ellie price, bbc news.lection year, after all. —— now we go to the united states. final polls ahead of caucuses in iowa that start tomorrow, show donald trump well ahead in the republican primary contest. the des moines register—nbc news poll released late on saturday gave trump 48%, while former south carolina governor nikki haleyjumped to second place with 20%, pushing florida governor desantis to third place with 16%. in the past hour, donald trump has held a rally in iowa, ahead of tomorrow's caucuses. haley and desantis meanwhile have continued campaigning despite severe winter cold. live now to our washington correspondent, gary 0'donoghue who's in iowa. coal to iowa. what is the latest? fortunately we are inside, we are doing 0k in terms of the code, but we are atjethro's barbecue about 30 miles north of des moines, a very popular spot. miles north of des moines, a very popularspot. nikki miles north of des moines, a very popular spot. nikki haley will be doing a town hall with prospective caucus goe

ellie price, thank you. on this i'm joined by nick wallis, former bbcjournalist and author of the 2021 book the great post office scandal. thank you forjoining us. ellie was referring to yesterday and what happened and we saw one of the sub—postmaster is actually sitting behind the fujitsu boss when he was giving evidence. what has their response been to that apology? weill. response been to that apology? well, the send response been to that apology? well, they send to — response been to that apology? well, they send to be _ response been to that apology? well, they send to be rather _ response been to that apology? vii they send to be rather cynical nowadays, for obvious reasons. there was a point that was made by one of the mps on the select committee yesterday, i was sitting at the back watching it all happen, that fujitsu's acknowledgement that they needed to donate to the sub—masters compensation fund was not mentioned in their annual accounts. it seems that fujitsu have onlyjust found their moral oblig

ellie price, bbc news, in east sussex. killed by a strike in the lebanese capital, beirut. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. let's get more on this from our correspondent shaimaa khalil, who's in jersusalem. what more can you tell us? we did aet what more can you tell us? we did get confirmation _ what more can you tell us? we did get confirmation from _ what more can you tell us? we did get confirmation from hamas - what more can you tell us? we did i get confirmation from hamas that the deputy chairman of their politburo saleh al—arouri was killed in a blast in the dahiyeh neighbourhood in beirut the lebanese capital. this area is known as a hezbollah stronghold and they aren't as mike a very close ties. we also know from local media, they have described this as an israeli drone attack on the hamas office. we reached out to the hamas office. we reached out to the idf, the israeli military, who said they will not comment on reports by foreign media. a couple of reactions i want to bring yo

ellie price, bbc news. of course, there is more on our website.m came from behind twice in their premier league game against manchester united to deny them a win in front of new co—owner sirjim ratcliffe. ratcliffe watched on at old trafford for the first time since his proposed 25% purchase of united was confirmed, as rasmus hojlund gave united a lead in the first five minutes. but brazilian striker richarlison levelled with his sixth goal in six league games. marcus rashford scored his first goal since april to put united ahead again before the break. rodrigo betancur got spurs's second equaliser just after half time — 2—2 the final score. they are a good team on the counterattack, the transition, three up counterattack, the transition, three up front, they have the ability to hurt any team. for the most part we dealt with it ok but we obviously conceded two, but i thought the response to both was outstanding, we maintained composure, played football. in the second half we were a better side and probably deserved to win. now to the africa cup of

that was ellie price.— former bbcjournalist — and author of the 2021 book the great post office scandal spoke to me earlier. i began by asking how the sub—postmasters had reacted to the evidence given yesterday. they tend to be rather cynical nowadays, for obvious reasons. there was a point that was made by one of the mps on the select committee yesterday, i was sitting at the back watching it all happen, that fujitsu's acknowledgement that they needed to donate to the sub—postmasters compensation fund was not mentioned in their annual accounts. it seems that fujitsu have onlyjust found their moral obligations, after witnessing the public outrage on the back of the itv drama because if they had been intending all along to pay compensation to sub—postmasters for their role in this scandal, it would have been noted in at least one of the annual accounts which has been published subsequent to the high court case in 2019. so there are a lot of sub—postmasters who are very cynical about that. you mentioned comp

