in worcestershire in 2021, after suffering abuse.n's partnership has highlighted a string of missed opportunities. the uk has halted trade talks with canada, with discussions breaking down due to a disagreement over beef and cheese. the two nations have been negotiating for the last two years after britain left the eu, with trade continuing under the same deal originally brokered when the uk was a member of the bloc. the previous agreement had allowed the uk to continue to sell cars and cheese in the north american nation without canada charging import tax. the conservative peer, michelle mone, and her husband, doug barrowman, have had millions of pounds in assets frozen or restrained by a court order obtained by the crown prosecution service. you're live with bbc news. king charles is said to be doing well after receiving treatment in hospitalfor an enlarged prostate. he was visited earlier by queen camilla, seen here leaving the hospital. buckingham palace says the king had a "corrective procedure" after being diagnosed with the co

0n the flood plain in worcestershire, there's one tiny bit of dry land left.operty where nick lupton lives with his wife and two cats, so he decided to build one himself. although the house has got some really good mitigations in place like barriers on the doors and pumps below the floor level, we finally decided to build ourselves a wall around the house. well, that's nick's house. we can't get any nearer because the floodwaters are very deep and there's a strong cross—current, so it would be too dangerous either for him to come out or for us to go in. but thankfully, we have a good signal and new technology, and that means i can talk to him. so i can see you now and we can wave at each other. there we go, we're waving. 300 yards or so away from each other, fantastic. it took about four months to build. finished it in the middle of september and we tested it middle of october. and it's worked? definitely worked, yeah. this is the second test. this flood is actually quite a high one. it's close to the record in 2020. i think the biggest danger is a bit of cabi

0n the floodplain in worcestershire, there's only one tiny bit of dry land left.ed property where nick lupton lives with his wife annie and two cats, so they decided to build a wall. although the house has got some really good mitigations in place, like barriers on the doors and pumps below the floor level, we finally decided to build ourselves a wall around the house. nick, who is a chartered mechanical engineer, decided, with the help of some experts, once builders had put in the foundations, he, annie and some friends did the labouring. it cost about the same as a small extension and required a remortgage to pay for it. it is between four and seven foot tall. a foot higher than the highest ever flood. they built it in the summer and it took four months and it was finished just in time for the first big flood of this season in october. a really important part of building the wall was to install these sumps, because the ground water is going to come up underneath them around the wall and these sumps will collect the ground water and pump it back outside the wall.

alfie steele died in droitwich in worcestershire in 2021, after suffering abuse. michelle mone, and her husband, doug barrowman, have had millions of pounds in assets frozen or restrained by a court order obtained by the crown prosecution service. the national crime agency is investigating allegations of fraud in contracts for personal protective equipment, awarded during the pandemic to a company linked to mr barrowman. the uk has halted trade talks with canada, with discussions breaking down due to a disagreement over beef and cheese. the two nations have been negotiating for the last two years after britain left the eu, with trade continuing under the same deal originally brokered when the uk was a member of the bloc. just a few stories making headlines. you're live with bbc news. as most eyes have been turned to the icj's provisional ruling, there's been an unrelated and rather striking announcement by unwra — the un body responsible for palestinian refugees. in a statement, philippe lazzarini, the body's commissioner—general, said... let's get more on this st

he died in worcestershire in 2021 after suffering abuse.eport has highlighted a string of missed opportunities. the u.k. has halted trade talks with canada due to a disagreement over beef and cheese. the two nations have been negotiating the last two years after britain left the eu, with trade continuing under the same deal originally brokered when the u.k. was a member of the bloc. conservative peer and her husband have had millions of pounds of assets frozen or restrained by a court order obtained by the crown prosecution service. the national crime agencies investigating allegations of fraud in contract for personal protective equipment awarded during the pandemic to a company that was linked to the husband. you are live with bbc news. u.s. central command confirmed today it shot down another anti-ship a ballistic missile that was flying towards the uss carney from houthi-controlled yemen. the shift was operating in the gulf of aden. a lot of the focus has been on the u.s.-u.k. response to these attacks. but reuters is reporting that chi

