appears to be in the cathedral. she appears to be in a hurry as she crosses the road and about half an hour later is seen walking out of the cathedral grounds, putting her green coat on as she goes. the last cctv citing offer is near here, wensum park on the outskirts of norwich, about an hour from the cathedral. can you talk us through the similarities with the nicola bulley case? at the moment that is really where the similarities end, police collaborating with those in lancashire because the divers are those used in the nicola bulley case but the police are loath to draw parallels between the two searches at this stage. they don't think a third party was involved, they do

think she entered the water and say they are being evidence led. what is slightly unusual about this as a member of the published find her handbag —— a member of the public found the handbag used by gaynor lord in the park and the police find more of her belongings in various locations, her glasses and a couple of rings and her mobile phone and some of her clothes. her coat was found in the river wensum in the park as well. what have her family said about her disappearance? the family have not really said a lot stop they won't speak to us at this stage but they have been reposting the police plea for more information and on social media one of her daughters has simply said we want

her home. and you can't get more on that story on our live page at bbcnews.com the pictures you're looking at now pictures ofjournalists and police officers gathering outside the park where maria was just then because we expect a police update at around two o'clock so please check our website and stay tuned because we will have more shortly. now, you'll remember the extensive damage caused by storms babet, ciaran and debi in recent months. well, now, the association of british insurers says firms have estimated they will pay out approximately £560 million to cover the damage.

flooding destroyed homes in catcliffe, near rotherham in a matter of hours in october and even though a couple of months have passed the bricks and mortar are still drying out — and that's preventing families from returning home for christmas. tom ingall reports. yes. a tree in that far corner. last year, niall had a tree and tinsel in his living room. this year, it's the three wise tradesmen. for the foreseeable future, he's living in a caravan on his front drive with his partner. mentally, it's still a lot to take in. all we've got to us name is a caravan at the minute and us clothes on us back. i'd like to celebrate for darcy, my partner, because obviously it makes her happy. but to me it'sjust thinking that next step. what's happening next in the house? it's not about family, it's when is the house going to be done? i said to her about doing something in the caravan just to try and cheer her up but she's lost all that spirit, really. storm babet dumped huge amounts of water on south yorkshire and several villages were inundated. christmas on sheffield lane

in catcliffe is not going to be what they were expecting. nearly six foot of water in this property. so almost over your head? it would have been pretty much over my head. . .just about there. it would take a few months, i'd have thought, to put back together. the thing that's hovering over my head still is will it happen again? we're not thinking about christmas at the moment. it's happening around us. we've just got a rental property. whether we put any decorations up and celebrate, i don't know. ijust can't comprehend it, actually. it's just... i mean, i didn't realise it was that high. not so secret santa for the people who live here. the south yorkshire community foundation raising money for anyone flooded out. we're now at £28,000 to just alleviate that little bit of stress and pressure for people while they're trying to get their homes sorted out and back to normal. you've had a huge trauma in your life, then christmas isn't going to be that much fun. i really feel for the people here that have gone through what they've gone through, particularly with christmas coming up as well. there's that extra added sort of pressure, if you like. christmas dinner would be in the sort of conservatory. we have a pull—out table we can get everybody round. if you'd asked me a few days ago,

and i'd have said, "yeah, i'm exhausted and i've had enough." but since they put us in rental property, to be fair, things are calming down for us. there's a lot of people on the street that are not working and it has a massive impact on you because it's like everything's been ripped away from you overnight. so you can'tjust carry on normal day—to—day life. but day—to—day is all they have. while others celebrate, here, they're focused on reclaiming their homes and lives. tom ingall, bbc news. a woman from chepstow has completed a 160—mile trek to london, pulling a life—sized horse to raise awareness of suicide prevention. emma webb decided to make the journey after her daughter brodie took her own life in 2020 — she was just 16 years old. fiona lamdin reports. ready to go in three, two, one. let's go. day 15 — it's the final leg of

emma webb's journey. ifeel quite good. ifeel like i could carry on walking — a bit like forrest gump and just keep going with him. so, yeah. we first met emma and her 35kg resin horse, miles, as we set them off from wales in november. she had 158 miles in front of her — every step in memory of her daughter, brodie, who took her life, aged just 16. you feel like you're not a mum any more, that you've just got all this love inside you and it's stuck with nowhere to go because you've lost your everything. along the way, raising awareness of suicide prevention, relying on the kindness of strangers on the toughest of days. and a surprise visit from prince william, who helped pull miles through slough. laughter.

