin and some clearly intended it to be violent. one man recorded a message on social media, saying "everybody tool up!" — meaning, bring a weapon — and then, "any foreigner, just kill them." the dublin police had a hard night of it, with cars burnt,

shops looted and fighting going on for hours. some commentators maintained afterwards it had happened because the irish authorities had refused to take much notice of the wave of often illegal immigration to ireland and whether that's true or not, the depressing fact is no—one in europe seems to have an idea of how to stop the flow of illegal immigrants. australia, on the other side of the world, introduced a policy of deflecting illegal immigrants to camps in unpleasant sounding territories a long way away as a deterrent. and this was adopted by britain, with its rwanda policy, but that's got tied up in all sorts of legal issues and anyway, hasn't really had any real perceptible effect on the flow. while poor countries are suffering from wars or the effects of global warming, droughts, famines and floods, it's proving impossible to stop the illegal flow of people determined to better

themselves and their families. how do liberal, open, law—based societies like ours stop illegal immigration without using the kind of nasty measures which run counter to everything our democracy stands for? and until we do find a way, the ultra—right may well show more of the kind of scenes we saw in dublin last week. as i say, it is a worrying time. anyway, thank you for being with us with this episode of unspun world. from me and from our team, until we meet again. goodbye.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with sarah campbell and ben thompson. our headlines today: police declare a major incident in cumbria after heavy snowfall causes drivers to abandon their stuck vehicles. weather conditions in cumbria at least have improved for today, but more across parts of the midlands, northern england waking up to a covering of snow and ice. as that clears this morning, though, we turn our attention to rain, particularly across southern areas. i'll have the details. also today, israel faces growing calls from the us to protect palestinian civilians as the focus of its military offensive shifts further south in the gaza strip. as levels of abuse towards shop workers increase, a plea to customers to be kind this christmas. in sport, from the national league south to the shock of the

fa cup second round, maidstone are through to round 3, and it was a special goal that got them there as the non—league team come from behind to beat barrow. hello. good monring. it's sunday december 3. our main story: a major incident has been declared by police in cumbria after heavy snowfall caused huge disruption and challenging conditions on the roads. people are being urged to stay away from the county and only travel if it is absolutely necessary. meanwhile, a yellow weather warning has been issued across the midlands, northern england and wales. with the latest, here's louisa pilbeam. the northwest of england has seen up to 15 centimetres of snow in the last 2a hours. in kendal, cars came to a standstill. on the motorway near tebay, drivers were stuck for hours. in grasmere, more people were stranded in their vehicles. and in ambleside, these scenes meant drivers were told to leave their cars and make

their way to an emergency refuge. paul smith was one of those stuck there for hours. the snowjust came down, and as you can see now, the road all the way down is still blocked, we're still about 1.5 miles from ambleside, and it's just been like literally moving ten yards, stopping again. this was ant brett's view from his car on the a595 in cumbria on his way to a family wedding. he said he was stuck for 19 hours without food or water or any help from emergency services. siren wails cumbria police and the area's fire and rescue service urged people not to take to the roads. a spokesperson for cumbria constabulary said:

communities have been opening local centres for people to stay. many evacuated have got that cumbria spirit where they'll crack open hotels and bed and breakfasts and help people out there who are tourists or even just visiting just for the day or even on holiday. with the snow, ice and cold disrupting transport, there is also an amber cold health alert issued by the uk health security agency that remains in place for five regions in england, including the northwest. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. snow is also causing disruption across europe. avalanche warnings have been issued in western austria. meanwhile, in munich, a0 centimetres of snow fell in 2a hours, and in prague, a state of emergency was declared as more than 15,000 homes were left without power across the czech republic.

we will speak to matt as well to get a little more on the situation closer to home, all we need to know when the weather today. sarah is looking at the rest of today's stories, including the middle east. israel is coming under renewed pressure from the us to avoid civilian casualties in gaza, as its military targets the southern part of the territory. hamas — designated as a terror organisation by the uk government — says no more israeli hostages will be released until there's a permanent ceasefire. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega has the latest. khan younis in southern gaza. palestinians have been seeking safety here. now, a target for israel's attacks. explosion hamas leaders are thought to be hiding in khan younis and people have been told to evacuate further south.

the bombing of the city was the heaviest in the war so far residents say. translation: the israelis told us | that khan younis was a safe zone, | which led us to flee here. now, even khan younis has become a war zone. where are we supposed to go? our children are stranded on the streets. this was the scene when aid arrived in khan younis. 100 lorries with humanitarian supplies entered gaza from egypt yesterday. aid agencies say it's still not enough. chanting in israel, the agonising wait continues for the families of the hostages who remain in gaza. around 140 people are still captive. hamas says no—one will be freed until there's a permanent ceasefire. in tel aviv last night, thousands gathered to call for the release of the hostages. yelena trupanov, who's 50, was freed with her mother just two days ago.

her husband vitaly was killed by hamas. theirson, sasha, remains in captivity. translation: i'm happy and excited to stand here in front of you. - i came to say thank you because without you i wouldn't be here. and now we have to go back and get my sasha. the rally was interrupted by blaring sirens warning of the risk of incoming rockets. prime minister netanyahu spoke for the first time since the end of the ceasefire. he insisted military pressure was the only way to free the captives. translation: we will continue the war- until we achieve all its goals, and it's impossible to achieve those goals without the ground operation. from israel's main ally, the united states, a clear message — it cannot repeat in the south what it did in the north. i have repeatedly made clear to israel's leaders that protecting

palestinian civilians in gaza is both a moral responsibility and a strategic imperative. talks between israel and hamas have collapsed. the families of the hostages hope for them to come home. in gaza, people hope the guns will once again fall silent. hugo is injerusalem for us this morning. good morning to you again. we saw in your piece there there is increased pressure from the us administration on israel over how to conduct this military operation.— military operation. yes, good morning- _ military operation. yes, good morning- very _ military operation. yes, good morning. very strong - military operation. yes, good morning. very strong words | military operation. yes, good - morning. very strong words from the us defence secretary and also from the us vice president who said that while israel had a right to defend itself, too many palestinians have been killed, and i think it was also interesting that the us defence secretary also had a warning for

israel. he said that driving the population into the arms of the enemy could replace israel's tactical victory with a strategic defeat, so suggesting the ferocity of the attacks could drive the population to support hamas. the biden administration here has a very clear message that israel cannot repeat in the south, which is the verse of the military offensive right now, what it did in the north of gaza. overnight and also this morning the israeli army continued to attack positions in southern gaza, the city of rafah with the border of egypt was one of the main targets, and residents in many areas of southern gaza are fleeing because they believe that those air strikes could be an indication that an israeli ground offensive could be imminent. at the same time, the humanitarian crisis of the territory

continues, crowded hospitals are operating with limited resources and people are struggling to survive with widespread shortages of basic supplies. so, again, humanitarian supplies. so, again, humanitarian supplies are getting into the territory but the situation remains very difficult the population of gaza. ., ., ., ~ , ., the ministry of defense is to carry out unarmed surveillance flights in air space over gaza and israel to search for potential hostage locations used by hamas. five british nationals are still missing following the deadly hamas raids on southern israel on october 7. in a statement, the mod said the surveillance aircraft would not have a combat role. a german tourist has died and two other people have been injured in an attack in the middle of paris. the attacker, who was known to the authorities, said he was avenging the death of muslims in gaza. he was later tasered and arrested. an 84—year—old man who died

after an explosion at a house in edinburgh has been named locally as james smith. two others were taken to hospital following the blast in the baberton area of the city. police say there are no suspicious circumstances. sir keir starmer has credited margaret thatcher as a prime minister who effected "meaningful change". in an article for the telegraph, the labour leader said baroness thatcher set loose britain's "natural entrepreneurialism". he also cites labour prime ministers tony blair and clement attlee as others who managed to do the same. the home secretary, james cleverly, is said to be preparing to fly to rwanda to sign a new asylum seeker agreement. the home office's original plan was ruled unlawful by the supreme court last month. according to the sunday times, the deal could include an extra £15 million to improve and expand the rwandan asylum processing system on top of the £140 million the government has already paid.

dozens of health ministers are expected to use a meeting at the cop28 conference in dubai to discuss how to tackle the health challenges posed by climate change. it is the first time a day of the conference has been dedicated to the subject. our climate editorjustin rowlatt, who is at the conference, is here with us now. hello to you. this is something of a health professionals health organisations really lobbied for. what they want to hear at cop28? it may be a really hard message when britain is in deep freeze, but there are real issues around the world with increasing heat stress, the spread of diseases like malaria, diarrhoea, increasing rates of malnutrition as a result of the impact that climate change is having on agriculture around the world. this is winter. this is a hard message but it is winter in dubai,

28 at the moment, we expect 30 today. in the summer here it gets to 50 celsius with a really high humidity. that literally is an unlivable temperature without something to cool you down. that is increasingly true for people around the world. ministers are getting together today to talk about how the world can come together and try and make an impact on the spread of these diseases and the burden of illness that is created, already created by climate change around the world. , , , ., ~ i., it was worth the wait! a strictly update for you. it is not a spoiler alert, just a formality. butjust to tell you in case you weren't watching... no couples will be eliminated from this week's strictly come dancing after casualty and eastenders star nigel harman was forced to pull out because of an injury.

the actor and his professional partner, katya jones, had been set to dance the charleston on saturday's programme before he injured his rib during rehearsals. the judges scores will be carried over to next week. this hasn't really sunk in. when i watched everyone come down the stairs, i was a bit like, oh, this is real, i am not part of this anymore, and that was quite sad and i have been avoiding kat all day because it makes it really real as well. it must be tricky to get so far in the competition and do so well and that the very last minute... it will make next week so interesting as well. the scores get carried over but they are down to the final three so it is intense without a spanner in the works. i like them. they worked really well together. as promised, let's speak to matt with the weather on the snow and all we

need to know. 0h, oh, my goodness. where is that? good morninu. we saw one foot of snow, over 30 centimetres in some parts of cumbria. fairly limited to quite a smallish area and the grand scheme of things, i will show the radar, it is caused by some shower streams over the isle of man, and an area of rain, sleet and slow has had across the country into this morning. anywhere from the midlands northwards, you could be waking up to a covering of snow out there. pretty icy, tricky conditions around. the weather system still clinging towards the east coast of england at the moment. from east anglia southwards it is mainly rain and sleet it could be quite slippery for a short while. this is the view we had in the last hour in peterlee in county durham that should say.

this is where the rain goes away in the next few hours. that system is on its way out. notice what is coming in behind parts of middle wales, south wales, midlands, southern england, outbreaks of rain through the day. showers heavy across the south coast. to the north and west it will be dry, the mist and west it will be dry, the mist and flog lingering in northern ireland, a lot of sunshine in scotland but won't do much of the temperature. started with —12 in some spots, will stay subzero some through the day. wintry showers to the north and east of scotland this time but the next weather system pushes its way in, outbreaks of rain and that will meet the cold air across northern wales in northwest england so the rest of frost and ice from the northern half of the country, still snow across scotland tonight and into the morning, —— risk. the top portion of the m62 and in northern wales, they could be issues with snow. outbreaks of rain elsewhere, a mild feel across the

south, sunshine and a few wintry showers for scotland and northern ireland but even though temperatures actually in the face of it are up on today's highs, tomorrow will be an indie day, with the added windchill it will feel quite chilly out there especially away from the far southeast of the country. we will see the weather system gradually pull away through monday night into tuesday, we could see sleet and snow as it clears because we are dragging in cold air once again, but with clear skies around the risk of frost and ice quite widely in scotland and northern ireland, maybe northwest england as well but a brightened over many tuesday, sunny spells, gusty winds limited to the southeast corner but what follows will be another widespread and sharp frost to take us through tuesday night and into wednesday before things turn milder later in the week.— into wednesday before things turn milder later in the week. thank you, look at those — milder later in the week. thank you, look at those temperatures. - milder later in the week. thank you, look at those temperatures. thank l look at those temperatures. thank you very much. it does feel quite christmassy with all that snow. it is that time of year

when the shops are heaving with people getting their christmas gifts, and restaurants are hosting festive meals — but the season can be really miserable for those working in retail. one survery suggests two thirds of shop workers suffered verbal abuse last year, and now people are being urged to be kinder over the festive period, as our business correspondent marc ashdown reports. it is the season to be jolly, but shop workers and hospitality staff are often being left feeling a lack of goodwill. the busy festive season can be a challenging time, and the number of incidents of verbal and physical abuse is on the rise. why are you touching me? what are you touching me for?! get out now! what are you touching me for? get out! here, a body—worn camera captures a suspected shoplifter unleashing a torrent of abuse. but the retail union usdaw says everyday shoppers are sometimes losing their tempers too. its survey of more than 3,000 members revealed that 65% of shop workers have been verbally abused in the past 12 months, while 42% have been threatened by a customer. the british retail consortium and uk

hospitality are now leading a campaign to encourage us all to show a little kindness. we want a zero—tolerance approach. this is back to customers taking responsibility for their own actions, treat people how you would like to be treated, a smile, a thankyou, a please costs nothing. these people are working hard to deliver you a great christmas, so just accept that and be grateful for the environment that you've got. # we wish you a merry christmas! some big—name retailers like poundland are on board too to encourage shoppers and revellers to be kind and considerate over the festive period. marc ashdown, bbc news. really surprising, some of that footage. joining us now are helen dickinson, chief executive of the british retail consortium, and stephanie, who has experienced threats while working in retail. thank you to both of you forjoining us. stephanie, perhaps i could come to you first and ask what your

experience of this has been. goad experience of this has been. good morninu. experience of this has been. good morning- my _ experience of this has been. good morning. my experience - experience of this has been. good morning. my experience has been that there has_ morning. my experience has been that there hasjust been this morning. my experience has been that there has just been this trend morning. my experience has been that there hasjust been this trend over there hasjust been this trend over the last_ there hasjust been this trend over the last couple of years of thinking of retail_ the last couple of years of thinking of retail workers as if they are lesser— of retail workers as if they are lesser than you somehow, and that they are _ lesser than you somehow, and that they are there to be of use. i personally have had threats of violence. _ personally have had threats of violence, i have had abusive language, i had someone threatened to punch— language, i had someone threatened to punch me when i asked them to leave _ to punch me when i asked them to leave the _ to punch me when i asked them to leave the employee toilet a few christmases ago, which was terrifying. christmases ago, which was terrifying-— christmases ago, which was terri inc. ., terrifying. and the fact that you are bein: terrifying. and the fact that you are being put — terrifying. and the fact that you are being put in _ terrifying. and the fact that you are being put in these - terrifying. and the fact that you | are being put in these positions, stephanie, you are trying to do your job and it is like a whole otherjob on top of itjust to keep a bit of order and a busy time of year. but the point is, this isn'tjust at christmas, is it? the point is, this isn't 'ust at christmas, is mh christmas, is it? no, this is happening _ christmas, is it? no, this is happening throughout - christmas, is it? no, this is happening throughout the l christmas, is it? no, this is- happening throughout the year. but christmas _ happening throughout the year. but christmas is a particularly stressful time, christmas is a particularly stressfultime, so christmas is a particularly stressful time, sol christmas is a particularly stressful time, so i think it is reaiiy— stressful time, so i think it is really important that this campaign is happening right now to remind people _ is happening right now to remind pe0pte to — is happening right now to remind people to be kind to people at

