after their plane was involved in a collision with a japan airlines flight that was arriving at tokyo's haneda international airport. the coastguard aircraft was departing from the same airport to deliver aid to the earthquake disaster area in ishikawa. these dramatic pictures show flames and smoke pouring from the windows and fuselage of the aircraft as it lands following the collision. it then erupted in flames moments after it came to a stand still on the runway. fire crews tried to extinguish the flames as the 379 passengers and crew managed to safely evacuate from the plane. these pictures were taken by a passenger who was on board the plane as it was landing.

fortu nately, fortunately, the plane was able to stop and the people were able to evacuate. here you can see them disembarking. obviously, a highly dangerous situation and the emergency services were drafted in to tackle the flames. it took quite some time for those claims to come under control. the aircraft set off at about 4pm local time. these scenes were about two hours later. it was supposed to land at 5:40pm. this incidentjust as the authorities injapan are racing against time after a massive earthquake and subsequent tremors have caused the loss of life of some

48 people. this airport is one of the busiest airports injapan and clearly the decision there is to try to isolate the plane and bring the flames under control. you can see the extraordinary efforts going on here in order to achieve that. very shocking scene as to how one aircraft came to collide with another. you would imagine that would be a very unlikely incident. the coastguard plane also caught fire, as i have said, and crew members were lost on that plane. it was on its way to provide aid to those affected by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake. you can see there the

fire being brought under control. life as an unpaid carer can have a huge impact on a person's mental and physical health. a survey from the charity carers uk found that more than three—quarters of people who responded felt stressed or anxious about their caring role. half of them were dealing with feelings of depression and nearly a quarter had sustained physical injuries as a result of the demands their responsibilities placed on them. dorothy cook has been caring for her husband, mike, for more than a decade, after he was diagnosed with a rare neurological condition. abi smitton spent the day with them. some people can spend a lifetime looking for that one person who is their soulmate. and ifound him when i was 17. he's just the most amazing person. we're just really, really connected, and still are. hi, darling!

dorothy and melvin, a love story spanning nearly half a century. he carved a heart and our names in a tree... ..here. and every year that we used to go down, or every other couple of years, he'd take his penknife and re—carve it, because the moss had grown over on the tree. 15 years ago, melvin was diagnosed with a rare and degenerative brain condition called ataxia. he now needs help with everything. food, drinking, walking, mobility, washing — every single aspect of his existence every day derives from the care that i give him. dorothy had to give up work and become melvin�*s full—time carer. are you a little bit cold? do you want me to put the heating on? we're a team. we do it together.

we always have. we do everything together. and we're such a close team. we're so connected. like, we know what each other�*s thinking, what each other�*s doing. dorothy receives a weekly carer�*s allowance. she had also been given some support from nhs continuing health care funding, but in december they were told that money was being withdrawn. "in the last two years, mr cook's condition has remained the same, and he has had no further deterioration in either his health or his ability. we feel his needs are not complex to manage, and do not require a high intensity of input." we asked for help and they cut it off. i'm scared. scared, yeah. i know you're scared. are you all right? am i all right? yes, darling.

i'm all right, yeah. he's progressed to this point in decline. so therefore, surely he's still eligible. he's not got better, he's not improved. and the sad fact is, he's not going to. i want to be able to look after my husband. i want to be his carer. it's an honour and a privilege to do that. we love each other. but we shouldn't be doing it alone without any support. the bristol, north somerset and south gloucestershire integrated care board told us... "we understand the challenges people face, but we follow a national framework when allocating funding, and that support won't be withdrawn without an appropriate plan in place." cheese sandwich. you'd like a cheese sandwich. dorothy's caring role has taken a huge toll on her physical and mental health.

she needs a shoulder replacement, but can't afford to take any time away from melvin. i don't know what ever made me think that i could take this on. i thought i was strong enough as his wife of 48 years that i could do this, and that i could provide all his needs and his cares 24/7 and become his carer. but this has been the hardest thing that i have ever, ever done. and there are days that i get up and i wake up and i think, i don't know if i'm going to have the time or the energy to be able to do this one more day. it is just incredibly hard, and it has got harder and harder. and i look at him and i think, no matter, i am going to fight for him. i'm going to do it for him.