with the details here is ellie price.driving along the a22 in east sussex when we came across it. a tree on the edge of the ashdown forest, blown over and into the road, and on to two passing cars. driving along, got halfway along to here. and as we passed, that tree fell completely across the pair of us. damaged the van severely, the other van. i managed to avoid most of it. itjust took my bumper off and my light out. shook me up really bad. i ran over to see if i could help, but they were trapped in there. two people were taken to hospital, but weren't seriously injured. several major roads have been closed through fallen trees and floodwaters. this is what it looked like from the air in east yorkshire. storm henk caused problems on the railways, and the platforms too. this, the station in 0kehampton. the met office also warned there was a good chance of power cuts, which could impact mobile phone coverage. the national grid were on the case in llanddewi, in wales. it's mid—afternoon now. the rain here has stopped, but

here's ellie price.e across it — a tree on the edge of the ashdown forest, blown over and into the road, and onto two passing cars. coming along, got halfway along to here, and as we passed, that tree fell completely across the pair of us. damaged the van severely, the other van — i managed to avoid most of it, just took my bumper off and my light out. shook me up really bad. iran over to see if i could help, but they were trapped in there. two people were taken to hospital, but weren't seriously injured. several major roads have been closed through fallen trees and floodwaters. this is what it looked like from the air in east yorkshire. due to severe weather... storm henk made the commute back even more miserable on the first day back after the holidays, causing problems across the uk on the railways. and even on the platform, this was okehampton station. high winds about 80 mph moved things that shouldn't. .. ..leading to numerous close encounters. the floodwaters also did their own damage. according t

ellie price, bbc news.search my prolapse and me. the uk economy grew by more than expected in november, according to new official figures. the office for national statistics said the economy grew by 0.3%, after falling the month before. it was driven by the services sector, including a boost to retail from the black friday sales. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity is with me. what are we to make of these latest figures? it what are we to make of these latest fiaures? ,., , what are we to make of these latest fiaures? , ., , ., , figures? it sounds initially really ubeat. figures? it sounds initially really unbeat- we _ figures? it sounds initially really upbeat. we are _ figures? it sounds initially really upbeat. we are all _ figures? it sounds initially really upbeat. we are all looking - figures? it sounds initially really upbeat. we are all looking for. figures? it sounds initially really i upbeat. we are all looking for good news at the moment, let's face it. at 0.3% growth in november, growth in

here's ellie price. when weather alerts are issued, this is what they mean.y _ the road and onto to cars. driving along, got halfway through - the road and onto to cars. driving along, got halfway through here, | the road and onto to cars. driving - along, got halfway through here, and as we passed that tree fell completely across the pair of us. i managed to avoid most of it, itjust took my bumper off and my light out post i ran over to see if i could help, but they were trapped in there. ., , .,, . ,, there. two people were taken to hos - ital there. two people were taken to hospital but _ there. two people were taken to hospital but weren't _ there. two people were taken to hospital but weren't seriously i hospital but weren't seriously injured. several major roads have been closed through fallen trees and floodwaters. this is what it looked like from the air in east yorkshire. storm henk caused problems on the railways, storm henk causing huge problems to the uk on the railways. and even on the uk on the railways. and even on the platform, this was okeham

ellie price, bbc news. in iowa that start tomorrow, show donald trump well ahead in the republican primary contest. the des moines register—nbc news poll released late on saturday gave trump 48%. while former south carolina governor haleyjumped to second place with 20%, pushing florida governor desantis to third place with 16%. donald trump is there holding a rally in iowa ahead of the caucuses tomorrow. nikki haley and ron desantis have continued campaigning despite the severe winter cold. we can speak now to stephen gruber—miller, statehouse reporterfor the des moines register — the daily newspaper in iowa. thank you so much forjoining us. that is a massive lead and continues the trend that we have seen. in your view, is this in the back for donald trump? view, is this in the back for donald trum - ? , ., ., view, is this in the back for donald trum? , ., ., ., view, is this in the back for donald trum? ., ., , , trump? there is a lot of good signs for donald trump _ trump? there is a lot of good signs fo

ellie price, bbc news.n tjump after developing prolapse. thanks for coming on the show. it is interesting to hear said there. so many women suffer from the sender does seem to be a stigma attached to it. ~ , , does seem to be a stigma attached to it. . , , ., does seem to be a stigma attached to it. i, ., �*, does seem to be a stigma attached to it. why is that? it's about such an intimate part _ it. why is that? it's about such an intimate part of— it. why is that? it's about such an intimate part of your _ it. why is that? it's about such an intimate part of your body - it. why is that? it's about such an intimate part of your body and - intimate part of your body and forever it has been so difficult to have honest conversations about women because nobody is in particular. there are so many complex emotions tied up with it, as well. often to my experience, i had a prolapse after childbirth, i wasn't in good shape anyway, i had a bad tear, i stood up from the silver one day and suddenly nothing felt right,