christmas and remember that the person— christmas and remember that the person you are speaking to is a person. — person you are speaking to is a person, that isjust trying to do their— person, that isjust trying to do theirioh — person, that isjust trying to do theirjob and they are possibly not even _ theirjob and they are possibly not even in _ theirjob and they are possibly not even in control of whatever it is that _ even in control of whatever it is that you — even in control of whatever it is that you are angry about, which is quite _ that you are angry about, which is quite stressful as well, because they are — quite stressful as well, because they are probably doing everything they are probably doing everything they can _ they are probably doing everything they can for you. they are probably doing everything they can for yon-— they can for you. helen, from the british retail— they can for you. helen, from the british retail consortium, - they can for you. helen, from the british retail consortium, this - they can for you. helen, from the british retail consortium, this is l british retail consortium, this is unbelievable isn't it, talking to stephanie, to have shoppers coming in and your members having to deal with this level of abuse — i mean, how widespread are we talking about? well, what we have seen as stephanie said is a real uptake in violence and abuse since what used to be considered more normal, pre— pandemic. the data you quoted their is from usdaw, the union, two—thirds of colleagues have experience verbal abuse over the last 12 month, our data we have put together shows the

number of incidents per day across the country is about 850 of them, so twice as many as there were pre— pandemic. so this is really shining a light on that issue more generally but a real plead to everybody to play all our part to create a friendly and in enjoyable environment over a period where we all have presence to buy, people to see, and tensions can runjust all have presence to buy, people to see, and tensions can run just that little bit higher. bud see, and tensions can run 'ust that little bit higher.* little bit higher. and helen, this is something — little bit higher. and helen, this is something we _ little bit higher. and helen, this is something we have _ little bit higher. and helen, this is something we have to - little bit higher. and helen, this is something we have to talk- little bit higher. and helen, this. is something we have to talk about little bit higher. and helen, this- is something we have to talk about a lot on the programme. the common issue or the common complaint is police response, a suggestion that police response, a suggestion that police don't take this sort of crime seriously, therefore they don't turn up seriously, therefore they don't turn up and therefore that means may be some of these criminals feel a bit emboldened. we're not talking about specifically stealing from shops here, it's more about their behaviour, but talk to me about the police response and whether you feel your members get the support they need. ~ ., your members get the support they need. ~., , ,

your members get the support they need. , , , ., need. more broadly, there is a call across the — need. more broadly, there is a call across the industry _ need. more broadly, there is a call across the industry for _ need. more broadly, there is a call across the industry for a _ across the industry for a stand—alone offence for assaulting and abusing a retail worker and having tougher sentences for offenders, and the reason for that is because it is not tracked separately as a specific crime and therefore there isn't the resource being given to it from a police perspective, and if you ask any retail business they will say that the police resource is not good enough, there isn't enough being dedicated to this issue, and a lot of the incidents that are highlighted are not being responded to or not being responded to on a timely basis, and that therefore means that many businesses unnecessarily reporting all the incidents that they encounter. so we end up in a bit of a vicious cycle in terms of the problem exacerbating. so we've got this challenge, a real challenge around

an uptick in violence and abuse, so there is that plea to all, for all of us just to play a part in creating a friendly environment and more widely, i think, because that is more prevalent, we are also seeing an uptick in organised crime right across the country. stephanie, i'm 'ust right across the country. stephanie, i'm just wondering _ right across the country. stephanie, i'm just wondering how _ right across the country. stephanie, i'm just wondering how it _ right across the country. stephanie, i'm just wondering how it makes - right across the country. stephanie, | i'm just wondering how it makes you feel about getting into work. you are in retail, you obviously like the interaction with the public, but what impact does it have on your sort of working day today? it what impact does it have on your sort of working day today?- what impact does it have on your sort of working day today? it can be uuite sca sort of working day today? it can be quite scary because _ sort of working day today? it can be quite scary because you _ sort of working day today? it can be quite scary because you don't - sort of working day today? it can be quite scary because you don't know| quite scary because you don't know what sort of day you're going to have, you don't know what mood the person that you are surveying —— serving is going to be in. so i would say to anyone out there, if they are experiencing any abuse at work in the retail environment, make sure you do reported. we have resources like usdaw and the retail trust which are fantastic, they have great advice on how to handle it, and just keep reporting it because it is not ok to be going into work,

into situations like this, and particularly at this time of year, people have got their own difficulties, they got their own problems they are dealing, and it is never ok to talk to someone like that and make sure you are talking to someone how you would like to be spoken to. to someone how you would like to be soken to. ,, , ., ., , spoken to. stephanie, really appreciate — spoken to. stephanie, really appreciate your _ spoken to. stephanie, really appreciate your time, - spoken to. stephanie, really - appreciate your time, stephanie and helen dickinson, thank you. the time now is approaching 7.25. it's been two years since a devastating fire gutted st marys church in norfolk, and with its rich history dating back to the 11th century, repair teams have been working to restore its former glory. now it's the turn of the thatchers, as workers make a start on rethatching the roof, as debbie tubby reports. st mary's church is finally being relapsed after it was gutted by fire. —— rethatched. it is steeped

in history, built in the 11 century and even mentioned in the doomsday book. mr; and even mentioned in the doomsday book. g . ., ., . book. my grandfather rethatched the north side back _ book. my grandfather rethatched the north side back in _ book. my grandfather rethatched the north side back in 1987! _ book. my grandfather rethatched the north side back in 1987! think. - book. my grandfather rethatched the north side back in 1987! think. i - book. my grandfather rethatched the north side back in 1987! think. i am l north side back in 1987! think. i am third so my father then took it on, and now myself, and my brother here are continuing the trade. this and now myself, and my brother here are continuing the trade.— are continuing the trade. this is urade are continuing the trade. this is grade one _ are continuing the trade. this is grade one listed _ are continuing the trade. this is grade one listed building - are continuing the trade. this is grade one listed building so - are continuing the trade. this is grade one listed building so the! grade one listed building so the original thatching has to be replaced. this time they are using hungarian read for its quality and consistency. the hungarian read for its quality and consistency-— hungarian read for its quality and consistency. the methods haven't chan . ed consistency. the methods haven't changed that _ consistency. the methods haven't changed that much. _ consistency. the methods haven't changed that much. we _ consistency. the methods haven't changed that much. we now - consistency. the methods haven't changed that much. we now use i changed that much. we now use stainless steel screw fixing and steel rod whereas they originally used ramble, and then tar cord, and they used these hazel branches, the way we are using it today. fire broke out _ way we are using it today. fire broke out in _ way we are using it today. fire broke out in february last yearjust two days before the judge was due to reopen. it had been closed for two

years after lead was stolen from the roof. everything was destroyed except the walls, tower and a few artefacts. unlike when this church was attached 1000 years ago, this time they have put in a fire resistant membrane which should give the fire service at least 60 minutes to get here to put out any future fires. it was only last month that the 32 oak roof trusses were lifted into place, a project costing £2.5 million, paid by the insurers. it is million, paid by the insurers. it is 'ust so million, paid by the insurers. it is just so lovely _ million, paid by the insurers. it is just so lovely to _ million, paid by the insurers. it 3 just so lovely to see the colours come into it, because before the fire it was a very dull grey, dark patch because it was so old. now it is brand—new. and it looks absolutely gorgeous. once you get rid of the scaffolding it will look even better. rid of the scaffolding it will look even lsetter-— rid of the scaffolding it will look even better. ~ , ., , ., even better. with the story of saint over the last _ even better. with the story of saint over the last few _ even better. with the story of saint over the last few years, _ even better. with the story of saint over the last few years, is - even better. with the story of saint over the last few years, is great - even better. with the story of saint over the last few years, is great to | over the last few years, is great to bringing _ over the last few years, is great to bringing it — over the last few years, is great to bringing it back to its former glory — bringing it back to its former glory a_

bringing it back to its former glory. a real great privilege. the thatch is glory. a real great privilege. ila: thatch is expected to last at least 60 years, with the hope the next church service will be held here in april 2025. debbie tubby, bbc news. what a job. but i love that that is a craft and a skill, and one that survives the ages. sunday with laura kuenssberg is here on bbc one at 9:00 this morning. laura, good morning, what's on the programme? good morning. we have seen those pictures— good morning. we have seen those pictures and had from people stranded in this snow in cumbria, it looks— stranded in this snow in cumbria, it looks freezing but at this time of year as— looks freezing but at this time of year as the temperatures plummet, the government it also means something else — it often means pressure — something else — it often means pressure on the health service which is already— pressure on the health service which is already really struggling going up is already really struggling going up and _ is already really struggling going up and up and up. it isjust starting— up and up and up. it isjust starting to be talk about whether they will— starting to be talk about whether they will be a winter crisis, so this— they will be a winter crisis, so this morning for the first time in the job— this morning for the first time in the job she _ this morning for the first time in the job she has been doing forjust

three _ the job she has been doing forjust three weeks, we will be speaking live to _ three weeks, we will be speaking live to victoria atkins, the new health — live to victoria atkins, the new health secretary. we will also be talking _ health secretary. we will also be talking to — health secretary. we will also be talking to the granddaughter of nelson— talking to the granddaughter of nelson mandela, she is one of the people _ nelson mandela, she is one of the people at— nelson mandela, she is one of the people at that huge big get—together, the climate summit, cop, get—together, the climate summit, cop. out _ get—together, the climate summit, cop, out there in the blazing sun of dubai _ cop, out there in the blazing sun of dubai. plenty to talk about this morning. — dubai. plenty to talk about this morning, particularly on the nhs which _ morning, particularly on the nhs which we — morning, particularly on the nhs which we know, everybody watching this morning knowsjust how important it is to voters with all the stresses and strains that affect families, _ the stresses and strains that affect families, patients, right around the country— families, patients, right around the country and — families, patients, right around the country and puts pressure on our politicians _ country and puts pressure on our politicians as well. see you at nine o'clock _ politicians as well. see you at nine o'clock. . ., ., ~ politicians as well. see you at nine o'clock. . . . ~' , ., o'clock. laura, thank you, we will see ou o'clock. laura, thank you, we will see you at _ o'clock. laura, thank you, we will see you at nine _ o'clock. laura, thank you, we will see you at nine o'clock— o'clock. laura, thank you, we will see you at nine o'clock and - o'clock. laura, thank you, we will see you at nine o'clock and we . o'clock. laura, thank you, we will| see you at nine o'clock and we will still stay with you, we will stay with the cold weather right now because it is pretty chilly out there. the police said it estimated at one point about 200 vehicles were stuck in the south lakes area. police and emergency rescue teams have been working throughout the night to help those stranded in their cars.

richard warren is from the lake district search and mountain rescue association and joins us now. good to have you with us. bring us up—to—date. how is it looking out there this morning? up-to-date. how is it looking out there this morning?— there this morning? certainly, i 'ust aot there this morning? certainly, i just got back — there this morning? certainly, i just got back in _ there this morning? certainly, i just got back in from _ there this morning? certainly, i just got back in from eight - there this morning? certainly, i| just got back in from eight hours checking cars out, but certainly yesterday, virtually all the teams in the lake district were out either on rescues or checking vehicles. we had about 2k x four mountain rescue vehicles out! 20 4x4. ten o'clock last night my own team were tasked ljy last night my own team were tasked by cumbria police to go through to grey spec to police officers so we can check the roads and check the cars, and to be honest, i had never seen snow like it. we had based from the east in 2018 which was pretty horrific. i suppose a good thing

about it was there was very little wind. —— beast from the east. there was a good foot of snow on the cars. it is amazing. the other thing that is interesting is the number of trees that have come down across the road with the weight of the snow. so i know that cumbria police are really asking people not to come to cumbria unless it is absolutely necessary because the roads are an absolute mess at the moment. a foot of snow on the roads. and i think we also had a lot of problems getting through to pick up the police at grey spec on the west of the county because of the gridlock. cars abandoned all over the place, snowploughs couldn't get through and the roads are very narrow so it was a time to get through, ten hours

last night checking cars. the teens were going out yesterday and taking people to the rescue centres —— teams. rescue centres in hawkshead and also in holliston. in one of the big problems we had was the grizedale rally was on in grizedale forest so a lot of the marshals and spectators were trapped in the woods. they needed to be evacuated because i think the rally was definitely cancelled. so, yes, i think things are getting better, but when i left the base an hour ago, if it freezes, the snow down there will be horrendous. it it freezes, the snow down there will be horrendous.— be horrendous. it really puts it into context _ be horrendous. it really puts it into context was _ be horrendous. it really puts it into context was in _ be horrendous. it really puts it into context was in those - be horrendous. it really puts it i into context was in those terms. richard, thank you for talking to us this morning after being on shift all night. just give us a sense of what you are able to do. you said you could help the police but there

must be a decision at some point overnight whether people should leave the cars and hope to get back to them. but as you say, it creates more problems with people abandoning vehicles. , ., ., ., , vehicles. yes, a lot of the people we met were _ vehicles. yes, a lot of the people we met were just _ vehicles. yes, a lot of the people we met were just waiting - vehicles. yes, a lot of the people we met were just waiting really. l we met were just waiting really. plenty of fuel in the car is in keeping themselves warm. we are really keen to see if anybody has any medical or issues, needing medicine, medication, and also, small children. because people don't go kitted out the arctic weather. so leaving your car, abandoning it and walking to the snow and the wet then the wind is not the best thing to do. so mountain rescue vehicles, 4in land rovers with chains, we have got around probably 50 4in vehicles for the 12 teams in the lake district. had probably 100 people is on standby or attending mountain rescue incidents. there were two mountain rescue incidents today but a lot of

it was checking vehicles and taking people to the centres where they could be looked after.— could be looked after. richard, thank you _ could be looked after. richard, thank you for— could be looked after. richard, thank you for talking _ could be looked after. richard, thank you for talking to - could be looked after. richard, thank you for talking to us this | thank you for talking to us this morning although we will let you go and get a bit of rest after all not working, but thank you very much. that is a lake district certain rescue. that was extraordinary, some of those pictures and the depth of the snow. it obviously came down really quickly. and in some parts a foot of snow on the cars. really difficult conditions also avoid cumbria if you can. it is time for sport. we are in the cycle of euros again. we it is time for sport. we are in the cycle of euros again.— it is time for sport. we are in the cycle of euros again. we are. it is auoin to cycle of euros again. we are. it is going to be _ cycle of euros again. we are. it is going to be in _ cycle of euros again. we are. it is going to be in germany. - cycle of euros again. we are. it is going to be in germany. there i cycle of euros again. we are. it is. going to be in germany. there was cycle of euros again. we are. it is i going to be in germany. there was a lot of snow in germany as well, the game was called off because of the snow in bavaria as well. in hamburg, the draw took place. a couple of things you will no doubt know about hamburg. it is a bigger city that is not a capital city in europe and it

is also, as though shipping crates will tell you, the biggest port on the continent as well. so uefa conducting the draw inside a very nice conventions and also got somebody outside in the cold putting together the groups with shipping crates. , ., ., , , ., together the groups with shipping crates. , ., , , crates. geography and sports news all in one. they _ crates. geography and sports news all in one. they are _ crates. geography and sports news all in one. they are correctly - all in one. they are correctly organised- _ all in one. they are correctly organised. you _ all in one. they are correctly organised. you can - all in one. they are correctly organised. you can see - all in one. they are correctly - organised. you can see scotland on the far left coming when the bottom of the third from the left, though it has been organised fairly beautifully for us as a background. the draw for euro 2024 not only revealed who scotland and england will be playing and who wales might, but also, when. and that's the key bit for scotland who will get the glamour of the tournament's opening game against the hosts germany. hungary and switzerland complete that group but scotland will play them after germany onjune 1a at the allianz arena in munich. steve clarke's team will no doubt be underdogs but can certainly claim to be in betterform than germany right now having only lost once in their qualifying campaign.

