this is bbc news. i'm samantha simmonds. gas pollution warnings after a volcano erupts in iceland's reykjanes peninsula, after weeks of intense seismic activity. the volcano option. as aid agencies voice frustration on worsening conditions for civilians in gaza, the un security council prepares to vote on a new ceasefire resolution. the british prime ministerfaces one final grilling before he prepares for the liaison committee and senior mps. and a quarter of a million people flee a new battle over the long way to guide the lives of the subject of children wanting to change gender, schools in england are told to keep parents informed. from the bbc sport centre, here's catherine. nottingham forest have sacked their manager steve cooper. caleb has

released a statement which says he has today been relieved of his duties. —— the club. the club will make a further announcement in due course. 17th in the table, won only once in 13 premier league games. english and european champions manchester city are hoping to at the club world cup to their impressive trophy hall in 2023. they're playing japanese side red diamonds for a place in the final, where they face copper winners if they get through. kevin de bruyne finally back in training. erling haaland has also travelled to saudi arabia. we're hearing he isn't playing. it's the first time city are competing in the... with

injuries already impacting the season manager has a concern. i’m season manager has a concern. i'm auainst season manager has a concern. i'm against for _ season manager has a concern. in against for the lack of time to recovery between year by year. this is what i'm complaining all the time. it's a pleasure to be here, so it's the first time that man city is here. we want to take it not for granted, we take it like a privilege. granted, we take it like a privilege-— granted, we take it like a rivileae.~ �* ., " , privilege. we're about 19 minutes awa from privilege. we're about 19 minutes away from the — privilege. we're about 19 minutes away from the awards, _ privilege. we're about 19 minutes away from the awards, the - privilege. we're about 19 minutes away from the awards, the 70th | away from the awards, the 70th additions of the ceremony. the six contenders are stuart broad, frankie to tori, mary herbst, tennis player alfie hewett, world champion caterina johnson thompson and writer couple rory mcilroy. andy swiss is all dressed up looking smart. who have you spotted? there are a host

of stars. it's always busy on the red carpet ahead of sports personality. it will be certainly over the next hour or so. ijust seen the former england striker michael owen going through. plenty of big names will be here. as you say, there are six contenders for the main award. stuart broad, frankie to tori, alfie hewett, caterina johnson thompson and rory macro way. plenty of other also up for grabs. the coach of the year award, asked for the main award, it is a public vote. exactly how you can vote will be given out during the show. one winter we know about

is sir kenny dalgliesh will win the lifetime achievement award. he achieved such success with celtic, scotland and liverpool and of course as a manager. has won countless titles over what has been an extraordinary career. continue dalgliesh will win the bbc lifetime achievement award. it all gets under way at seven o'clock here tonight and it is live on bbc one. thank you so much on the red carpet for us. always feels like a bit like christmas. the world's best male cricketers are going under the hammerfor next year's cricketers are going under the hammer for next year's competition. two australian world cup winners attracted the biggest bids. a record

that didn't last long because his team—mate mitchell starc was then bought by kolkata knight riders for £2.73 bought by kolkata knight riders for £2.3 million, making him the most expensive player in ipl history. that is all the sport for now. catherine, they say much. the prime minister has faced one final grilling from mps before christmas as he answered question from the liaison committee of senior mps. the committee is a group made up of the chairs of all the other committees at its job is to scrutinise the prime minister's work. it's been a testing of love weeks and the pressure will continue to build next year. the prime minister defended the foreign secretary's recent call for a sustainable cease—fire in gaza. for a sustainable cease-fire in gaza. �* , for a sustainable cease-fire in gaza. �*, ., ., ., gaza. it's important for a cease-fire _ gaza. it's important for a cease-fire to _ gaza. it's important for a cease-fire to be - gaza. it's important for a - cease-fire to be sustainable. it's cease—fire to be sustainable. it's absolute right to ask one of those conditions. there isn't a perfect

formula for peace. what i can say is a cease—fire is clearly not going to last if hostages are still being held. and also, if hamas, who stated to destroy israel, is still able to operate underground tunnels and launch rockets attacks into israel. those are important facets we need to grapple with. ahead of a permanent cease—fire, what we would like to see our immediate and sustained humanitarian pauses. i think we were the first country to say to the israelis that they had to open crossings. i'm pleased that thatis open crossings. i'm pleased that that is now happening. that was the uk showing leadership.— uk showing leadership. question by the role of the _