live now to our reporter ellie price who's outside the hospital in central london. this morning? we haven't king's condition this morning? - haven't seen anyone coming in or going out of the hospitaljust to get, nor have we heard anything official from get, nor have we heard anything officialfrom buckingham palace. the king arrived here yesterday morning. he went in for his operation and was joined by his wife, queen camilla, who stayed while he had what we are told was a procedural operation. she left a few hours later and said he was fine, doing well. we were told it is noble for someone to say in for a night or two after such an operation. no update on exactly his condition. we were told yesterday he was ok. he is not the only oil here at the london clinic. catherine, princess of wales, is also here, recovering from an operation she had on her abdominal area 12 days ago. we were told she would stay on for “p we were told she would stay on for up to two weeks. two senior royals are in this clinic in london. the kina's are in this clinic in london. the king's condi

ellie price, bbc news.of its war on gaza. the families of israeli hostages still held in gaza, have taken part in a rally through the night, to demand their release, as the hamas armed wing spokesman said the fate of many of the hostages is now unknown. they were joined on saturday evening by tens of thousands of protesters, some of whom blamed the government of benjamin netanyahu for failing to prevent the hamas attacks on october the 7th. 1,200 israelis were brutally murdered by hamas gunmen during the attack, and 2a0 were taken hostage. and, right now, 130 of them are still being held captive. now inside gaza — more than 23,000 palestinians have been killed since israel started its air bombarments and ground invasion there — most of the dead are women and children. 1.9 million palestinians are displaced. the head of the un's agency for palestinians has described the death and destruction inside gaza as, a stain on our shared humanity. thousands have gathered in london's trafalgar square for a solidarity

here's ellie price.of a risk to life, this is what they mean. we just happen to be driving along the a22 in east sussex when we came across it. a tree on the edge of the ashdown forest blown over and into the road and onto two passing cars. coming along, got about halfway along to hear, and as we passed, that tree fell completely across the pair of us. damaged one van, i managed to avoid most of it, just took my bumper off and my light out. i ran over to see if took my bumper off and my light out. iran over to see if i took my bumper off and my light out. i ran over to see if i could help, but he was trapped in there. tiara but he was trapped in there. two eo - le but he was trapped in there. two peeple were _ but he was trapped in there. two people were taken to hospital but not seriously injured. several major roads have been closed through fallen trees and floodwaters. this is what it looked like from the air in east yorkshire. due to severe weather... ,, ., ~' due to severe weather... storm henk made

price, is here.ubstance was to honour people in lambeth and there were three victims, a woman and two young children have been taken to hospital for treatment and three other people, all adults, for treatment and three other people, alladults, have for treatment and three other people, all adults, have also been taken to hospital with injuries they sustained when they came to their aid. we don't know any update on their conditions but they say that three police officers have been taken to hospital as they responded to the incident. the police are calling it a horrific incident which took place in lambeth shortly before 7:30pm this evening. no arrests have been made so far and the national police air service, we are told, is assisting in the search for the perpetrator. are not many details at the moment but nine people have been taken to hospital, of which a woman and her two young children who were allegedly attacked by a suspected corrosive substance thrown at them in south london. the drone footage

earlier, i spoke to our news correspondent, ellie price, who is at the inquiry.eks from fujitsu. as this scandal has developed over the last few weeks since the airing of that itv drama, where millions of people watched and became aware of the scandal that's obviously been going on for years and years. this is something that happened between 1999—2015 and yet it has taken until now, if you like, for action to be taken. as you say, the main headlines yesterday were not from here at the inquiry but actually from a committee of mps who were grilling the europe boss of fujitsu who made that apology for what he called "an appalling miscarriage ofjustice". he also said for the first time that he felt there was a moral

live now to our reporter ellie price, who's outside the hospital in central london.t can you tell us about the arrival of the queen? well, she arrived just _ arrival of the queen? well, she arrived just after _ arrival of the queen? well, she arrived just after noon, - arrival of the queen? well, she arrived just after noon, around | arrival of the queen? well, she l arrived just after noon, around 15 minutes or so ago, she came around the back so we did not see her arrive in the main entrance. she came on in a black car followed arrive in the main entrance. she came on in a black carfollowed by what we can assume are her closed protection officers and a range rover. she has come to visit a husband. we don't know if that means he is staying on for another night or if she has come to meet up with him before he then goes home. the procedure he underwent we are told was relatively common, but it would not be unusual for somebody to stay on for a night or two. 0bviously, he underwent that operation yesterday, stay the night last night and, as i said, it is the first we h