nice to open the tournament and be involved in that first game and hopefully we can play a good match. it was always going to be exciting for us. nice to be involved in the draw process and looking would do next summer now. england manager gareth southgate says group c won't be played on paper after what appears to be a pretty helpful draw. they'll start onjune 16 against serbia with denmark and slovenia the other sides in their group. england reached the final in the last euros, beating denmark to get there. we are hugely excited to be part of the tournament. we know the expectation at home, we've developed a lot as a team in the last few years. we are getting used to these big games so we are ready for the expectation and we hope we can give supporters a more brilliant nights as i think we have in the last few tournaments. arsenal took advantage of their nearest premier league rivals not playing until today, beating wolves 2—1 to stretch their lead at the top of the table to four points. manchester city take on spurs later

while at the other end of the table there were important wins for everton and burnley. jim lumsden rounds up the action. it has been a good week for the gunners, a 6—0 thumping followed by a 2—1win over walls, both only goals. a sucker getting things going after six minutes. i regard adding a second not long after. the points were arsenal's. newcastle united the meeting meant is united for the second time in 31 days. anthony gordon scored the only goal of last night was the game at stjames's park. everton begun the day one of the automata being docked ten points for financial rule breaking. the automata being docked ten points forfinancial rule breaking. there was a reason to be cheerful. they are now one place from safety. very pleased. it are now one place from safety. very leased. . , . ., ., , pleased. it was excellent and has been for a _

pleased. it was excellent and has been for a long _ pleased. it was excellent and has been for a long time _ pleased. it was excellent and has been for a long time and - pleased. it was excellent and has been for a long time and it - been for a long time and it continues to build. it is a restart again. it is a step in the right direction but there are plenty more steps to go. tram direction but there are plenty more steps to go-— steps to go. two other struggles when head-to-head _ steps to go. two other struggles when head-to-head as - steps to go. two other struggles when head-to-head as burnley i when head—to—head as burnley dismantled sheffield united. they had lost the past six league games but five goals pass ablaze all from different scorers. they were riggers with a premier league was 's fastest goal this season afterjust goal this season after just 15 seconds. josh completed the route as the visitors replaced the clarence on the bottom. relegation candidates luton found it all too like brentford. they have only one once—a—day from home and canada bay 's scored their second is a hatters went down 3—1 at the community stadium. they lie one present on the dotted line and face arsenal next followed by manchester city. jim lumsden, bbc news. the draw for the third round of the fa cup takes place today and will feature national league south maidstone who have reached that stage for the first time since they rose from the ashes of the old maidstone

united more than 30 years ago. they had to come from behind to beat league 2 barrow 2—1 and did so in spectacular style thanks to midfielder bivesh gurung with only his second goal for the club, giving maidstone the big shock of the round so far. joining them in the hat — national league barnet after a goal in the 89th minute from danny collinge earned them a 1—1 draw and replay against league 2 side newport county. while in only his second match as manager, ged brannan guided league 2 morecambe to an upset against wycombe wanderers from the division above. eli king and tom bloxham's goals gave them a 2—0 win. england captain owen farrell didn't play for club saracens yesterday at the end of a week in which he announced he wouldn't be available for next year's six nations championship to prioritise his mental well being. injury, though, prevented him from taking part. and saracens missed him — they had a chance to go top of the premiership

but were beaten 18—12 at home by northampton saints, alex mitchell with a superb second try for the visitors who move into fifth place, level on points with saracens in fourth. well, for someone who said he was playing terribly and couldn't be bothered with snooker anymore, ronnie o'sullivan is having a good run at the uk championship in york. he's now through to the final, leading from start to finish against iran's hussein vafaei, winning his semifinal comfortably 6—2. o'sullivan said playing well under pressure is important, but "i'm just motivated by cash." there's a prize of £250,000 on offer, bit victory would also see him extend his own record to eight uk titles. the final is on the bbc later. you can watch and severally wins a trophy and, more importantly, a large check. you have to love the honesty. large check. you have to love the hones . ., ., , :: large check. you have to love the hones . ., 11, ., , large check. you have to love the hones , ., ii, i, honesty. for the last 20 years, yes, that kind of — honesty. for the last 20 years, yes, that kind of honesty. _ honesty. for the last 20 years, yes, that kind of honesty. thank- honesty. for the last 20 years, yes, that kind of honesty. thank you. - the freezing weather is a stark reminder that winter is here,

and with that comes additional pressure on the nhs. health staff are bracing themselves for a surge in patients with latest figures showing that 95% of hospital beds in england are full. addenbrooke's hospital in cambridge is also feeling the strain, as nikki fox reports. you might have noticed that there was no sound on that. while we organised things here, we played you a bit of silent tv, we will fix that and played for you later. delighted to say rory has got did it in here.

it'sjust a really to say rory has got did it in here. it's just a really clear. we were talking about the cold weather putting extra pressure on the nhs. but nonetheless we know the nhs is already under strain. give us a sense of the picture right now as we go into winter across the nhs. this rare go into winter across the nhs. as we no go into winter across the nhs. as we to into go into winter across the nhs. as we go into winter. _ go into winter across the nhs. as we go into winter, then, _ go into winter across the nhs. as we go into winter, then, the _ go into winter across the nhs. as we go into winter, then, the picture - go into winter across the nhs. as we go into winter, then, the picture is l go into winter, then, the picture is mixed, so on the plus side, the planning for this winter i think is probably the best we have ever seen. really good planning from nhs england delivered by our members on a wide range of things that will try to help keep people out of hospital, keep them safe at home to try and relieve some of the pressure on the system. relieve some of the pressure on the s stem. ~ . , . relieve some of the pressure on the s stem. . . , ., , ., system. what is a planning look like? what _ system. what is a planning look like? what will _ system. what is a planning look like? what will that _ system. what is a planning look like? what will that be? - system. what is a planning look like? what will that be? it - system. what is a planning look like? what will that be? it is - like? what will that be? it is interesting _ like? what will that be? it is interesting things. _ like? what will that be? it 3 interesting things. you will have heard before ideas like virtual wards where people are not able ——

are able to be monitored more safely at home, that seems to be working well. ~ ., , at home, that seems to be working well. . . , , ., ., well. what is it exactly, a virtual ward? it will _ well. what is it exactly, a virtual ward? it will be _ well. what is it exactly, a virtual ward? it will be enabling - well. what is it exactly, a virtual| ward? it will be enabling doctors and nurses _ ward? it will be enabling doctors and nurses to — ward? it will be enabling doctors and nurses to virtually _ ward? it will be enabling doctors and nurses to virtually monitor l ward? it will be enabling doctors and nurses to virtually monitor a i and nurses to virtually monitor a group of 20 or 30 patients to live independently in their own home. harare independently in their own home. how do they monitor them? they _ independently in their own home. how do they monitor them? they will - independently in their own home. how do they monitor them? they will be i do they monitor them? they will be wired u - , do they monitor them? they will be wired up. they _ do they monitor them? they will be wired up, they will— do they monitor them? they will be wired up, they will have _ do they monitor them? they will be wired up, they will have heart - wired up, they will have heart monitors, respiratory monitors, and enables to keep people safe outside of hospital in their own homes, patients really like it, that way of working. community hubs and urgent community response, another couple of initiatives where instead of sending an ambulance out and taking you into hospital, people are supported again perhaps with medicines, management of physiotherapy. lot lots of really good planning. however, pressures are really, really tough. talkie good planning. however, pressures are really, really tough.— are really, really tough. we already have some — are really, really tough. we already have some narrow— are really, really tough. we already have some narrow virus _ are really, really tough. we already have some narrow virus going - are really, really tough. we already i have some narrow virus going around at the moment. what other things that spring out that you have to be

ready to deal with? last that spring out that you have to be ready to deal with?— ready to deal with? last year the real spring _ ready to deal with? last year the real spring out — ready to deal with? last year the real spring out was _ ready to deal with? last year the real spring out was a _ ready to deal with? last year the real spring out was a real- ready to deal with? last year the real spring out was a real peak. ready to deal with? last year the | real spring out was a real peak of flu and covid at the same time, i really, really significant peak in december and early january, really, really significant peak in december and earlyjanuary, and that put enormous pressure on nhs staff and also on patients as well. this year we are seeing a rise in moral virus as you have said, you reported on an incident already this week, and as it happens, it put enormous pressure on wards, wards need to be thoroughly and deeply cleaned as well. the issue we have in the nhs is that the system is hot all of the time, bed occupancy at the moment is probably at about 95%, and when we get these additional pressures, when you get the additional pressures of respiratory illness and rotavirus, with the snow today, with slips and falls, that is what puts pressure on emergency departments —— norovirus.

it is really limited. you emergency departments -- norovirus. it is really limited.— it is really limited. you one aside wh that it is really limited. you one aside why that matthew _ it is really limited. you one aside why that matthew will _ it is really limited. you one aside | why that matthew will understand it is really limited. you one aside - why that matthew will understand why there is more cold weather and a problem for falls as well its planar connection. for problem for falls as well its planar connection-— connection. for older people especially. _ connection. for older people especially, the _ connection. for older people especially, the impact - connection. for older people especially, the impact of - connection. for older people | especially, the impact of cold connection. for older people - especially, the impact of cold on your body, it thickens your blood and slows you down a bit and makes you more trouble falling. it is very much the impact of older people, ovulating people, our communities, our populations are getting old and the cold weather has a real significant impact on them. we are mitigating that, mitigating the risk to a certain extent. i think it would be really, really tough and it is that headroom that the nhs has to respond to these really difficult pressures. respond to these really difficult ressures. �* , respond to these really difficult pressures-— respond to these really difficult ressures. �* , , , ., pressures. briefly, because we are runnina pressures. briefly, because we are running out _ pressures. briefly, because we are running out of _ pressures. briefly, because we are running out of time, _ pressures. briefly, because we are running out of time, i'll— pressures. briefly, because we are running out of time, i'll be - pressures. briefly, because we are running out of time, i'll be in - pressures. briefly, because we are running out of time, i'll be in a - running out of time, i'll be in a good place? how concerned are you as we go into this period? we good place? how concerned are you as we go into this period?— we go into this period? we are in a aood we go into this period? we are in a good place — we go into this period? we are in a good place in _ we go into this period? we are in a good place in terms _ we go into this period? we are in a good place in terms of _ we go into this period? we are in a

good place in terms of planning, i we go into this period? we are in a l good place in terms of planning, but we have 120,000 vacancies in the nhs, 150,000 we have 120,000 vacancies in the nhs,150,000 vacancies in social care, a lack of capital and a failure to address social care will still make this winter really difficult. ., ~ still make this winter really difficult. ., ,, , ., still make this winter really difficult. ., ,, . ., difficult. thank you so much for cominu difficult. thank you so much for coming in- _ difficult. thank you so much for coming in- it— difficult. thank you so much for coming in. it is— difficult. thank you so much for coming in. it is the _ difficult. thank you so much for coming in. it is the nhs - coming in. it is the nhs confederation, thank you for hot footing across the studio for us. it's been a distinctive part of the skyline by the river mersey since the 19705 — but today part of the fiddlers ferry power station will be demolished. four of the eight water cooling towers will come down. it's after the plant, near warrington, was decommissioned three years ago. artist shaun smyth has been sketching the landmark for years, and our reporter lindsey prosser has been to meet him. fiddlers has been to meet him. ferry has dominated the skyline fiddlers ferry has dominated the skyline for over 50 years. it provided electricity for millions of homes, and inspiration for artists shaun smyth. if we look over at that

one, that shows the vastness of the power station, doesn't it. what does fiddlers ferry mean to you? fiddlers fer for fiddlers ferry mean to you? fiddlers ferry for me — fiddlers ferry mean to you? fiddlers ferry for me is _ fiddlers ferry mean to you? fiddlers ferry for me is a _ fiddlers ferry mean to you? fiddlers ferry for me is a dominant _ fiddlers ferry mean to you? fiddlers ferry for me is a dominant part - fiddlers ferry mean to you? fiddlers ferry for me is a dominant part of. ferry for me is a dominant part of the landscape. i am 48 so my earliest memory is seeing that the station has always been there for me. i have been on—site and men inside and same parts general public probably never get to me. the working life of a power station and me one of the artist that is recording it is an honour and a privilege. recording it is an honour and a rivileue. recording it is an honour and a privilege-— recording it is an honour and a rivileue. , ., ., .,, privilege. the power station was shut down _ privilege. the power station was shut down three _ privilege. the power station was shut down three years _ privilege. the power station was shut down three years ago - privilege. the power station was shut down three years ago as i privilege. the power station was l shut down three years ago as part privilege. the power station was - shut down three years ago as part of the government was my plan to end coal—fired electricity generation. sean documented fiddlers ferry when he was working and its decommissioning. talkie he was working and its decommissioning. he was working and its decommissionina. . ., ., decommissioning. we are going there at niuht decommissioning. we are going there at night time — decommissioning. we are going there at night time and _ decommissioning. we are going there at night time and there _ decommissioning. we are going there at night time and there is _ decommissioning. we are going there at night time and there is no - decommissioning. we are going there at night time and there is no lights . at night time and there is no lights on, so to walk around the sides at night was a eerie feeling, especially being down amongst it. eerie music it is such a big complex, some of

these structures are huge. you are trying to draw that, and just a drawing or painting that is small won't do it. that is why some of these are quite big, i want the viewer to feel what i feel when i was inside the station.— viewer to feel what i feel when i was inside the station. four cooling towers will be _ was inside the station. four cooling towers will be demolished. - was inside the station. four cooling towers will be demolished. they i towers will be demolished. they feature heavily in shaun's work, and he will be there to sketch the event. �* , ., , , , event. bittersweet really because obviously climate _ event. bittersweet really because obviously climate change - event. bittersweet really because obviously climate change is i obviously climate change is happening, we're going to carbon, it is part of my personal history going up is part of my personal history going up in the area. not sure how i'm going to feel on the day. lhln going to feel on the day. an exhibition of shaun's story of fiddlers ferry will be staged next year. that was lindsey prosser with that report. we're here on the bbc news channel until 9:00 this morning, and bbc two, and coming up in the next hour: we'll hear about one police force's new campaign to prevent drink driving during the christmas period.