uk showing leadership. question by the role of the uk, _ uk showing leadership. question by the role of the uk, this _ uk showing leadership. question by the role of the uk, this is _ uk showing leadership. question by the role of the uk, this is what - uk showing leadership. question by the role of the uk, this is what the l the role of the uk, this is what the prime minister said.— prime minister said. from the beginning _ prime minister said. from the beginning of— prime minister said. from the beginning of this, _ prime minister said. from the beginning of this, from - prime minister said. from the beginning of this, from my . prime minister said. from the l beginning of this, from my first visit to israel, we have made repeated calls for israel to adhere to humanitarian law. but repeated calls for israel to adhere to humanitarian law.— repeated calls for israel to adhere to humanitarian law. but a change in their behaviour? _ to humanitarian law. but a change in their behaviour? because _ to humanitarian law. but a change in their behaviour? because that's - to humanitarian law. but a change in their behaviour? because that's the | their behaviour? because that's the goat _ their behaviour? because that's the coal. �* their behaviour? because that's the coal.�* ., _ their behaviour? because that's the coal. ., _ ., their behaviour? because that's the coal. �* ., _ ., ., goal. i'm obviously not the one makin: goal. i'm obviously not the one making operational— goal. i'm obviously not the one making operational decisions i goal. i'm obviously not the one| making operational decisions on goal. i'm obviously not the one - making operational decisions on the ground for that we have consistently urged israel where we can to avoid harming innocent civilians. far too many have died and that is about providing notice, providing safe areas, safe passage, during the early phases. but also about making sure that aid reaches those people who need it. sure that aid reaches those people who need it— who need it. joining me as a financial— who need it. joining me as a financial times _ who need it. joining me as a financial times whitehall i who need it. joining me as a - financial times whitehall editor lucy fisher. what's your analysis of how successful the prime minister is on meeting these five key pledges? what grade would you give him? 50

pledges? what grade would you give him? ., ~' �*, pledges? what grade would you give him? ., ~ �*, ., ., ., him? so far, i think it's one out of five that he _ him? so far, i think it's one out of five that he can decisively - him? so far, i think it's one out of five that he can decisively say - five that he can decisively say he's met. that is one of the pledges regarding having inflation that in fact, many people said injanuary wasn't really within the government because �*s control anyway. the independent back of england has the mandate to get inflation down to a maximum level of 2%. interestingly, we heard rishi sunak reprimanded by the statistics authority for claiming in a campaign video on social media that he has met another of his five pledges that he set out. the prime minister claimed that is falling, but sir robert made clear that that is not the case and that is misleading to voters who would be liable to be confused. coming onto some of the other pledges, in particular around immigration,

some of the other pledges, in particulararound immigration, he particular around immigration, he pledged particulararound immigration, he pledged to stop the boats. while he has made progress in the numbers are down by about 30% compared with this time last year, no progress in getting down to zero, which is what he pledged — stop the boats, not just cut the numbers. that was one of the questions shown at him today. do you think he's regretting making these pledges giving what we've got maximum now, 12 months before a general election? i maximum now, 12 months before a general election?— general election? i think he has really walked _ general election? i think he has really walked himself _ general election? i think he has really walked himself back - general election? i think he has really walked himself back into | general election? i think he has| really walked himself back into a corner on these pledges. as january approaches, of course it raises the question, will he seek to renew a different set of pledges, tweaked the current pledges. it will shine a light on the his lack of progress in

2023. �* ., ., ., ,~ light on the his lack of progress in 2023. �* ., ., ., ., , ., 2023. i'm going to ask a question i susect 2023. i'm going to ask a question i soapect we — 2023. i'm going to ask a question i soapect we will _ 2023. i'm going to ask a question i suspect we will ask _ 2023. i'm going to ask a question i suspect we will ask a _ 2023. i'm going to ask a question i suspect we will ask a lot. - 2023. i'm going to ask a question i suspect we will ask a lot. when - 2023. i'm going to ask a question i suspect we will ask a lot. when do | suspect we will ask a lot. when do you think we will see a general election and how much will it be determined by the success we see when it comes to these pledges? look, it's obvious that the decision has not been made and will be made until it is effectively the moment it is announced by downing street. i think if you are a strategist, you want to give yourself a maximum manoeuvre room. that's been expedited to january the 6th. you would have thought that is the government giving itself the best chances of calling an early spring snap election if there's an economic miracle at if the conservatives stage of a miraculous turnaround