live now to our reporter ellie price is outside the hospital in central london and can tell us about an hour auo, visit. the queen arrived an hour ago. there _ visit. the queen arrived an hour ago. there has— visit. the queen arrived an hour ago, there has been _ visit. the queen arrived an hour ago, there has been no - visit. the queen arrived an hour ago, there has been no official i ago, there has been no official update from buckingham palace as the king's hell. yesterday, we were told the operation went well and that he was doing well, and that he was fine, according to the queen herself. she arrived about an hour orso herself. she arrived about an hour or so ago afternoon. she went in the back entrance. we do not know whether she is here to visit or to accompany him home, but we do understand the procedure like the one the king had yesterday word often entail at least one night if not a couple of nights in hospital. i am afraid i cannot tell you if he is coming home tonight or not. as i say, he is said to be doing well. the procedure itself is fairly common, the issue of enlarg

our reporter ellie price gives us this update, from outside the london hospital.s side yesterday, of course, when he arrived for that operation on the enlarged pro—state. we are told it is a fairly standard procedure that he had and it is not unusual to stay for my son to hospital. she stayed overnight and we're not sure if he coming here to visit all be here overnight. we have commentary as to exactly what is going on from that point of view and of course it is worth remembering that the queen herself may be visiting another member of the royal family because, of course, the king's daughter—in—law, kath and princess of wales, is also in the same hospital having received surgery on her abdomen, 12 days ago, an operation that we didn't get too many details on but we were told it should be in hospitalfor around two weeks with that and, as i say, it is datable for her. it mayjust be the queen colin miller has been visiting catherine, princess of wales, too. —— as i say, it is day 12 for catherine, princess of wales, so it may be that queen camilla has been visiting h

sorry, that is a repeat, ellie price is in the newsroom and has been covering the inquiry for many, manyssue of whatsapp messages is back on the agenda? again and again, and we could play whatsapp bingo the amount of time that phrase has come up during the covid inquiry. what is interesting with the scottish part of the uk covid inquiry, it is important to remember it is a uk wide inquiry and the bit they are on now is in edinburgh, based on what happened with the scottish government. but it is part of the uk wide inquiry. i think what is really interesting is the difference in tone. when it was in london and focusing on westminster, we heard so much about whatsapp and the really personal messages that were read out, often very fruity, juicy language, quite unpleasant at times, about how politicians and civil servants were referring to each other, and the decisions they were making. a stark difference with what was going on in scotland, because so many of the whatsapp messages have been deleted. we heard last week that nicola sturgeon had practically deleted all of them, thatjohn swinney

live now to our reporter ellie price, who's outside the hospital in central london.ueen at left about in the last half hour or so. she had been visiting for a few hours, she arrived at about midday. we are being led to believe that it probably means is on for another night in hospital. he came here yesterday that relatively routine operation on his enlarged prostate. he obviously came with queen camilla yesterday, she stayed with him while he had that operation and then left, and came back again in the evening, may be having visited him already today, she may come back later. it certainly does not look like you will be leaving today. don't forget, he is not the only senior royal in this hospital today because we have also got catherine, princess of wales, who has been here for the last 12 days having undergone abdominal surgery. last 12 days having undergone abdominalsurgery. now, we last 12 days having undergone abdominal surgery. now, we were told that she was likely to stay here for the next ten days to 14 days. it is day 12 now, so it may be that queen camilla al

live now to our reporter ellie price, who's outside the hospital in central london.and she is probably still in there. she was by his side yesterday when he vie for that operation on his in large pro—state which although it is a fairly standard procedure he had not unusual to stay for a night till two in hospital, of course he stayed in overnight. we don't know whether he is here to visit because she is not coming out on whether he is here to accompany... obviously will come here next to ours in buckingham palace doesn't offer ongoing commentary as to exactly what is going on from that point of view. and, of course, it is worth remembering that the queen herself may be visiting another member of the royal family because of course looking's daughter—in—law, kath and princess of wales, is also in the same hospital having received surgery on her abdomen 12 days ago, an operation that we didn't get too many details on but we were told she would be in hospitalfor around two weeks with that and as i say, it is 12 days for her. so it mayjust be that queen camilla has been v