from crackers to candy canes, children's presenter maddie moate is revealing the strange facts around some of our favourite festive traditions in her new book. she'll be here just before 9:00, and we'd love to hear your christmas traditions too. we have been telling you about seven in seven in the 7. it's day three for super kev. after taking cardiff by storm, today kev hits the streets of birmingham for his next ultramarathon. he is raising money for motor neuron disease. and we'll be there to wave him off. he doesn't like to do these things in the summer, he wants to wait until it is really cold. all that to come on bbc two. but this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one. bye for now.

we are now on bbc two and also on the bbc news channel so stay with us until nine o'clock this morning. we have been talking a lot about the weather this morning so it is a good time to go back with another lovely look at the snow. it is looking nice and festive behind you. it is looking nice and festive behind yon-— it is looking nice and festive behind you. it is looking nice and festive behind ou. ., ~ behind you. good morning. a huge imact. behind you. good morning. a huge impact- we — behind you. good morning. a huge impact- we saw— behind you. good morning. a huge impact. we saw the _ behind you. good morning. a huge impact. we saw the pictures i behind you. good morning. a huge| impact. we saw the pictures earlier from cumbria. a dusting of snow this morning. a few centimetres here in nottinghamshire stop we have seen rain, sleet and snow across much of england and wales. the roads are looking dicey. more recently we have seen that snow falling heavily in parts of the northeast and around the eastern coasts. this is northeast england in the last hour. the snow is on its way out. i will

show the radar picture. temperatures just above freezing. his across the northeast of england, dry now but it is starting to move away. what will replace it later is rain was just a little bit of snow on the tops of the hills. the focus will be changing to rainfall. things turn drive for a time in the east, a bright but frosty start to the north and west of the country. —12 in the far north of scotland. but read wales, midlands, southwards, outbreaks of rain here as temperatures climb we could see between five and 11 degrees, much higher than i have been in the northern half of the uk, some still struggling to get above freezing. we have a split tonight and another weather system pushing income heavy rain which cause some minor flooding with some gusty winds and it will hit the colder error, icy conditions

again further north across the country and there will be some wintry showers and a dusting of snow for south and east of scotland. there could be some disruption from the snow on the higher routes across the snow on the higher routes across the pennines vertically on the m62 and on the higher rates across wales. with the snowfall to lower levels but for many of you it will be rain. subject the forecast before you head out. we will have all the local travel news before you head out for the monday morning rush—hour. a bit of a difficult mix here. some heavy showers to the south, maybe a rumble of thunder. the north, dry and bright weather but we will still see some snow showers feeding across east of scotland and a few centimetres of snow particularly in the grampians. the rain spreads across parts of northern england through the day and could still see some wintry lists over higher ground. even in the lower level that times. for many, it will be a cold feeling day with an

added windchill. strong winds are wrapped around, that will depart eastwards as we go through into tuesday. things will turn drier and brighterfor many from tuesday. things will turn drier and brighter for many from the west, will start with some wintry showers around particularly for wales, central and eastern england, the southeast corner later on but many finishing the day with some sunshine, still feeling pretty cold out there on tuesday but it does look like things will turn much, much milder later in the week. but still, overnight frost to come. lhlre still, overnight frost to come. are ou still, overnight frost to come. are you calling _ still, overnight frost to come. are you calling five — still, overnight frost to come. are you calling five mild? later i still, overnight frost to come. are you calling five mild? later in i still, overnight frost to come. are you calling five mild? later in the | you calling five mild? later in the week. you calling five mild? later in the week- later _ you calling five mild? later in the week. later in _ you calling five mild? later in the week. later in the _ you calling five mild? later in the week. later in the week- you calling five mild? later in the week. later in the week it - you calling five mild? later in the week. later in the week it will i week. later in the week it will be milder than it has been. fik. week. later in the week it will be milder than it has been.- week. later in the week it will be milder than it has been. ok. i will let ou milder than it has been. ok. i will let you off- _ milder than it has been. ok. i will let you off. steady _ milder than it has been. ok. i will let you off. steady on _ milder than it has been. ok. i will let you off. steady on then. i milder than it has been. ok. i will let you off. steady on then. we i milder than it has been. ok. i will. let you off. steady on then. we are going to go to kent and sussex. lorry drivers travelling across the channel into kent and sussex have told the bbc that they are facing a constant battle to prevent migrants breaking into their vehicles with some even risking their lives to smuggle onto hgvs. the government says increased fines of up to £10,000 for each migrant

brought into britain on lorries are a vital tool in deterring illegal migration. ben moore reports. again, you can see at this roundabout a few more migrants. what you will find, obviously, a truck has to get to a roundabout, it typically will have to slow down, so this is the point at which migrants will attempt to leap on board the vehicle. , , vehicle. even in the relentless calais rain. — vehicle. even in the relentless calais rain, migrants - vehicle. even in the relentless calais rain, migrants are i vehicle. even in the relentless l calais rain, migrants are looking for anyway to get to the uk. it never really stopped and we have had a period where it has been lessened now we are getting to a period where we are seeing more of it.— we are seeing more of it. attention has once again _ we are seeing more of it. attention has once again turned _ we are seeing more of it. attention has once again turned to _ we are seeing more of it. attention has once again turned to laurie i we are seeing more of it. attention has once again turned to laurie is l we are seeing more of it. attention! has once again turned to laurie is a small boat sinks are stalled by whether will remain out of reach for some. ., , whether will remain out of reach for some. . , ., , ., some. the migrants attempting to board the trucks _ some. the migrants attempting to board the trucks are _ some. the migrants attempting to board the trucks are those - some. the migrants attempting to l board the trucks are those migrants i don't have the financial resources to pay the organised criminal gangs

that are managing the boats across the channel. talkie that are managing the boats across the channel-— the channel. we are inland, huge truckstop- _ the channel. we are inland, huge truckstop. this _ the channel. we are inland, huge truckstop. this is _ the channel. we are inland, huge truckstop. this is a _ the channel. we are inland, huge truckstop. this is a secure i the channel. we are inland, huge truckstop. this is a secure area . truckstop. this is a secure area with high fences and surety patrols, but still, drivers say they had to remain vigilant. if but still, drivers say they had to remain vigilant.— but still, drivers say they had to remain vigilant. if they get in your trailer, remain vigilant. if they get in your trailer. they _ remain vigilant. if they get in your trailer, they wake _ remain vigilant. if they get in your trailer, they wake you _ remain vigilant. if they get in your trailer, they wake you up - remain vigilant. if they get in your trailer, they wake you up in i remain vigilant. if they get in your trailer, they wake you up in the i trailer, they wake you up in the middle of the night, that is your sleep ruined. i was at dunkirk and they cut the seal on the back of my trailer. they have cut the trailer without breaking the seal here and they will try and push that down so you don't notice. that will cost money to fix. you don't notice. that will cost money to fix— money to fix. lorry drivers are fined £10,000 _ money to fix. lorry drivers are fined £10,000 for _ money to fix. lorry drivers are fined £10,000 for every i money to fix. lorry drivers are l fined £10,000 for every migrant found in their vehicle by border control. , ., ., control. sorry, mate. you were aslee. control. sorry, mate. you were asleep- look— control. sorry, mate. you were asleep. look at _ control. sorry, mate. you were asleep. look at that. _ control. sorry, mate. you were asleep. look at that. you i control. sorry, mate. you were asleep. look at that. you can l control. sorry, mate. you were l asleep. look at that. you can get ten or 15 in their easily and there is no looking this. you cannot look it. . ~ , ., ., it. truck drivers are under a huge amount of— it. truck drivers are under a huge amount of stress _ it. truck drivers are under a huge amount of stress when _ it. truck drivers are under a huge amount of stress when it - it. truck drivers are under a huge amount of stress when it comes. it. truck drivers are under a huge l amount of stress when it comes to crossing _ amount of stress when it comes to crossing the channel. they often may

not be _ crossing the channel. they often may not be aware that migrants have got on board _ not be aware that migrants have got on board their vehicles, and it is the stress — on board their vehicles, and it is the stress of always having to be on the stress of always having to be on the lookout. the stress of always having to be on the lookout-— the lookout. lorry drivers say some mi . rants the lookout. lorry drivers say some migrants carry _ the lookout. lorry drivers say some migrants carry knives _ the lookout. lorry drivers say some migrants carry knives to _ the lookout. lorry drivers say some migrants carry knives to cut - the lookout. lorry drivers say some | migrants carry knives to cut through the curtains or thick tarpaulins covering trailers. if the curtains or thick tarpaulins covering trailers.— the curtains or thick tarpaulins covering trailers. if you cut the roof open. _ covering trailers. if you cut the roof open. they _ covering trailers. if you cut the roof open, they climb - covering trailers. if you cut the roof open, they climb in i covering trailers. if you cut the roof open, they climb in and i covering trailers. if you cut the l roof open, they climb in and the driver was about 70 years old, bless him, and he couldn't do anything about it so i actually got him out and got him out of the truck but each got out and pulled a blade on me. ., each got out and pulled a blade on me, ., ., ., each got out and pulled a blade on me. ., ., ., ., each got out and pulled a blade on me, ., ., ., ., ., each got out and pulled a blade on me. ., ., ., ., ., ., me. you go into a trailer full of immigrants. — me. you go into a trailer full of immigrants, you _ me. you go into a trailer full of immigrants, you are _ me. you go into a trailer full of immigrants, you are putting i me. you go into a trailer full of. immigrants, you are putting your life at— immigrants, you are putting your life at risk— immigrants, you are putting your life at risk really. especially when you are _ life at risk really. especially when you are on — life at risk really. especially when you are on your own. it is not a good _ you are on your own. it is not a good system they have at the moment, especially— good system they have at the moment, especially when there is a ten grand final looming over your head. migrants— final looming over your head. migrants as well as risking their lives. ., . , migrants as well as risking their lives. ., ., , ., ., lives. unfortunately we have a situation here _ lives. unfortunately we have a situation here where - lives. unfortunately we have a situation here where a - lives. unfortunately we have a situation here where a young | lives. unfortunately we have a i situation here where a young east african migrant had attempted to leap on board. basically between the tractor unit and the trailer. he slipped and fell onto the road and

was run over and killed. in slipped and fell onto the road and was run over and killed.— was run over and killed. in the nearby migrant _ was run over and killed. in the nearby migrant camps, - was run over and killed. in the nearby migrant camps, most l was run over and killed. in the i nearby migrant camps, most are ultimately heading for the beaches. but we do find young —— one young man determined to get on a truck. i am trying to go by truck. it is too expensive to buy a boat. you am trying to go by truck. it is too expensive to buy a boat.- expensive to buy a boat. you will t and expensive to buy a boat. you will try and get _ expensive to buy a boat. you will try and get in _ expensive to buy a boat. you will try and get in a — expensive to buy a boat. you will try and get in a laurie? - expensive to buy a boat. you will try and get in a laurie? yeah, i expensive to buy a boat. you will. try and get in a laurie? yeah, yeah. it a- ears try and get in a laurie? yeah, yeah. it appears the _ try and get in a laurie? yeah, yeah. it appears the reason _ try and get in a laurie? yeah, yeah. it appears the reason we _ try and get in a laurie? yeah, yeah. it appears the reason we have i it appears the reason we have stopped — it appears the reason we have stopped at the moment is because a driver— stopped at the moment is because a driver has _ stopped at the moment is because a driver has got out to check his vehicle — driver has got out to check his vehicle so _ driver has got out to check his vehicle. so he obviously fear that a migrant— vehicle. so he obviously fear that a migrant has— vehicle. so he obviously fear that a migrant has left on board. the government — migrant has left on board. the government says _ migrant has left on board. ila: government says its measures are a vital tool in securing our border... the owners have been put down to us. the owners have been put down to us. the government is one thing but the reality out here is completely different, completely different. —— onus. as the years pass, the stories from the second world war are at risk of being lost, so projects to preserve those

memories are now more important than ever. in plymouth, families have been invited to share their wartime heirlooms and memorabilia to be photographed for an online archive. john danks went along to the event. wartime escapades captured in comic form. �* ., . wartime escapades captured in comic form. �* . , ,, form. being at mt, this is probably the most form. being at 44, this is probably the most intense _ form. being at 44, this is probably the most intense part _ form. being at 44, this is probably the most intense part of— form. being at 44, this is probably the most intense part of the i form. being at 44, this is probably the most intense part of the war . form. being at 44, this is probablyl the most intense part of the war for him. , , ., ., . ., �*, him. they belonged to richard's uncle fred _ him. they belonged to richard's uncle fred who _ him. they belonged to richard's uncle fred who served _ him. they belonged to richard's uncle fred who served in - him. they belonged to richard's uncle fred who served in air - him. they belonged to richard's uncle fred who served in air sea rescue in north africa during world war ii. , ., ., ., , , rescue in north africa during world war". , ., ., ., , , ., war ii. the photo album is a snapshot. — war ii. the photo album is a snapshot, mostly _ war ii. the photo album is a snapshot, mostly the - war ii. the photo album is a snapshot, mostly the latter| war ii. the photo album is a - snapshot, mostly the latter part of the war, in being on leave in cairo but there are some photos of rescuing of raf pilots in the meadows well and also there is a journal from 191m meadows well and also there is a journalfrom 191m which meadows well and also there is a journal from 191m which is all humourous cartoon sketches which he made from being on leave. generally mucking about and humourous incidents he got involved with. this event is part _ incidents he got involved with. this event is part of— incidents he got involved with. this event is part of a national scheme