from their current pulling position. i don't think the government will call an election until late autumn. they still do claim the right to delay the pole untiljanuary 2025 if they choose to do so.— they choose to do so. could be a very long — they choose to do so. could be a very long year — they choose to do so. could be a very long year ahead. _ they choose to do so. could be a very long year ahead. lucy - they choose to do so. could be a i very long year ahead. lucy fisher, thanks very much. the prime minister also said he remains confident that the uk government will be able to send asylum seekers to rwanda, but mr sunak and knowledge the bill had to make it through parliament first. the legislation is do to return to the comments injanuary and right—wing tory mps are threatening to split the party by voting against it unless it is hardened up. on the topic, the home secretary has been giving evidence of the house of lords committee about the part rwanda will play in the government plans for tackling illegal migration. mr cleverly assure the

committee rwanda does have the resources to meet demands of the proposed legislation.— proposed legislation. some of my reassurance _ proposed legislation. some of my reassurance is _ proposed legislation. some of my reassurance is around _ proposed legislation. some of my reassurance is around the - proposed legislation. some of my| reassurance is around the strength of the _ reassurance is around the strength of the fact— reassurance is around the strength of the fact that it is a treaty. the treaty _ of the fact that it is a treaty. the treaty was — of the fact that it is a treaty. the treaty was designed to very specifically address the deficiencies that were raised by their_ deficiencies that were raised by their lordships in the supreme court — their lordships in the supreme court. whilst we were disappointed with the _ court. whilst we were disappointed with the results, we didn't necessarily agree with their interpretation, but we actually respect. — interpretation, but we actually respect, respect theirjudgment and looked _ respect, respect theirjudgment and looked very carefully at the specific _ looked very carefully at the specific points they sought to address _ specific points they sought to address. those were embedded in the treaty~ _ address. those were embedded in the treaty~ the _ address. those were embedded in the treaty. the treaty built on the mou, which _ treaty. the treaty built on the mou, which was _ treaty. the treaty built on the mou, which was fairly long—running in its incubation. — which was fairly long—running in its incubation, so we felt that was pretty— incubation, so we felt that was pretty robust. so, that is one element _ pretty robust. so, that is one element of it, which is the legal reassurance that we had. and the other— reassurance that we had. and the other bit— reassurance that we had. and the other bit is— reassurance that we had. and the other bit is a practical point. this is very— other bit is a practical point. this is very much_ other bit is a practical point. this is very much reflected in the conversations i had in rwanda

myself — conversations i had in rwanda myself. the rwandans are very conscious — myself. the rwandans are very conscious that much more than the mou, _ conscious that much more than the mou, and — conscious that much more than the mou, and much more than their relationship with unhcr, this is being _ relationship with unhcr, this is being observed very intently by the international community, by lawmakers such as yourselves here in the uk. _ lawmakers such as yourselves here in the uk. by— lawmakers such as yourselves here in the uk, by other governments around the uk, by other governments around the world. _ the uk, by other governments around the world, both in europe, in africa and beyond — the world, both in europe, in africa and beyond. so now, they have very much _ and beyond. so now, they have very much a _ and beyond. so now, they have very much a reputational incentive to make _ much a reputational incentive to make it — much a reputational incentive to make it work can be seen to make it work _ make it work can be seen to make it work. i . . , a fresh round of public spinning cuts in wales has been announced by labour minister to put more money into the struggling health services. businesses will see their tax bills go businesses will see their tax bills 9° up businesses will see their tax bills go up and rural investment will be cut back. overall health spending will increase, but below the rate, the prices are rising. officials say ministers are prioritising front—line services including the nhs and councils. tomos morgan has

the details. , . . ., nhs and councils. tomos morgan has the details. , . ., , nhs and councils. tomos morgan has the details. , ., , , ., the details. rebecca evans began toda b the details. rebecca evans began today by saying — the details. rebecca evans began today by saying this _ the details. rebecca evans began today by saying this was - the details. rebecca evans began today by saying this was a - the details. rebecca evans began today by saying this was a stark l the details. rebecca evans began i today by saying this was a stark and the most painful budget that's ever been delivered in wales. i'm just running through the headlines. the total budget goes towards health and social services. that will increase when you take into account inflation byjust when you take into account inflation by just 2.6%. when you take into account inflation byjust 2.6%. councils will get a bit more, they will get a 1.5% increase, but as you mentioned, that doesn't get anywhere near far enough to help those services that are already struggling in wales. some councils have said unless they will increase far more, they may be at risk of bankruptcy. we know how struggling the welsh nhs services are at the moment. within nhs and wales, they restructured some of the money they have been allocated