news correspondent ellie price is at that inquiry for us — and joins me now.been relative silence over the last couple of weeks from fujitsu. as this scandal has developed over the last few weeks since the airing of the itv drama, where millions of people watched and became aware of the scandal that has been going on for years and years. this is something that happened between 1999—2015 and yet it has taken until now for action to be taken to stop the main headlines yesterday were not from here at the inquiry back from a committee of mps

they're probably not according to ellie, my price, who as i said in the past, she's the axe on this.ry. those are all the firms. you get the first ones, you'll probably get are the most -- the ones with the complete applications, and, you know, karat think wood's ark -- cathie wood's ark investment has been there from the beginning, she would get it first. blackrock -- i don't think blackrock has ever had an etf that was denied by the sec. so i think that probably will be among the first ones, and then you roll them out. now, that's if they approve it. there's always a chance with gary gensler because he hates crypto -- lauren: is that why they're down today, the stock? >> it's not the stock -- lauren: the bitcoin and crypto-related stocks are mostly lower. >> i don't know, i think there's some profit taking here. i've always thought once they approve this thing, you know, you might see a little runoff, then it's going to trade off -- lauren: buy the rumor, sell the news. >> plus it went up so much on the rumor, you know, and we've been reporting that it was nearing a decision, and p

ellie price, bbc news. we'rejoined now byjo prance, suzanne vernatza and christine sweet.. not being able to talk about it. can you tell us your experience? you are going to add to this plethora of stories? my add to this plethora of stories? ij�*i experience add to this plethora of stories? ii experience started add to this plethora of stories? iii: experience started with add to this plethora of stories? ii: experience started with a stress urinary incompetence. the catalyst for that was traumatic childbirth. i was induced. the birth was not particularly well managed. they want to accelerate the growth. i was only 22, completely naive, did have —— didn't have any education about birth trauma. when they accelerated the delivery he was born very quickly. however, they had lost, or not looked at the fact i was carrying a large baby. i had a significant injury. i torn. there was a significant decision made which i was not part of. there was an argument over me from the two midwives who scare i was under. should i go for surgical repair? or would she fix me? she decided that

iran has already warned that the israeli regime will pay heavy price for his criminal acts. political analyst ellie whisk joins us from beirot to shed more light on this in the form of an analysis. ellie whisk. welcome to the program. tell us what you think about uh why the strike took place and if it had anything to do. with the irgc strikes that happened in her bill just days ago, well obviously it's linked to what you just mentioned about the attack on the musad station which took place in arbil um importantly as well, however the the iranians if you recall iran struck um syria uh idlib which was also i believe message that was sent to the israeli side that um iran can target. areas quite close to israel's home front or to the israeli front in general. um now we have this retaliation from the israeli side which appears to be trying to you know defy iran if you would like or to challenge iran. so it appears that this um this exchange of confrontation um appears to be continuing the israelis appear intent on escalating the situation further. i think netanyahu in particular

back to you, stephen. >> ellie. thank you.'s another reason why the cost of living crisis is far from over. attacks on cargo ships in the red sea yesterday , ships in the red sea yesterday, uk and us naval forces repelled the largest attack by yemen. houthi rebels. the iran backed group, are targeting cargo vessels in response to israel's bombing of gaza. our business editor , liam halligan, explains editor, liam halligan, explains how this will affect all of us here in the uk. >> well, these drone attacks in the red sea, unprecedented for decades, mean that a lot of shipping freight, including a lot of oil tankers , a lot of lot of oil tankers, a lot of lng, liquefied natural gas tankers coming from the middle east, they don't want to use the suez canal to get through to the mediterranean and european markets, because of the dangers. so they're having to divert all the way around the huge continent africa, thousands continent of africa, thousands of extra weeks extra on of miles extra weeks extra on every voyage. and of cours

it could be a unit that is subject to price control.it could be a unit that has a formal deed restriction as affordable. um, it could be a unit that was removed from the rental market due to ellis in the last ten years. or it could be a unit that was occupied by a low income household in the last five years. and how how do you how do we monitor right now in terms of the preview? i know you're out of order, right. please continue, commissioner imperial. so how do we as of now, how do we monitor or how do we track the previous tenant of that of that income? how what are the mechanisms? what are what do we use at this point? absolutely. so when a project sponsor does come in and you know they want to propose demolition of units, we do have an sb 330. um, you know, form that requires that each tenant, if there were previous tenants, fill out an affidavit attesting to their income and then they have to sign it. so, so, um, does the landlord track or does the planning department track the tenant or we. oh, so the tenant will have to sign the