called their finest hour aim to create a digital archive of object, personal items and the stories behind them. things like this military road sign. ht behind them. things like this military road sign. it basically indicated the _ military road sign. it basically indicated the roots _ military road sign. it basically indicated the roots that - military road sign. it basically| indicated the roots that certain military unit should take as they [and in plymouth sound in land in plymouth sound in preparation for d—day, which had been literally a roadside in 191m and was eventually recovered from a hedgein and was eventually recovered from a hedge in 1950 before it had gone into somebody�*s house. that was amazing. into somebody's house. that was amazinu. , , , into somebody's house. that was amazinu. ,, , ., �*, into somebody's house. that was amazinu. , , , ., amazing. this is my dad's old... he is there on — amazing. this is my dad's old... he is there on the _ amazing. this is my dad's old... he is there on the left. _ amazing. this is my dad's old... he is there on the left. he _ amazing. this is my dad's old... he is there on the left. he was - amazing. this is my dad's old... he is there on the left. he was a - amazing. this is my dad's old... he is there on the left. he was a creek| is there on the left. he was a creek marine, _ is there on the left. he was a creek marine, a _ is there on the left. he was a creek marine, a stoker on minesweepers. and for— marine, a stoker on minesweepers. and for university student lucas, it is a chance to study his own family's history. he is a chance to study his own family's history.— is a chance to study his own family's history. is a chance to study his own famil 's histo . , ., ., , ., family's history. he swam to shore. he swam to — family's history. he swam to shore. he swam to shore _ family's history. he swam to shore. he swam to shore and _ family's history. he swam to shore. he swam to shore and with - family's history. he swam to shore. he swam to shore and with his - family's history. he swam to shore. l he swam to shore and with his friend decided _ he swam to shore and with his friend decided to— he swam to shore and with his friend decided to whip back to germany. my decided to whip back to germany. grandfather decided to whip back to germany. m grandfather was a decided to whip back to germany. m1: grandfather was a german decided to whip back to germany. m1 grandfather was a german prisoner of war here in devon, married a devon

girl, yes. we have some photo albums with some notes that are written in german that we are hoping to get looked at. a marriage certificate for a grandfather and my grandmother where occupation is actually listed as prisoner of war, so there are some interesting bits there, yeah. from the generation which came through the second world war, memories that will live on in a new digital collection. an incredible project. we will be back with headlines for you in a moment. stay with us.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with sarah campbell and ben thompson. 0ur headlines today... police declare a major incident in cumbria after heavy snowfall causes drivers to abandon their stuck vehicles. weather conditions across cumbria have improved today, but more parts of northern england are waking up to a covering of snow and ice. we turn our attention to rain, particularly across southern areas. i'll have the details. also today, israel faces growing calls from the us to protect palestinian civilians as the focus of its military offensive shifts further south in the gaza strip. inaudible

for a first ever podium adds to a gold in the snowboard cross in the alps. a hero's welcome for kevin sinfield as he finishes day two of seven ultra—marathons in seven days to raise awareness for mnd. a slight dusting of snow will welcome kevin and the team to birmingham. remember, seven ultramarathons, seven days, seven cities. day three, they are good to go. it's sunday the 3rd december. our main story. a major incident has been declared by police in cumbria after heavy snowfall caused huge disruption and challenging conditions on the roads. people are being urged to stay away from the county and only travel if it is absolutely necessary. meanwhile, a yellow weather warning has been issued across the midlands, northern england and wales. with the latest,

here's louisa pilbeam. the north—west of england has seen snow, and in tb people are stuck for hours. in ambleside, these scenes meant drivers were told to leave their cars and make their way to and emergency refuge. paul smith was one of those stuck there for hours. the snowjust came down, and as you can see now, the road all the way down is still blocked, we're still about 1.5 miles from ambleside, and it's just been like literally moving ten yards, stopping again. this was ant brett's view from his car on the a595 in cumbria

on his way to a family wedding. he said he was stuck for 19 hours without food or water or any help from emergency services. siren wails cumbria police and the area's fire and rescue service urged people not to take to the roads. a spokesperson for cumbria constabulary said: communities have been opening local centres for people to stay. many of our community have got that cumbria spirit where they'll crack open hotels and bed and breakfasts and help people out there who are tourists or even just visiting just for the day or even on holiday. with the snow, ice and cold disrupting transport, there is also an amber cold health alert issued by the uk

health security agency that remains in place forfive regions in england, including the northwest. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. chilly out there in parts of the uk, but snow also causing disruption across europe. avalanche warnings have been issued in western austria. in munich, a0 centimetres of snow fell in 2a hours. in prague, a state of emergency has been declared there, with more than 15,000 homes left without power across the czech republic. we will check in with matt who has all the weather for the rest of the weekend and a little while, but let's get our other main stories. sarah has those, including the latest from the middle east. israel is coming under renewed pressure from the us to avoid civilian casualties in gaza, as its military targets the southern part of the territory. hamas — designated as a terror organisation by the uk government — says no more israeli hostages will be released until there's a permanent ceasefire. 0ur middle east correspondent hugo bachega has the latest.

khan younis in southern gaza. palestinians have been seeking safety here. now, a target for israel's attacks. explosion hamas leaders are thought to be hiding in khan younis and people have been told to evacuate further south. the bombing of the city was the heaviest in the war so far residents say. translation: the israelis told us | that khan younis was a safe zone, | which led us to flee here. now, even khan younis has become a war zone. where are we supposed to go? our children are stranded on the streets. this was the scene when aid arrived in khan younis. 100 lorries with humanitarian supplies entered gaza from egypt yesterday. aid agencies say it's still not enough.

chanting in israel, the agonising wait continues for the families of the hostages who remain in gaza. around 1a0 people are still captive. hamas says no—one will be freed until there's a permanent ceasefire. in tel aviv last night, thousands gathered to call for the release of the hostages. yelena trupanov, who's 50, was freed with her mother just two days ago. her husband vitaly was killed by hamas. theirson, sasha, remains in captivity. translation: i'm happy and excited to stand here in front of you. - i came to say thank you because without you i wouldn't be here. and now we have to go back and get my sasha. the rally was interrupted by blaring sirens warning of the risk of incoming rockets. prime minister netanyahu spoke for the first time since the end of the ceasefire. he insisted military pressure was the only way to free the captives.

translation: we will continue the war- until we achieve all its goals, and it's impossible to achieve those goals without the ground operation. from israel's main ally, the united states, a clear message — it cannot repeat in the south what it did in the north. i have repeatedly made clear to israel's leaders that protecting palestinian civilians in gaza is both a moral responsibility and a strategic imperative. talks between israel and hamas have collapsed. the families of the hostages hope for them to come home. in gaza, people hope the guns will once again fall silent. hugo is injerusalem for us this morning. good morning to you. as you were saying in your piece, increased pressure from the us on israel as to

how to conduct this military operation because?- how to conduct this military operation because? good morning. very strong — operation because? good morning. very strong words _ operation because? good morning. very strong words from _ operation because? good morning. very strong words from the - operation because? good morning. very strong words from the us - very strong words from the us defence secretary, and think it was also interesting that he said that the israeli offensive, there was a risk of driving the population into the arms of the enemy in his words. i think, perhaps, the arms of the enemy in his words. ithink, perhaps, adjusting the arms of the enemy in his words. i think, perhaps, adjusting the ferocity of the israeli attacks could lead to more people supporting hamas. we also heard from the us vice president, kamala harris, said that while israel has the right to defend itself, too many palestinians have been killed. she described the situation in gaza is devastating. very strong words from two senior american officials, but i think the message from the biden administration has been very clear, that israel needs to do more to protect the civilian population of gaza, and that israel cannot repeat

in the south what it did in the north, we saw entire neighbourhoods completely destroyed, and around 15,000 people killed according to the local authorities. this morning, the local authorities. this morning, the israeli bombardment of areas in southern gaza continued, and we also saw fit the israeli military has ordered the evacuation of several neighbourhoods in eastern areas of khan younis will stop this is a city that the israeli military believes leadership of hamas have been hiding. there are fears that this could be an indication that an israeli ground offensive could be imminent. the managerial crisis continues, hospitals are under pressure, having to operate with very limited resources, and people across the territory are suffering from widespread shortages of basic supplies. the israeli bombardment continues. a very desperate situation for the population of

gaza. the ministry of defence is to carry out unarmed surveillance flights in air space over gaza and israel to search for potential hostage locations used by hamas. five british nationals are still missing following the deadly hamas raids on southern israel on october the seventh. in a statement, the mod said the surveillance aircraft would not have a combat role. a german tourist has died and two other people have been injured in an attack in the middle of paris. the attacker, who was known to the authorities, said he was avenging the death of muslims in gaza. he was later tasered and arrested. an 8a—year—old man who died after an explosion at a house in edinburgh has been named locally as james smith. two others were taken to hospital following the blast in the baberton area of the city. police say there are no suspicious circumstances. the home secretary, james cleverly, is understood to be ready to go to rwanda in the coming days to sign a new deal on sending asylum seekers to the country.

0ur political correspondent, tony bonsignore, joins us now. tony, how much do we know about any potential agreement? good morning to you. good morning. not a great — good morning to you. good morning. not a great deal, _ good morning to you. good morning. not a great deal, at _ good morning to you. good morning. not a great deal, at the _ good morning to you. good morning. not a great deal, at the moment. - good morning to you. good morning. not a great deal, at the moment. all| not a great deal, at the moment. all we understand is that james cleverly is ready to go when that new deal, that new treaty, whatever it is, has been agreed, but beyond that, no details at the moment, no confirmation when that will be. it might be in the coming days, again, not 100% confirmed. the sunday times are reporting that there will be £15 million additional funding for the rwandan government too, it says, expand and improve its asylum processing regime. this is all about trying to address those concerns raised by the supreme court in its decision on the 15th of november.

even then, this is the —— isn't the only part, the only plank of the government's trying to save its rwanda scheme. there is legislation that the government confirmed that it is finalising, but no confirmation when that will be. it may be brought to the house of commons this week. even then, it has to go not only through the house of commons, but the lords as well. there is pressure on the government to try and get these different parts moving as as possible. with a view, they hope, to getting those first rwanda flights off the ground before the next general election. tongs. the next general election. tony, thank yom _ dozens of health ministers are expected to use a meeting at the cop 28 conference in dubai to discuss how to tackle the health challenges posed by climate change. it is the first time a day of the conference has been dedicated to the subject. 0ur climate editorjustin rowlatt, who is at the conference, is here with us now. hello to you again, just the health

professionals have really lobbied for this, so what issues do they want to be raised, to be talked about at cop28?— about at cop28? that is quite straightforward, _ about at cop28? that is quite straightforward, it _ about at cop28? that is quite straightforward, it is - about at cop28? that is quite straightforward, it is the - about at cop28? that is quite l straightforward, it is the effect about at cop28? that is quite - straightforward, it is the effect of climate change on health. crucially, the effect of heat on health. of course, britain is in the deep freeze, i am course, britain is in the deep freeze, iam not course, britain is in the deep freeze, i am not boasting, course, britain is in the deep freeze, iam not boasting, but course, britain is in the deep freeze, i am not boasting, but it is 28 degrees here, and it will get to 30! it is essentially late autumn, winter here in the united arab emirates, but in the summer, my point is, it goes up to 50 celsius, and often very high humidity as well. that literally is unlivable temperatures without some form of cooling. that is an increasing issue around the world, that issue of heat stress. look back and remember back to last summer in the uk when temperatures topped a0 celsius, and remember how hard it was to get around. think of people in the equatorial regions, the hotter

regions of the world, how much more difficult it is to get around and... and also the impact that has on people with underlying illnesses, breathing issues, that gets much tougher. then of course we have malaria spreading, it is easier for mosquitoes to survive in warmer temperatures, diseases associated with diarrhoea, malnutrition, that kind of thing. today, al gore is going to be here, former vice president and winner of a nobel prize for raising the alarm on climate change, to lunch with the uae a commitment to climate change and health to commit resources and deal with the issues that it is causing. we also have hillary clinton here as well. another busy day. the world leaders are gone, but another busy day here in cop28 in dubai. we arejust we are just approaching 8:16am. just

a strictly update for you, but no spoilers. no couples will be eliminated from this week's strictly come dancing after casualty and eastenders star, nigel harman was forced to pull out because of injury. the actor and his professional partner, katya jones, had been set to dance the charleston on saturday's programme before he injured his rib during rehearsals. the judges' scores will be carried over to next week. this hasn't really sunk in. when i watched everyone come down the stairs i was a bit like, "oh, this is real, i'm not part of this any more," and that's quite sad. yeah, i've been avoiding cat all day because that makes it really real as well. really tough to get so far as to the competition, and then leave because of an injury. there are three couples left. it is getting to the final moments! and they are all really good.