around £15 million. net increase will now only be £6 million as well. the other big headline is the business rates for pubs, restaurants and shops. they will be slashed from 75% to 40%, and shops. they will be slashed from 75% to a0%, and there is already been some reaction to that. local businesses say that will put them as a huge disadvantage compared to competitors in england. the consumer group of pubs said they should reconsider this, group of pubs said they should reconsiderthis, but group of pubs said they should reconsider this, but they say these difficult decisions have had to be made because they don't get enough money from the uk government. 80% of the welsh government budget comes as the welsh government budget comes as the form of a block grant from the uk government. they haven't taken into account inflation. sometimes that includes the rural affairs budget. all of these decreases from the

other part have been going towards the front line services. they will be going towards the health budget that's already struggling. but it's still nowhere near enough for what they need at the moment considering these difficult times.— these difficult times. tomos morgan there. the long—awaited guidance for schools in england about children who are questioning their gender has been published by the government, and it says that parents should be informed in all cases, and that schools should not accept all requests for change made by pupils. the guidance focuses on what's called social transitioning — for example, when children want to change their names, uniform, or the use of pronouns such as he and she. it also urges schools to preserve single—sex toilets and changing rooms. with more, here's our identity correspondent, lauren moss. my name is caleb. i'm 21, and my pronouns are he/him. you don't want being trans to kind of be at the forefront of your mind every time you go to school.

supporting transgender pupils like caleb can be a tricky subject that teachers have been navigating for years. it's something he feels his teachers got wrong. we never really got to the conversation of, "i want to change my pronouns," because it was just met with so much resistance, when i said to them, you know, "i am questioning my gender identity." and itjust didn't feel like a safe and supportive environment for me to then be able to have that conversation and and continue going to school. so, you know, they didn't have any pre—written policies where they could, "this is what we have done beforehand," they didn't have that. today, though, afterfive years, the government has published guidance. it says teachers don't have to allow pupils to socially transition — which can mean changing their name, pronouns or uniform. the guidance also says teachers should always inform parents, except in rare circumstances where a child could be at risk of harm. there is no general duty to socially transition a child. a lot of schools think this is

something they have to do, or should be doing, and we are making clear what the law says, and what they should do where they are uncertain about how to handle the situation. teachers in england are advised to act with extreme caution, especially in the case of primary school pupils, following concerns that if children do socially transition, it could lead to them making permanent changes later in life. the guidance also says there should be single—sex toilets and changing rooms, and some sports should be separated based on a child's birth sex. teaching unions have welcomed the guidance, but say they need to examine the detail. we think that what the guidance | is doing is giving enough leeway that you make sure you are balancing the safeguarding of— the child with the right - of the parent to be informed. we need to look at the detail of that, but in general, - my first reaction is itj feels pretty positive. staff and pupils will not be compelled to observe a child's name and preferred pronouns, but the department for education says bullying is never tolerated.

scotland and northern ireland already have guidance, wales will consult on it next year. the guidance for england, which won't be compulsory, will go out for a 12—week consultation, where teachers and parents can have their say before it is finalised next year. before it's finalised next year. lauren moss, bbc news. it's part of a series of changes which ministers hope will plug an estimated £1.5 million whole doughnut hole and scotland finances. this government does believe that those with the broader shoulders should pay a higher rate of tax. to be clear, by broader shoulders, i mean the top earning taxpayers. we will therefore add a new income tax bands for to the scottish system. it

will be set at 45p and imply know my apply on incomes between... i will also increase the top rate to 48p in 2024-25. life to lorna gordon in glasgow. jakeis jake is to the changes. big divergence _ jake is to the changes. big divergence in _ jake is to the changes. en divergence in the tax bands here in scotland —— take us to. that we will have six income tax bands compared to three elsewhere. there will be known as starter basic, higher, advanced, and help incomes. some will kick in at different amounts in the pound. for instance, the 45% which kicks in over £135,000, you'll

pay 48% tax on that. the 45% rate will kick in at £75,000. it's big headlines, but if you drill down into it, it doesn't actually raise that much money. the economists have been looking at it and they're talking about at best, maybe 70 million from one of those. the big kicker comes from what's known as fiscal drag. that is because the scottish government has frozen the threshold of these higher tax bans, and this will mean middle income levels will get dragged into higher bans as their pay increases. that may raise about 300 million quid for people on middle to high income. the scottish conservatives are saying this is a dismal and damaging

budget, that it will have a desert state —— devastating effect on recruiting. homes they says this is a of his government's value —— hamza yousef. they are pumping more money into poverty action here in scotland, and benefits to alleviate poverty, but those who campaign in this area are also disappointed, saying scottish government hasn't gone far enough. they've got this one and a half billion pound hole to plug. they're trying to please everyone ahead of next year's general election. the devil will be in the detail because the figures don't quite add up. some