he deserves that. i'm not going to abandon him. that report was from abi smitton. if you have been affected by any of the issues raised, help is available from bbc action line — just visit bbc.co.uk/actionline. the medical director of nhs england has warned that the health service is facing one of its most difficult starts to a year since it was founded in 1948. sir stephen powis said a six—day strike byjunior doctors, which is due to start tomorrow, would have an "enormous impact" on routine care. he added that hospitals are also having to deal with rising rates of flu, covid and other winter infections. if it goes ahead as planned, the latest strike will see the longest continuous stretch of industrial action in the history of the nhs. the doctors�* union, the british medical association, said patient safety remains a top priority. its members are set to walk out

from 7.00am on 3rd january until 7.00am on the ninth. ministers say the union's demand for a 35% wage increase is unaffordable. the sister of a 16—year—old boy who was fatally stabbed on new year's eve has said his family is "devastated". harry pitman was attacked just before midnight on primrose hill, where crowds gathered. his older sister tayla, 19, paid tribute to him and said he "always stood up for what was right". a 16—year—old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder and held in custody. the names of more than 170 associates of the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein could be released as early as today. the identities are being revealed under a settled lawsuit against convicted sex trafficker and epstein associate ghislaine maxwell. anyone on the list had until yesterday to appeal to have their name removed. epstein, a millionaire financier known to mix with high—profile figures including prince andrew,

died injail in 2019. his death, as he awaited federal sex—trafficking charges, was ruled to be a suicide by the new york medical examiner. the motoring organisation the rac says the government has missed the target it set for installing high—powered electric vehicle charging points near motorways. the government wanted every motorway service station in england to have at least six rapid or ultra—rapid chargers by the end of 2023. data from the motoring organisation suggests that only four in ten now meet this criteria. the faster chargers are seen as crucial to encouraging more motorists to switch to electric for longerjourneys. a department for transport spokesman said around 96% of motorway services now offer charging facilities for drivers. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello.

the latest named storm of the season, storm henk, has been named by the met office. it is pushing across the uk right now, bringing very heavy rain. there are numerous flood warnings in force and we also have this met office amber warning for the strength of the wind — gusts of perhaps up to 80mph around some coasts, but the swathe of strongest winds across south wales and southern england moving quite quickly eastwards. you can see the squeeze in the isobars here. we will continue to see gales across parts of south—east england and east anglia for the end of the afternoon. this area of low pressure generating some very heavy rain, particularly across parts of england and east wales. some rain, though, across the north—east of scotland. snow developing across shetland. we will see gales here, as well. overnight, well, with the heaviest of the rain will tend to clear. the winds easing a little bit, but it will stay quite blustery. some showers feeding in from the west. into wednesday, low pressure still very much in charge of the scene. not quite as windy by this stage, but still quite blustery down towards the south and also in the north—east of the uk. there will be lots of

showers around, as well. across england, wales, northern ireland, it's a story of sunny spells and showers with those strong winds. down towards the south, more cloud across scotland, some showery rain at times. it stays very windy up towards the north—east of scotland, especially for orkney and shetland. temperatures just a little bit lower tomorrow, six to 11 degrees, so a slightly chilly feel. as we look ahead to thursday, low pressure stays the dominant feature and then this little frontal system here pushing in from the south—west. it looks like this one's going to run some rain into the southern counties of england and the channel islands. it mayjust drift a little bit further north than this. scotland will stay quite cloudy with some bits and pieces of showery rain. elsewhere, sunny spells and showers. the winds easing in most places. temperatures between six and ten degrees, so those temperatures continuing to drop backjust a little bit. that's a sign of things to come. as we head through the end of the week into the weekend, low pressure loosens its grip, high pressure builds from the west and also from the east, so that will settle things down somewhat, but it will also

start to introduce some somewhat colder air. nothing unusual for this time of year, we are in earlyjanuary, of course, but temperatures lower than they have been. a lot of dry weather, spells of sunshine, some frost and fog by night. any showers that do occur could be wintry in places.

live from london. this is bbc news. japan's prime minister confirms that five coastguard crew have been killed in a collision between two planes at tokyo's haneda airport. as smoke filled the cabin, all 379 passengers and crew managed to escape the burning japan airlines aircraft using the emergency inflatable slides — before it was fully engulfed by flames. ijust came here to pick up a friend and luckily they got off the flight, but they aren't able to get their bags. and it was pretty scary. like the whole airport kind of just froze. this is the scene live on the runway at haneda airport where emergency services appear to finally have the blaze under control. searching for survivors — japanese officials say at least 48 people have died and many others are trapped beneath rubble after a powerful earthquake struck on new year's day.