we have another weather update, and another lovely christmassy picture, but the weather because in quite a few problems. it is but the weather because in quite a few problems-— but the weather because in quite a few problems. it is indeed. quite a few problems. it is indeed. quite a few problems- _ few problems. it is indeed. quite a few problems. if _ few problems. it is indeed. quite a few problems. if you _ few problems. it is indeed. quite a few problems. if you could - few problems. it is indeed. quite a few problems. if you could take - few problems. it is indeed. quite a | few problems. if you could take this car out of the scene, it looks almost fairly dickensian. this is the view in derbyshire after overnight snowfall. a similar scene further north into north yorkshire and harrogate. 0ur weather watchers have been out in force. the worst of the snowfall was yesterday across parts of cumbria. that's because by the stream showers that kept on hitting the same areas for hours on end yesterday afternoon stop a more widespread area of snow into the night, and that also swept across other areas. night, and that also swept across otherareas. it night, and that also swept across other areas. it is really for the midlands northwards work we have a coating of snow across central and northern england. a mixture of rain and sleet towards east anglia and the south. that is all starting to clear. still heavy snow for one or two across the north—east, but focus will be turning to rain for the rest of the day and southern areas,

because temperatures are rising here. they could be snow over the tops of the welsh hills, but for many, outbreaks of rain will start to push its way through wales, south wales, may be southern england. north—west england, northern ireland, scotland, dry by comparison. temperatures close to blows freezing. even with the sunshine, think of zero for some in scotland, with the day starting at -12. scotland, with the day starting at —12. there will be showers across north—eastern scotland and eastern scotland, but some heavy rain sweeping across much of england, wales, central and southern england. that is going to be popping in some pretty cold air across the northern half of the country. tomorrow morning, the high rates across north wales is where we could be having some problems for the morning commute. rain deftly toward southern areas where temperatures continue rise a bit. the best of the day's

weather in western scotland and northern ireland. few showers, a bit more on the wave sunshine. all sea temperatures lift compared to the they come over there with stronger winds through tomorrow, and that will mean added wind—chill. it is all because of this area of low pressure pushing its way eastwards. he continues to do so throughout tuesday. a mixture of rain, sleet and snow, not having too much impact on tuesday morning. rain showers and sleet showers get confined east anglia and the south—east with stronger winds later, elsewhere lots of sunshine developing. some areas, particularly over higher ground, struggling to get above freezing. it will be a cold day and a cold night will be a cold day and a cold night will follow, but things will change later in the week. blue colours to begin with, the cold air, the mild air, here it comes, so here you go, this is for you. by the end of the week, we will see temperatures from around six to 11 or 12 celsius, but the price to pay as there will be more in the wavering. you

the price to pay as there will be more in the wavering. you have saved ourself more in the wavering. you have saved yourself there. _ more in the wavering. you have saved yourself there, because _ more in the wavering. you have saved yourself there, because i _ more in the wavering. you have saved yourself there, because i was - more in the wavering. you have saved yourself there, because i was going i yourself there, because i was going to tell you how rubbish that forecast was, but i got excited when the big yellow blob lived in! i wouldn't get too excited! the big yellow blob lived in! i l wouldn't get too excited! he's the big yellow blob lived in! i i wouldn't get too excited! he's a hard man to _ wouldn't get too excited! he's a hard man to please _ wouldn't get too excited! he's a hard man to please when - wouldn't get too excited! he's a hard man to please when it - wouldn't get too excited! he's a i hard man to please when it comes wouldn't get too excited! he's a - hard man to please when it comes to the weather forecast, but you try your best. it is all the rubbish stuff, i don't want any of that, unless it is nice, crisp, wintry, lovely, christmassy snow. i like the sun on tuesday. will make the most of it while it lasts. just tell yourself lucky, that you are not outrunning ultramarathons in this weather! it's day three for kevin sinfield — as he almost nears the halfway point of his incredible seven—in—seven—in—seven challenge. as a reminder, kev is taking on seven ultra marathons, through seven cities, over seven days — all to raise money to support those with motor neurone disease, like his friend and former rugby team—mate rob burrow. today, he's taking on birmingham —

and john maguire is with him. let's ta ke let's take a look. it is the fourth of kevin sinfield's challenges inspired by his friend rob burrow, but this is the first away fixture. if he runs it, they will come. once again, the support has blown the team away. we are delighted to be here. it is an honour to be running in cardiff. representing our wonderful people across the uk and ireland in this wonderful community, the mnd community. it's a 2—way street is there when it's being “ as -- as the awareness of thing raised b the -- as the awareness of thing raised by the team — -- as the awareness of thing raised by the team benefits _ -- as the awareness of thing raised by the team benefits those - -- as the awareness of thing raised by the team benefits those with - by the team benefits those with motor neurone disease. mnd, life on top of normal, hectic family life, you can't even explain it, really.

but we get through it together, day by day. we adapt. we still try coach rugby. he was a coach for the under nine's team, so he still gets his foot in the door over there and gets involved with the kids. it's great, great. limbs sore from almost four hours of running the day before were coaxed into action, ready to go again. good. cold. tired from yesterday. but the reception we are getting from cardiff is incredible. just amazing. keeps you going? yes. cave mentioned it on the first night. the outpouring of emotion and goodwill and love, it'sjust — it is something to behold, it is incredible. cardiff's leg will take them from the principality rugby stadium and around the city. a new idea this week —

and an instant hit — is the extra mile, where people from the mnd community are invited to run or ride along, shoulder to shoulder with the team. how was that for you? amazing. i had the invitation just over a week ago. unbelievable. running alongside kevin at one point, as well. he is quick, though, isn't he? he doesn't hang around! he has another 20 _ he doesn't hang around! he has another 20 miles _ he doesn't hang around! he has another 20 miles or _ he doesn't hang around! he has another 20 miles or so - he doesn't hang around! he has another 20 miles or so to - he doesn't hang around! he has another 20 miles or so to go, i he doesn't hang around! he has. another 20 miles or so to go, but fantastic. i have a friend who lives with mnd down in the coastal area in south wales. that one is for you, tim. thanks, guys. hello. kate lost her brother sam to mnd. this weekend marks 11 years since his death.

so this was the perfect opportunity to remember him. we are all here to support each other. the people i met in cardiff about eight years ago inspired me to run. she ran a half marathon. she lost her dad so i went to have a bit of a chat. i have ihave mnd. my family is here. and we have done, you know, we have done quite a few- fundraising events ourselves, over the last couple of years. j and we've been — _ we were invited to come along and do this, a good way to spend a saturday morning — a good way to spend a saturday morning in— a good way to spend a saturday morning in cardiff. _ to see what these guys do, and their positive attitude, it's simply inspirational. rarely, if ever, has an englishman been cheered down westgate street. but in the heart of this rugby—mad nation, they know an incredible achievement when they see one.

welcome back to cardiff. thank you. how was your day? beautiful. the support has been — we were blown away because you're never sure. we have seen some wonderful parts of cardiff and we we were all saying, we didn't think it was nice! don't put that on the telly! yes, some really nice people and it has been great. and that support was taken to another level as through the smoke kevin and the team walked out onto the pitch to be congratulated by another rugby great, sir gareth edwards. fantastic. thank you very much

for all your support. it is a wonderful city you guys have got. we know that the rugby community care about people that need them in this mnd community, and really need you. what we have seen today is unbelievable support and it has been an absolute honour to run in cardiff. brilliant, thank you so much. thank you everyone. thank you kevin. cheers. it was time between rivals cardiff and the scarlets, but 8,000 people were united. more miles run, more money raised, more people who now understand what motor neurone disease means, and therefore more health for those living with this disease. john maguire, bbc news, cardiff. that was cardiff, that was yesterday. today it is birmingham, we are joined yesterday. today it is birmingham, we arejoined by yesterday. today it is birmingham, we are joined by kevin and the pilkington family, we will chat to

them forjust a second. how can you look fresher than me because my because you had a few beers, john! were not going to be telling tales stop were not going to be telling tales sto_ , , ., , were not going to be telling tales sto__ were not going to be telling tales sto_, ., . were not going to be telling tales stol, ., . were not going to be telling tales stol, . stop yesterday was fantastic. it has been really special _ stop yesterday was fantastic. it has been really special everywhere, - stop yesterday was fantastic. it has | been really special everywhere, but yesterday was a really nice route. looking forward to today when it is snowy and frosty, but we have jordan here support. we have a lovely family, and we'll give it our best shot again. family, and we'll give it our best shot again-— family, and we'll give it our best shot again. and the extra mile is 'ust shot again. and the extra mile is just wonderful. _ shot again. and the extra mile is just wonderful. what _ shot again. and the extra mile is just wonderful. what an - shot again. and the extra mile is - just wonderful. what an experience. this is what it is about. it is about connecting people. it is about getting them together, getting them to look after each other, and they are one unbelievable unit. there are so many who want to be involved and support the players, so the extra mile is the best bit.—

support the players, so the extra mile is the best bit. good morning. it has been — mile is the best bit. good morning. it has been amazing _ mile is the best bit. good morning. it has been amazing watching - mile is the best bit. good morning. it has been amazing watching the l it has been amazing watching the last couple of days, and i know you have had contact with kevin and the team before. he was 22, and that makes it one of the youngest. he was in the army. — makes it one of the youngest. he was in the army. 22 _ makes it one of the youngest. he was in the army, 22 years _ makes it one of the youngest. he was in the army, 22 years old, _ makes it one of the youngest. he was in the army, 22 years old, and - in the army, 22 years old, and people — in the army, 22 years old, and people were told, theyjust didn't know— people were told, theyjust didn't know anything about mnd. they had to google _ know anything about mnd. they had to google it _ know anything about mnd. they had to google it to find out what it was. all the _ google it to find out what it was. all the awareness that kevin, doddie weir, _ all the awareness that kevin, doddie weir. rob. _ all the awareness that kevin, doddie weir, rob, we've got to keep banging weir, rob, we've got to keep hanging a drum. — weir, rob, we've got to keep hanging a drum. it_ weir, rob, we've got to keep hanging a drum. it is— weir, rob, we've got to keep hanging a drum, it is brilliant. and weir, rob, we've got to keep banging a drum, it is brilliant.— a drum, it is brilliant. and had to net u- at a drum, it is brilliant. and had to get up at five _ a drum, it is brilliant. and had to get up at five o'clock _ a drum, it is brilliant. and had to get up at five o'clock this - a drum, it is brilliant. and had to i get up at five o'clock this morning. five o'clock, it is tough, it is busy. five o'clock, it is tough, it is bus . five o'clock, it is tough, it is bus. , five o'clock, it is tough, it is bus . , ., five o'clock, it is tough, it is bus. , ., ., busy. five o'clock is the norm for us, it is busy. five o'clock is the norm for us. it is not _ busy. five o'clock is the norm for us. it is not a _ busy. five o'clock is the norm for us, it is not a problem. - busy. five o'clock is the norm for us, it is not a problem. we - busy. five o'clock is the norm for. us, it is not a problem. we wanted to see _ us, it is not a problem. we wanted to see the — us, it is not a problem. we wanted to see the team, we do what we can

for them _ to see the team, we do what we can for them. �* ,, , to see the team, we do what we can forthem. a, , ,.,�* to see the team, we do what we can forthem. a, , �* ., to see the team, we do what we can forthem. , �* ., for them. abbey, you've done some fundin: as for them. abbey, you've done some funding as well. _ for them. abbey, you've done some funding as well. i'm _ for them. abbey, you've done some funding as well. i'm not _ for them. abbey, you've done some| funding as well. i'm not superhuman like kevin here _ funding as well. i'm not superhuman like kevin here running _ funding as well. i'm not superhuman like kevin here running the - funding as well. i'm not superhuman| like kevin here running the marathon is, like kevin here running the marathon is. but _ like kevin here running the marathon is. but a _ like kevin here running the marathon is. but a mile — like kevin here running the marathon is. but a mile a — like kevin here running the marathon is, but a mile a day— like kevin here running the marathon is, but a mile a day or— like kevin here running the marathon is, but a mile a day or something. i is, but a mile a day or something. tell us— is, but a mile a day or something. tell us about _ is, but a mile a day or something. tell us about your— is, but a mile a day or something. tell us about your little _ is, but a mile a day or something. tell us about your little brother, l tell us about your little brother, spare his blushes! i’m tell us about your little brother, spare his blushes!— tell us about your little brother, spare his blushes! i'm super proud of him. spare his blushes! i'm super proud of him- he — spare his blushes! i'm super proud of him. he keeps _ spare his blushes! i'm super proud of him. he keeps going, _ spare his blushes! i'm super proud of him. he keeps going, he - spare his blushes! i'm super proud of him. he keeps going, he stays i of him. he keeps going, he stays positive. — of him. he keeps going, he stays positive. and _ of him. he keeps going, he stays positive, and he _ of him. he keeps going, he stays positive, and he is— of him. he keeps going, he stays positive, and he is the _ of him. he keeps going, he stays positive, and he is the reason- of him. he keeps going, he staysl positive, and he is the reason why we are _ positive, and he is the reason why we are here — positive, and he is the reason why we are here today. _ positive, and he is the reason why we are here today. we _ positive, and he is the reason why we are here today. we need - positive, and he is the reason why we are here today. we need to - positive, and he is the reason why. we are here today. we need to keep raising _ we are here today. we need to keep raising that — we are here today. we need to keep raising that awareness _ we are here today. we need to keep raising that awareness and - we are here today. we need to keep raising that awareness and those - raising that awareness and those funds. _ raising that awareness and those funds. and — raising that awareness and those funds. and keep— raising that awareness and those funds, and keep making- raising that awareness and those funds, and keep making us- raising that awareness and those i funds, and keep making us proud. raising that awareness and those - funds, and keep making us proud. and we funds, and keep making us proud. we talked a lot about the mnd community, and we talked about it last year, when you get it, you get it. it is quite extraordinary how you support each other, help each other, all the people we met on the journey, it is great to hear all that support for everyone. yeah, i think, as that support for everyone. yeah, i think. as they _ that support for everyone. yeah, i think, as they mentioned, - that support for everyone. yeah, i think, as they mentioned, for - that support for everyone. yeah, i l think, as they mentioned, for years and decades people have been pushed aside and have had to leave behind closed doors. i think because of

what doddie and rob have done, they opened it up to everyone in the world, and it makes life a bit easierforfamilies to world, and it makes life a bit easier for families to get out there and continue living. if we can help in a very small way, we will do, and it's great to meet people likejordi and his family, it is about trying to improve lives. he's a cracking lad, spent its time within, and it is a wonderfulfamily. lad, spent its time within, and it is a wonderful family. x�*t�*ou lad, spent its time within, and it is a wonderful family.— is a wonderful family. you have observed from _ is a wonderful family. you have observed from afar, _ is a wonderful family. you have observed from afar, but - is a wonderful family. you have observed from afar, but now. is a wonderful family. you have i observed from afar, but now kevin is a wonderful family. you have - observed from afar, but now kevin is coming to your hometown stop it is great to see the roadshow. hoof great to see the roadshow. how humblin: great to see the roadshow. how humbling it _ great to see the roadshow. how humbling it is. _ great to see the roadshow. how humbling it is. he's _ great to see the roadshow. how humbling it is. he's leading all these — humbling it is. he's leading all these guys with mnd, what he is doing _ these guys with mnd, what he is doing is— these guys with mnd, what he is doing is absolutely brilliant. it means— doing is absolutely brilliant. it means so— doing is absolutely brilliant. it means so much to these guys living with mnd _ means so much to these guys living with mnd and the mnd community as a whole _ with mnd and the mnd community as a whole you _ with mnd and the mnd community as a whole. you can see what effect have on him _

whole. you can see what effect have on him he — whole. you can see what effect have on him. he does this every time he sees _ on him. he does this every time he sees kevin. — on him. he does this every time he sees kevin, because he just adores him _ sees kevin, because he just adores him it— sees kevin, because he 'ust adores him. .. . . sees kevin, because he 'ust adores him. , ., sees kevin, because he 'ust adores him. ., , , ., ., sees kevin, because he 'ust adores him. , ., ., ., ~ him. it has been wonderful to talk to ou him. it has been wonderful to talk to you this — him. it has been wonderful to talk to you this morning. _ him. it has been wonderful to talk to you this morning. well- him. it has been wonderful to talk to you this morning. well done, i to you this morning. well done, getting through the snow. good to see you, looking forward to today? yes, the extra miles at the start today, is a really looking forward today, is a really looking forward to that. we get the first 20 or 30 minutes done, we will get into our stride. we will keep at it. ten o'clock start _ stride. we will keep at it. ten o'clock start today, _ stride. we will keep at it. ten o'clock start today, an early start, because the long journey later on the route will be on the leeds rhinos, the club that rob and kevin played for on their socials. if you want to come down and cheer them on, they would love to see you. you can see them get a bit faster, if you can believe that, when the crowds are there cheering them along, and across another way to support, if you can't make it, go on text, go online, support the campaign. you can see how much it means to the families and how much difference is being made to be bop's families

living with this disease, but what an event. tonight we are going to edinburgh. we will talk to you tomorrow from edinburgh. have a good day. she happy travels, we will be watching. incredible to hear those stories which reminds us how important this work is. good luck, kevin. sunday with laura k is here on bbc one at 9 o'clock this morning. let's see what laura has in store. whatever the gossip, the intrigue, the speculation at westminster is on any given day, one of the most importantjobs in the government is always being the health secretary. what happens to the nhs is so important to families, to patients, to voters that there's always a lot of pressure on them, particularly with the stresses and strains in the health service that we are all sadly so familiar with. so this morning, for the first time in her newjob, we'll be speaking live to the health secretary,

victoria atkins, putting your questions to her on whether or not the service can avoid a winter crisis. we'll also be speaking live to the granddaughter of nelson mandela. she's one of the people at the huge gathering at the climate summit in dubai. hope to see you here at 9:00, right here on bbc one. with christmas party season in full swing, you may notice more police patrolling the roads, and signs warning of the dangers of drink or drug driving. lincolnshire police have now launched their campaign — featuring an officer who's had to break the devastating news to families that one of their loved ones has been killed in a crash. gemma dawson has been to meet him. imagine having to deliver the worst news that someone's loved one has been killed in a car crash.