infrastructure projects will have to be delayed, but we expect most to be announced in the spring.— announced in the spring. lorna, thank you- _ a leading health think tank says the traditional model of nhs dentistry is now gone for good — and can't be restored without an unrealistically large amount of money. the nuffield trust report says radical change is needed. here's our health correspondent nick triggle. open wide, thank you. finding an nhs dentist is difficult. last year, a bbc investigation found nine in ten practices were not accepting new adult patients. and now, a report by the nuffield trust think—tank has shed more light on the scale of the challenge. it found there were 6 million fewer treatments done last year in england, compared to before the pandemic. and funding had been cut by £525 million over the past seven seven years once inflation was taken into account. the think—tank believes services in england, and the rest of the uk for that matter, are now so stretched that restoring

the traditional model of nhs care was likely to be unrealistic because of the costs involved. it said difficult decisions may be needed, suggesting scaling back access for most adults, so that they pay the full cost of treatment beyond basic check—ups and emergency work was one option. one of the things we think this government and any government needs to think about is really what the long—term solutions are and whether or not anybody is prepared to bring back universal dental access for the whole population at the level that it once was. we think that maybe there is more in which we need to be looking at — means testing dental care to ensure at the very least we bring back gold standard, absolutely excellent care for the most disadvantaged and particularly for children. but both labour and the government said they had a plan to improve access. labour said it would create hundreds of thousands of extra appointments

by abolishing the non—dom tax status, which allows people living in the uk to avoid paying uk tax on money they made outside the uk. meanwhile, the government said it would be publishing a recovery plan soon, but was already investing in services, including increasing the number of dentist training places. nick triggle, bbc news. the sight of 200 tractors winding their way along a narrow country lane is not one that would normally gladden the heart — especially if you're stuck behind them. but that changes when you add a bit of christmas magic. these twinkly tractors were taking part in a festive parade through pembrokeshire, lighting up various villages stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. it's been quite a poor day today across many southern parts of england with a lot

of rain around. further north, we did see some sunshine eventually across the north of england and into parts of wales. and we've seen a mixture of sunshine and showers earlier in scotland. this was the shield of cloud that stretched across england and wales. you can see how it's been shifting southeastwards and the rain is getting taken away at long last. following on from that, we've got clear spells through the night. showers continuing in the north, maybe a bit wintry over the hills in scotland and some further rain coming in from the atlantic to northern ireland and western scotland by the end of the night. a bit chilly ahead of that in the north east of scotland. typical temperatures elsewhere around 6—7 degrees. now, there may not be a lot of sunshine around for tomorrow. we've got this rain coming in from the northwest. now, most of it will continue to affect the hills in the west where it's going to be very misty and murky with some hill fog. there is going to be a lot of cloud, but it's going to be a lot drier than today in the south and the southeast. and it's a milder day on the whole temperatures, typically 10—11 degrees, but it will turn windy through the day.

however, the winds will strengthen further on wednesday however, the winds will strengthen further on wednesday night and into thursday, and it's during this period that we've got a greater risk of some travel disruption. and it's getting windier because this deep low pressure here, possibly a named storm, will sweep across the north of scotland, head in to scandinavia with the really strong winds wrapped around that. and it will be a windy day everywhere on thursday, wildly gusts of 50—60mph, but it's across northern parts of scotland that we're more likely to get gusts of 80mph. very windy day in scotland, sunshine and wintry showers to come here. sunshine and showers across other areas, but further south may well hang on to more cloud and a bit of patchy rain as well. here in those strong winds, temperatures will reach 12—13, but the day gets colder, i think, with those wintry showers and strong winds in scotland. and as the low pressure moves away, we get this push of strong winds south through the north sea,

bringing some big waves, some rough seas, bit of a storm surge going on and the risk of some coastal flooding. things could be a lot worse, though, if we had some spring tides. now the winds do gradually ease down a bit on friday. for most of us, we're in some colder air, more wintry more wintry showers in scotland, milder air trying to come in to the west.

at six: we're live in iceland tonight as this volcano erupts.

it's been spewing out lava from a crack in the earth that is more than two miles long. also — guidance at last for england's teachers on how to support young people questioning their gender identity. dame esther rantzen, who has lung cancer, says she's considering the option of assisted dying. we'll have the latest on the big budget cuts in wales and scotland announced today. and i'm here on the red carpet as the stars arrived for the coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news... there has been another premier league sacking, steve cooper has lost his job at struggling nottingham forest.