i've seen you, miles. you're getting more attention than me right now, aren't you? i don't like it. for this final stretch, real horses flanked the resin one. we're now on oxford street! i know. just describe what it's like bringing miles to oxford street under the christmas lights. so surreal. we've just walked past selfridges. and, yeah, i really didn't think that when i was back in the planning stages that it was really going to happen. hiya. so lovely to meet you. where have you come from? i've come all the way from penzance... i've not walked a step on my own during this journey, so i've got to say thank you to them. renata has been by emma's side. her 18—year—old daughter, emily, took her life seven months ago. i mean, how does it help? when this happened, people, friends, family, they wouldn't know how to tell us —

how to talk to us. they would say, "i don't know. i can only imagine how you feel." and they were right. we know how hard grief hits you, you know? - brodie was emma's only daughter, you know. - but emma's lifted herself back up, and she's pulling this— horse in memory of brodie| because she believes other families do not have to go through this grief. - and after 158 miles, there was quite some welcome, as emma and miles crossed the finishing line. i've actually done it, and ijust can't believe i'm here. amazing. what would she say? she'd say, "mum, you're bonkers, but i'm proud of you." i'm sure she would. yeah. this mother, wheeling her trademark resin horse, has raised thousands. she also hopes she's started many conversations which could save lives.

new year's eve marks 100 years since the hourly bongs from big ben were broadcast on the radio. it was the first time anyone outside london could hear the bells chime, and started a daily tradition for the bbc. 0ur reporter charlotte leeming is at the palace of westminster to celebrate this significant milestone. it is so incredible to be here in the belfry. what a stunning place, an iconic place known to millions around the world and especially to londoners. look at the view we've got for you from high up in the tower here, across the city as it wakes up and it gets light. we're 96 metres high, that's the equivalent of around 21 double—decker buses all stacked on top of one another. 300 steps to get here and here it is — the iconic big ben bell, all 13 tonnes of it, which will be ringing in the new year for 202a.

so how are they getting on? how has the restoration gone? let's talk to ian, who is clocks mechanic. ian, tell us first of all, it's stunning that we are here. this is your everyday job, though, isn't it? it is my everydayjob and it has been my everyday job for 19 years now. what's it been like, seeing it restored? it was a lot of hard work. the project went on a lot longer than anybody expected, but now it is back up and finished and people are starting to see how beautiful it looks again, and it'sjust wonderful to be here. so what's it like maintaining big ben and all the mechanics behind the clock? we have an ongoing regime. we've spent an awfully long time getting it perfect or as close as we can, and now we basically look at it every single day and just make sure that it's going to be keeping time now and for the future. is there ever a worry that when you're carrying out work

like this, that when you put it all back together it might not quite work? there was always that sort of thought right at the very beginning or right at the very end when you're thinking, "where do all these pieces go?" but we did make some notes on where every single nut and bolt goes and it was wonderful. once we actually got it up into the tower again and we started working on it, put it all back together, swung the pendulum and it started ticking, it was just a wonderful feeling. hello there. for many parts of the uk, the weather will slowly be brightening up as we go through the afternoon with some spells of sunshine. just an odd shower here and there. i had one of those near the wrexham area earlier on this morning. across east anglia

and south east england the tail end of a weather front still bringing a few patches of drizzle. temperatures probably getting little above five or six degrees across parts of east anglia and south east england. but otherwise, the weather turning a bit milder with temperatures reaching double figures in the west. now, overnight tonight will have clear skies develop across most areas of the country. it's going to be a cold night and cold enough for a few patches of frost to develop in the countryside. temperatures in the towns and cities, particularly across england and wales, getting close to freezing. 0n into friday's forecast. pressure is building across the uk. i think there'll still be a lot of cloud across wales and southern parts of england. the best of any sunshine, east and northeast england for scotland will have outbreaks of rain developing, particularly across western areas. temperatures across the north west mild at 12 degrees, but still some of the coolest air hanging on across eastern areas of the country on into the weekend. we've got a weather front that gets stuck across the north west of scotland, bringing some very

large rainfall totals to the highlands where we could see up to 175 millimetres of rain building in over the high ground. that could be enough to cause some flooding issues and maybe even one or two landslips in the mountains. otherwise, we've got south westerly winds across the uk and that will be tending to drag milder air in across our shores through the weekend. however, we'll probably still have extensive low cloud, and that more persistent rain affects the highlands. a few breaks in the cloud across eastern areas of england and at times eastern scotland could see some hazy sunshine as well. but it will feel milder, temperatures around 11 to 13 degrees. now, you might see a bit more in the way of sunshine breaking through the cloud across england and wales on sunday. but the rain, if anything, a bit more extensive across scotland. also the chance of a bit of rain in northern ireland on sunday as well. temperatures could go as high as 13 or 1a degrees, so it continues to be mild. however, the mild weather isn't going to last that much longer because in the week before christmas it is set to turn quite a lot colder. and that's your latest weather.

live from london. this is bbc news. warnings from ambulance teams in the uk that nhs waiting times are starting to bite. in the last couple of hours, the bank of england has decided to keep interest rates where they are at 5.25%. russia's president vladamir putin hold his first major news conference since the invasion of ukraine.

ambulance leaders are warning pressures are hitting the nhs in england with patients are put at risk by dangerous delays. the latest figures are out this morning and show a slight improvement in both ambulance response times and waits for accident and emergency care compared to this time last year. there has also been a drop in the patients waiting for routine hospital treatment. there were ambulances backed up outside, two hours in an ambulance. it's been a long night for margaret. are ambulances parked out there today. there are no beds. people on trolleys in the corridors. all night with her was her sister. i didn't sleep so i'm very tired.