just your name and title for the tape, then please. sergeant mike templeman, response sergeant at gainsborough police station. in our county alone we had a8 deaths last year. that's a8 families who had that knock at the door. how does it feel knowing that you've got this message to deliver? it's absolutely horrendous, but obviously it's even more horrendous for the families involved. your heart really does go out to them because you know, what you're going to say to them in those few moments is just going to change their lives forever. and when you approach the house, sometimes you can hear people laughing inside and itjust makes it all the more horrendous knowing that what you're about to tell them is going to stop that laughter. this new video released by lincolnshire police is part of this year's festive drink and drug driving campaign. sometimes you can pass the message there and then other times they're that upset and that distraught, they literally fall to the floor in front of you and it can take a few minutes just waiting

patiently, almost waiting for a break before you can actually say the words that their loved one isn't coming home again. i hope it makes people realise the devastation it causes to the families and then hopefully it'll get people driving a bit safer on the road. what impact does it have on you as a police officer? it is really impactful. we don't get any specific training in relation to passing death messages because there's nothing really you can train for. we see people get killed on the roads every day and people then move on. but for that family, they live with that for the rest of their lives. their lives will never be the same again. we don't refer to accidents, we refer to collisions because an accident would suggest that there was nothing that could be done to prevent that fatality. and sadly and really annoyingly, most of the time, fatalities could be avoided if people didn't commit these offences. so it does get me really angry because it's just a total waste of life. we're joined now by detective chief

superintendent andy cox, the lead for fatal crash investigations at the national police chiefs' council. and john scruby, a former traffic officer and trustee of the road accident charity scard. good morning to you both. john, just listening there, this is something as a family liaison officer you have had to have those very difficult conversations many times throughout the years? conversations many times throughout the ears? . .. conversations many times throughout the ears? , ., , the years? yes, and i can remember almost all of — the years? yes, and i can remember almost all of them. _ the years? yes, and i can remember almost all of them. it _ the years? yes, and i can remember almost all of them. it must - the years? yes, and i can remember almost all of them. it must never. almost all of them. it must never aet an almost all of them. it must never get any easier? _ almost all of them. it must never get any easier? it _ almost all of them. it must never get any easier? it never - almost all of them. it must never get any easier? it never gets - almost all of them. it must never get any easier? it never gets any| get any easier? it never gets any easier, i concur— get any easier? it never gets any easier, i concur with _ get any easier? it never gets any easier, i concur with what - get any easier? it never gets any easier, i concur with what the i easier, i concur with what the officer said, easier, i concur with what the officersaid, it easier, i concur with what the officer said, it never gets any easier. walking up a stranger's drive and knocking on the door knowing you are going to wreck that person's lie. knowing you are going to wreck that person's lie-— person's lie. there is an element of drink and drug _ person's lie. there is an element of drink and drug being _ person's lie. there is an element of drink and drug being involved, - person's lie. there is an element of drink and drug being involved, how| drink and drug being involved, how much more difficult in a sense, does that make the conversation? it makes

it a lot harder. — that make the conversation? it makes it a lot harder, certainly _ that make the conversation? it makes it a lot harder, certainly for— that make the conversation? it makes it a lot harder, certainly for the - it a lot harder, certainly for the family to accept initially that they have lost a love of one. especially when they have lost their life through someone else using drink or drugs, it doubles their trauma. andy, good morning to you as well. why are we still seeing these problems, why are we still having to have campaigns like this, why did people not know that driving under the influence of drink or drugs is wrong? the influence of drink or drugs is wron. ? , ., ., the influence of drink or drugs is wron. ? ,., ., ., the influence of drink or drugs is wronu? ., a the influence of drink or drugs is wronr? ., wrong? good morning. as you say, it is an outrageous _ wrong? good morning. as you say, it is an outrageous crime. _ wrong? good morning. as you say, it is an outrageous crime. 145 _ wrong? good morning. as you say, it is an outrageous crime. 145 people i is an outrageous crime. 145 people last year— is an outrageous crime. 145 people last year lost their lives through a drink—driver and more through drugs. it is a _ drink—driver and more through drugs. it is a significant issue. if we look— it is a significant issue. if we look at — it is a significant issue. if we look at the campaign we ran for the christmas _ look at the campaign we ran for the christmas drink—drive campaign last december. — christmas drink—drive campaign last december, there was nearly 9000 arrests. _ december, there was nearly 9000 arrests. so— december, there was nearly 9000 arrests, so 9000 people up and down the country—

arrests, so 9000 people up and down the country prepared to drink and drive _ the country prepared to drink and drive that— the country prepared to drink and drive that we have caught, let alone the ones _ drive that we have caught, let alone the ones we — drive that we have caught, let alone the ones we haven't. people need to adjust _ the ones we haven't. people need to adjust their— the ones we haven't. people need to adjust their culture around it. it is a shocking crime, somebody chooses — is a shocking crime, somebody chooses to _ is a shocking crime, somebody chooses to go out and endanger themselves and others. it has consequences, as we have heard and in the _ consequences, as we have heard and in the numbers i have just given. it is a shocking — in the numbers i have just given. it is a shocking crime and people need to reflect _ is a shocking crime and people need to reflect on that and drive sensibly— to reflect on that and drive sensibly and safely. the to reflect on that and drive sensibly and safely. the penalty as a deterrent — sensibly and safely. the penalty as a deterrent has _ sensibly and safely. the penalty as a deterrent has been _ sensibly and safely. the penalty as a deterrent has been change - sensibly and safely. the penalty as a deterrent has been change from| a deterrent has been change from seven years to life in prison for this offence, but the crime is getting worse, why? is it because people aren't aware of how much they have been drinking all the strength of the drink over people think they will just of the drink over people think they willjust get of the drink over people think they will just get away with it? of the drink over people think they willjust get away with it? i of the drink over people think they willjust get away with it?- will 'ust get away with it? i think it is willjust get away with it? i think it is the latter. _ willjust get away with it? i think it is the latter. ultimately, - it is the latter. ultimately, everybody knows they are not to drink _ everybody knows they are not to drink and — everybody knows they are not to drink and drive or take drugs and drive. _ drink and drive or take drugs and drive. but — drink and drive or take drugs and drive, but they choose to. they need to look— drive, but they choose to. they need to look at _ drive, but they choose to. they need to look at the consequences rather than the _ to look at the consequences rather than the selfishness and the complexity of nature. it is a potential— complexity of nature. it is a potential fatality but the consequences to them if they get

caught _ consequences to them if they get caught. 9000 people would have lost their licence, impacted their employment, impacted their personal finances _ employment, impacted their personal finances and their future insurance cost~ _ finances and their future insurance cost~ they — finances and their future insurance cost. they need to personalise it and friends — cost. they need to personalise it and friends and family and work colleagues in these festive parties and elsewhere need to challenge and be prepared to challenge them and not get _ be prepared to challenge them and not get in — be prepared to challenge them and not get in the car with them because they are _ not get in the car with them because they are endangering themselves. they also— they are endangering themselves. they also complicit in the actions of that— they also complicit in the actions of that driver by accompanying them when _ of that driver by accompanying them when they— of that driver by accompanying them when they know they are over the limit _ when they know they are over the limit it— when they know they are over the limit it is— when they know they are over the limit it is a— when they know they are over the limit. it is a social responsibility and the — limit. it is a social responsibility and the driver's responsibility and it needs _ and the driver's responsibility and it needs challenging. the and the driver's responsibility and it needs challenging.— it needs challenging. the legal limit is lower _ it needs challenging. the legal limit is lower in _ it needs challenging. the legal limit is lower in scotland, - it needs challenging. the legalj limit is lower in scotland, does that make a difference to the statistics? does it make a difference to the number of offenders? it difference to the number of offenders?— difference to the number of offenders? , ., ., offenders? it is hard to say in resect offenders? it is hard to say in respect of — offenders? it is hard to say in respect of that, _ offenders? it is hard to say in respect of that, but _ offenders? it is hard to say in respect of that, but i - offenders? it is hard to say in| respect of that, but i approach offenders? it is hard to say in i respect of that, but i approach a zero _ respect of that, but i approach a zero tolerance approach, so i never drink— zero tolerance approach, so i never drink and _ zero tolerance approach, so i never drink and drive in terms of any amount — drink and drive in terms of any amount. the driver has to be sensible _ amount. the driver has to be sensible in— amount. the driver has to be sensible in terms of the amount they are having _ sensible in terms of the amount they are having. there are certain threshold _ are having. there are certain threshold we cannot go below for

scientific— threshold we cannot go below for scientific reasons, but it is a choice _ scientific reasons, but it is a choice. you know if you have had too many. _ choice. you know if you have had too many. you _ choice. you know if you have had too many, you know if you are impaired, you know _ many, you know if you are impaired, you know the — many, you know if you are impaired, you know the risk you are posing by getting _ you know the risk you are posing by getting in— you know the risk you are posing by getting in the car and driving. we have _ getting in the car and driving. we have to _ getting in the car and driving. we have to prioritise safety and that your actions. have to prioritise safety and that youractions. get have to prioritise safety and that your actions. get a taxi, arrange a lift and _ your actions. get a taxi, arrange a lift and do — your actions. get a taxi, arrange a lift and do something sensible because — lift and do something sensible because this year for the campaign we will_ because this year for the campaign we will have loads of police up and down _ we will have loads of police up and down the _ we will have loads of police up and down the country focusing on this issue _ down the country focusing on this issue because it is a life at risk issue — issue because it is a life at risk issue we _ issue because it is a life at risk issue. we will have to be there and do what _ issue. we will have to be there and do what we — issue. we will have to be there and do what we can and it would be great to have _ do what we can and it would be great to have less — do what we can and it would be great to have less people arrested, less people's— to have less people arrested, less people's lives shattered to drink and drug — people's lives shattered to drink and drug driving and much safer travel— and drug driving and much safer travel for— and drug driving and much safer travel for everyone.— and drug driving and much safer travel for everyone. john, when we see that ad — travel for everyone. john, when we see that ad campaign, _ travel for everyone. john, when we see that ad campaign, do - travel for everyone. john, when we see that ad campaign, do you - travel for everyone. john, when we j see that ad campaign, do you think the message gets through? are people aware enough of the implications? notjust in terms of the punishment, but the effect it has on people's lives? i but the effect it has on people's lives? ., �* ~' , but the effect it has on people's lives? ., �* ~ , ., , lives? i don't think they realise the effect _ lives? i don't think they realise the effect it — lives? i don't think they realise the effect it has. _ lives? i don't think they realise the effect it has. they - lives? i don't think they realise the effect it has. they say - lives? i don't think they realise the effect it has. they say 400| the effect it has. they say a00 people are affected by each collision. when you take into

account family, extended family, friends, colleagues and the emergency services you have to attend, the doctors at the hospital who deal with the after—care for the victims, that number mounts up. and over 200 270 people appear in court appeared with drink or drug driving. 270 people a day who have not got the message. it is not acceptable. how frustrating is it free, bearing in mind the years you have been doing this and the families you have had to meet over the years, despite these publicity campaigns that happen every year, that message doesn't seem to cut through to everybody? aha, doesn't seem to cut through to everybody?— doesn't seem to cut through to eve bod? ., ., .,, everybody? a lot to do is the limit. we have a — everybody? a lot to do is the limit. we have a legal— everybody? a lot to do is the limit. we have a legal limit _ everybody? a lot to do is the limit. we have a legal limit of— everybody? a lot to do is the limit. we have a legal limit of 35 - we have a legal limit of 35 micrograms and nobody knows when they have reached that limit. let's look at the safe limit and that is zero. if you are drinking, don't drive and if you're driving, don't drink, it is not rocket science. we will leave it _ drink, it is not rocket science. we will leave it there, a simple message from you. thank you. thank

you both forjoining us. mosquitos are usually associated with hot countries, but experts warn that wetter and warmer conditions mean they can survive in more places around the world, and that can have a "profound effect" on global health. cases of tropical diseases are now being seen in europe — but scientists are investigating ways to predict where outbreaks will happen in the future, as victoria gill reports. tiny and troublesome — these mosquitoes are one of the two species known to transmit the dengue virus. scientists say that as our climate becomes warmer and wetter, it's helping these insects to spread into new areas. if you'd told that, when i started many years ago, i would be focusing on the uk for mosquito—borne diseases, that would've really surprised me. however, what we're seeing in other countries has given us a warning that this could be something that could be a significant problem for us in the future.

climate change is not the only driver but it's helping to fuel a global surge in this tropical disease. there has been a huge increase in the number of cases of dengue globally in the past two decades. it's now spreading in new areas, including europe. in the year 2000, 500,000 cases globally were reported to the world health organization. in 2023, a.5 million cases have been reported. the mosquitoes breed in stagnant water. not everyone the insects bite will develop the virus and for most that do, the fever lasts about seven days and the majority of people fully recover. but in developing countries where it's already widespread, dengue is taking more of a toll. in bangladesh, earlier this year, an outbreak killed nearly 1,000 people. it was linked to the hotter, wetter monsoons. that's why scientists, funded by the wellcome trust, are working to stay a step ahead

of this disease. with a combination of on the ground surveillance for mosquitoes and new technology, researchers are developing tools to predict where outbreaks are most likely to happen. we're gathering data from global climate products, from satellite images, from field campaigns to collect data from drones and weather sensors and when we combine all this information, we can develop models that can then allow us to predict the risk in advance and help target those interventions. sunday is the first health day of the cop28 un climate talks. experts hope this official recognition of how our health is into climate change will help strengthen the ambition to slash global emissions quickly. climate change has a profound impact on our health and we must ensure that climate action is designed with both health and justice at the heart. mosquitoes have no regard for international borders. here in the uk, traps for the insects are set at sites where they're most likely to arrive, like ports and airports,

so they can be quickly eradicated. it'sjust a little black bucket with a polystyrene block and some water. so, an invasive aedes will come in and she will lay her eggsjust on the polystyrene block above the water. 0k. and then, you pick up the block, see if there's any eggs on it. if there are, then we can look to identify them. what do the eggs look like? you can see how tiny and inconspicuous they are. they look like dust. they do — they're easy to miss. wow. the problem is not going to go away, so more attention, more funding and more focus on these type of issues is welcomed. victoria gill, bbc news. fascinating and apologies if you are feeling just a little bit itchy! yes, a .a5, lets get the sport. talking about the euro draw? yes, dates and destinations have been

designated. the euro 202a draw has provided scotland with the honour of its first spotlight. they've been drawn in the same group as the hosts germany and will play them in the opening game. england's biggest test will come in the shape of denmark. while wales do still have hopes of making it. and if they do they'll have it tough. joe lynskey reports. on a december day in hamburg, football mapped out its summer, and for scotland and steve clark, they now know they will start the show. germany. the first match of the euros will see them face the hosts. scotland have been drawn in group a with germany, along with hungary and switzerland. it is a tough draw, but for scotland, a great platform. nice to open the tournament and be involved in the first game and hopefully we can set the tone off with a good match. it was all was good to be exciting for us. england. england public first match will be against serbia. group c is completed by slovenia and denmark.

harry kane is there to follow in. they are the team who at the last euros pushed england all the way. but they have avoided teams like italy and croatia. this favourable draw ramps up high expectations. stood here after quite a few draws and you feel the same way. you can look at it on paper, but the games aren't played on paper. obviously one or two teams you are glad to avoid. for wales to reach the euros, they face two play—off games in march. but should they make it, a tough draw awaits them in group d — the netherlands and france both want to be there at the end. for now, it is the start that was stir the tartan army. a meeting in munich with the german team who are out of form and there to beat. the countdown is on tojune the 1ath. joe lynskey, bbc news. with manchester city not playing until today, arsenal took advantage, extending their lead at the top of

the premier league to four points. they beat wolves 2—1 for a third straight win. in a game of missed chances for arsenal. it actually took just six minutes for them to take the lead with england forward bukayo saka claiming his fifth goal of the season. and captain martin odegaard scored their second soon afterwards. a late consolation arsenal getting the job done. arsenal's last defeat was to newcastle, and just like that day anthony gordon provided the vital goal in a big win. the forward gave newcastle a 1—0 victory over manchester united, his fourth goal in as many home games takes them up to fifth with manchester united a couple of places behind. the draw for the third round of the fa cup takes place today and will feature national league south maidstone, who have reached that stage for the first time since they rose from the ashes of the old maidstone united more than 30 years ago. they had to come from behind to beat league two barrow 2—1 did so in spectacular style thanks to midfielder bivesh gurung with only his second goalfor the club, giving maidstone the big shock of the round so far.

well for someone who said he was playing terribly and couldn't be bothered with snooker any more, ronnie o'sullivan is having a good run at the uk championship in york. he's now through to the final, leading from start to finish against iran's hussein vafaei, winning his semi final comfortably 6—2. o'sullivan said playing well under pressure is important but "i'm just motivated by cash". there's a prize of £250,000 on offer. but victory would also see him extend his own record to eight uk titles. huw nightingale and charlotte bankes won great britain's first team snowboard cross world cup medal with gold in les deux alpes in france, adding to the world championship the pair won in march. and kirsty muir took silver in the big air world cup event in beijing. the teenager's season has started impressively. her first outing brought a fourth place finish and yesterday's podium was her first in this event, having done it twice before

in the slopestyle discipline. muir said the weather was perfect and the jump felt really good. there are quite a few young, very impressive winter sports, british teenagers and a little bit older who are doing good things at the moment, we have to wait until the winter olympics. if you can bear to wait for the three years. that is nice snow, fun snow. this is not fun snow. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. it depends on your viewpoint, i'm sure a few kids will be happy out there. this is ambleside and cumbria where we saw the worst of the snowfall yesterday, over 30 centimetres, over a foot of snow fell in a few hours. not is quite as much in the night, but a covering of snow in parts of the midlands and northern england this money. the snowfall is now easing away and the focus is on a little bit more in the

way of showers. let me show you what has been happening over the past few hours. the over nine rain and sleet pushing away and it was many rain and sleet across south anglia and the south—east. bank of rain spreading in with some snow on the tops of the welsh hills, but for most it will be rain. sliding across rain, the midlands towards east anglia and of rain on the coast as well with a bit of sunshine in between. north—west england, which are and northern ireland, quieter conditions. lingering mist and fog patches around for northern ireland especially, part of central scotland and this is where temperatures will struggle to get above freezing, but after a cold start it will be a cold day, some seeing sub zero throughout. tonight, another surge of milder and wetter weather will spread its way in across much of southern england and wales. it will be bumping into cold air. we have the risk of some snow and ice in central and eastern scotland which

causes problems tomorrow morning. ice anywhere where the ground is down. contrast in temperatures, milder air to the south, the dividing line it will be somewhere here on monday morning. if you're travelling over the pennines in the morning rush—hour and over the high ground of central and north wales, they could be a few issues and a few centimetres of snow. even to lower levels, the snow could come down at times, there is rain mixed in. the difficult balance and that will work further northwards as we go through the day. still with the risk of snow mixed in with it. to the south, milder with some outbreaks of rain, may be heavy and thundery showers towards the south—west. further snow showers across eastern scotland but the west of scotland and northern ireland, brightest of the weather with fewer showers. temperature is around five to 8 degrees, but it will fit colder than that given the strength of the win. but the low pressure tomorrow will gradually clear through the night and into tuesday morning. main risk of ice in scotland and northern ireland on

tuesday morning. cloudy, which showers around with parts of his wales and central and eastern england and that becomes confined to the south—east later but for many will be a bright afternoon but feeling cold before things turn milder later in the week. back to both. you have delivered a bit of everything this morning, we will let you. bit of sun, snow sleet and mushy stuff. pick and mix. we have gone full christmas. ever wondered why christmas crackers go bang? or why we decorate our homes in fairy lights during the festive season? well, wonder no more, as children's presenter and author maddie moate has written a new book with the answers. in it, she uncovers the history and quirky facts behind some of our most loved yuletide traditions. maddiejoins us now. good morning. good morning. this book sounds _ good morning. good morning. this book sounds fascinating, _ good morning. good morning. this book sounds fascinating, it - good morning. good morning. this book sounds fascinating, it is - good morning. good morning. this book sounds fascinating, it is full l book sounds fascinating, it is full of stuff you probably should know but don't give much thought to, but

you have answered some of those questions?— you have answered some of those ruestions? ~ , , ., , questions? absolutely, i have been lookin: for questions? absolutely, i have been looking for a _ questions? absolutely, i have been looking for a book _ questions? absolutely, i have been looking for a book that _ questions? absolutely, i have been looking for a book that could - questions? absolutely, i have been looking for a book that could help l looking for a book that could help me answer some of these questions. i set up looking for science questions, how does a snowflake form, why is holly spiky and wider crackers go bang. the more i looked into it, the more i ask children what they wanted to know about christmas and it could be something bigger. i started looking into some of the cultural history behind our traditions as well. i went down so many brilliant rabbit holes and had a genuinely good time. we many brilliant rabbit holes and had a genuinely good time.— many brilliant rabbit holes and had a genuinely good time. we have a few of them here- — a genuinely good time. we have a few of them here. astronauts _ a genuinely good time. we have a few of them here. astronauts are - a genuinely good time. we have a few of them here. astronauts are not - of them here. astronauts are not allowed brussel sprouts? iho. allowed brussel sprouts? no, because. _ allowed brussel sprouts? no, because, maybe _ allowed brussel sprouts? no, because, maybe you - allowed brussel sprouts? iifrl, because, maybe you can tell me, but they do tend to make as a little bit windy and they can be flammable, which is not something you want on board the international space station. fir board the international space station. .. board the international space station. ., , ,., , board the international space station. ., , . , station. or inflating us basted. why would ou station. or inflating us basted. why would you decorate _ station. or inflating us basted. why would you decorate your _ station. or inflating us basted. why would you decorate your tree - station. or inflating us basted. why would you decorate your tree with l would you decorate your tree with popcorn? would you decorate your tree with -o corn? . . would you decorate your tree with --ocorn? , , ., would you decorate your tree with --ocorn? . . . . ., would you decorate your tree with n-ocorn? , , ., ., ., ., popcorn? this is a tradition that mainly comes — popcorn? this is a tradition that mainly comes from _ popcorn? this is a tradition that mainly comes from the - popcorn? this is a tradition that mainly comes from the usa. i l popcorn? this is a tradition that - mainly comes from the usa. i started looking into with the first people

to decorate with popcorn. you can trace it back to the ancient aztecs. they loved corn and maize comic and maize, we can see murals of them worshipping the gods of maize and they used it to decorate costumes and headdresses. they loved popcorn so much they have a word for the sound of popping corn.— so much they have a word for the sound of popping corn. ukraine have a really interesting _ sound of popping corn. ukraine have a really interesting christmas - sound of popping corn. ukraine have a really interesting christmas tree i a really interesting christmas tree decoration?— decoration? they do, you will find that some families _ decoration? they do, you will find that some families decorate - decoration? they do, you will find that some families decorate their| that some families decorate their christmas trees with spider webs. it dates back to a story which tells us about a family who didn't have much money, so they spent years trying to grow their own christmas tree. but even when the christmas tree was big enough they didn't have enough money for decorations. they went to sleep on christmas eve and a spider took pity on the family and decided to decorate the tree with its gorgeous, glistening webs. the children came down in the morning and saw the tree sparkling and lit up by the spider web so they decorate them with

spider webs themselves. this web so they decorate them with spider webs themselves.- web so they decorate them with spider webs themselves. this is a random quickfire _ spider webs themselves. this is a random quickfire round, - spider webs themselves. this is a random quickfire round, but- spider webs themselves. this is a random quickfire round, but why| spider webs themselves. this is a | random quickfire round, but why is holly spiky? it is random quickfire round, but why is holly spiky?— holly spiky? it is a good way to teach children _ holly spiky? it is a good way to teach children about _ holly spiky? it is a good way to teach children about defence . teach children about defence mechanisms with plants. if you look at some holly plants, you might notice that eye level and below the holly is very spiky. but higher up, often they are rounded. it is because it needs to protect itself at the grazing level because that is where the likes of the deer might come along and nibble the leaves so it is their way of saying, don't eat me. at the top of the holly tree, they don't need the spike so much. i like the way you get the science bits in as well. you have spoken to lots of children and lots of these ideas for the questions they wanted to us. if they had an overarching theme, what were they wanting to know? its, theme, what were they wanting to know? . ., ., theme, what were they wanting to know? �* ., ., . theme, what were they wanting to know? . ., ., . ., ., know? a lot of children wanted to know? a lot of children wanted to know about _ know? a lot of children wanted to know about christmas _ know? a lot of children wanted to know about christmas stockings l know? a lot of children wanted to i know about christmas stockings and presence, to be honest, they wanted to know why we have christmas stocking. and also trees and food, a lot of children were asking me about

why is it we eat turkey? that was a big one. interestingly, we haven't always eaten turkey. medieval times it was popular, especially amongst wealthy people to have a pickled boar's head that was stuffed with all sorts of things. and one college in cambridge, they still serve the medieval pickled boar's head on christmas day for their service. but then we had goose, eventually we had turkey and that was mainly thanks to charles dickens. he wrote the story, a christmas carol when he gives a turkey to bob cratchit. people read that story and thought, we want to try that ourselves and that is why turkey became popular. what try that ourselves and that is why turkey became popular.- try that ourselves and that is why turkey became popular. what is your favourite fact — turkey became popular. what is your favourite fact you _ turkey became popular. what is your favourite fact you uncovered? - turkey became popular. what is your favourite fact you uncovered? let - turkey became popular. what is yourj favourite fact you uncovered? let me think... favourite fact you uncovered? let me think- -- the — favourite fact you uncovered? let me think... the biggest _ favourite fact you uncovered? let me think... the biggest gingerbread - think... the biggest gingerbread house ever made was about the size of a tennis court. that is quite a good one. the reason some people

have oranges or gold coins at the bottom of their stockings is actually because apparently, saint nicholas back in the day, he heard of a story of a family who were in desperate need of money. he took pity on them and they had three young girls. when they were sleeping he puts in bags of gold coins through the window and they fell into the stockings that were drying by the fire. so when the three young girls went to their stockings in the morning they found gold at the bottom of them. it is the story of saint nicholas which is thought to be behind some of the traditions father christmas has now. maddie, it is fascinating — father christmas has now. maddie, it is fascinating and _ father christmas has now. maddie, it is fascinating and we _ father christmas has now. maddie, it is fascinating and we could _ father christmas has now. maddie, it is fascinating and we could learn - father christmas has now. maddie, it is fascinating and we could learn a i is fascinating and we could learn a lot. that is all we have time for this morning. thank you so much. we will be back tomorrow from six o'clock. have a great day.

we can wrap up warm to keep out the cold. but as the temperatures drop, can the government protect the nhs from a winter crisis? a cold snap sweeps the country. with the nhs preparing for another difficult winter, waiting lists are still sky—high. my walking is so restricted now. the last time i checked with the waiting list, it was 50 weeks. so there is a frosty outlook for our new health secretary. but despite the freezing weather this week, 2023 is on track to be the hottest year ever. leaders jetting in from across the world to the blazing dubai sun. at a cop summit they are talking climate change and listening to the call from the crown. some important progress has been made, but it worries me greatly that we remain so dreadfully far off track. but rishi sunakfaces problems at home, right here, right now.

so our big question this morning, as the temperature drops —