phil mackie, bbc news, worcestershire.cientists used underwater microphones and drones, to examine the sounds and behaviour of the animals. jon donnison has that story. low-pitched clicking. the clicks and clacks of a sperm whale. and, as you might expect from the creature with the biggest brain on the planet, their chitchat has more to it than meets the ear. this latest research, published in the royal society open science journal, found there are at least seven separate clans of sperm whales in the pacific ocean, each with its own distinct culture and vocal dialect. while the sperm whales sound very simple, their patterns of clicks is a bit like morse code. the two clans we discovered this on, one sounds click—click—click—click, and the other sounds click—click—click. . . click. the study also showed the whales use their distinct dialects to communicate and make democratic consensual decisions about where to go. one example saw them take an hour and a half to decide whether or not to make a 90 degree turn, and what the r

there is a lot of rain, notjust in the worcestershire area, but of course in wales and the river catchments as the week goes on, and we need to be very, very vigilant. no weather warnings remain today, but there are more than 300 flood alerts, and authorities are warning that travel will continue to be disrupted. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. a chinese foreign exchange student has been found freezing but i live in utah. his parents in china were extorted out of tens of thousands of dollars in a so—called cyber kidnapping scam. this is 17—year—old after being found very cold and scared in a tent in rural utah. police think he isolated himself after being manipulated by the kidnappers. but not in real life, rather virtually. officers found him isolating in a tent after his parents contacted school officials to say they had been sent a ransom demand and a picture of their son, indicating he had been abducted. police say his family paid $80,000 into bank accounts in china during the scan. and their son was one of a number of foreign students targeted by so—called cyber kidnappers. so what is cyber

there is a lot of rain notjust in i is a lot of rain notjust in the worcestershire area but in walesnt impact as the week goes on and we need to be very vigilant. trio we need to be very vigilant. no weather warnings remain today but there are 300 flood alerts and authorities are wanting travel will continue to be disrupted. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. the vendors who pack new york's famous brooklyn bridge selling souvenirs and trinkets are to be banned from today. the bridge is popular with tourists and city officials said that 34,000 people were visiting the bridge at the weekend looking to snap up anything from yankees caps to new york licence plates. it's part of a crackdown on unlicensed vendors across the city. you cannot have a bridge lined up you cannot have a bridge lined up on both sides, with vendors selling all sorts of items and it created this bottleneck, so if you needed an emergency egress to get off the bridge people would have trampled over each other. the people would have trampled over each other-— each other. the top business stories here _ each other. the top busi

to my mp, who was harriett baldwin, in worcestershire. mp, he didn't reply directly to me, and he lied in that letter to the mp, so he is complicit to the core in this. you can send their outside parliament now with his removal van or whatever else he is doing and bleat, but he is complicit, and he needs to resign. and angry with him. i've not got anything against any of the political parties, but i am angry with them all, and i'm particularly angry with him, and vince cable and jo swinson, and tony blair and david cameron. they can't stop, they can't continue doing this. they got to start to be honest and say sorry, we knew, and we were incompetent. janet, only 93 people have had their convictions overturned, only 30 people have agreed full and final compensation settlements, so there is an awful long way to go in this. what you want to see from the government in the coming weeks? for them to revoke or responsibility from _ them to revoke or responsibility from the — them to revoke or responsibility from the post office, they need to los

phil mackie, bbc news, worcestershire.y pm michelle mone and her husband douglas barrowman have been frozen or restrained. the national crime agency is investigating allegations of fraud in relation to the supply of fraud in relation to the supply of ppe during the pandemic. a company led by mr barrowman was awarded contracts worth more than £200 million to supply ppe to the nhs through a so—called vip lane. it's news that's left liverpool fans reeling in shock — managerjurgen klopp is to step down at the end of the season. since his appointment in 2015 liverpool have won virtually every major trophy, including the champions league, but he says he's leaving because he's "running out of energy". our sports editor dan roan has the story. he restored liverpool's status as a true footballing force, with his passion, talent and trophies. but after nearly a decade in charge at anfield, jurgen klopp today stunned the game. i anfield, jurgen klopp today stunned the name. ., . , ., the game. i will leave the club at the game. i wil

phil mackie, bbc news, worcestershire. across the uk, you're watching bbc news.ey have reached a deadlock over a number of issues, including canadian exports of beef and cheese from the uk. thejury in the exports of beef and cheese from the uk. the jury in the trial of mark gordon and constance martin, accused of killing their baby, have heard from a driver who pulled over and spoke to them after the car burst into flames on the m 61. hudson said he fears the baby could have survived if he stayed with the vehicle. both have denied the charges. it's a good day for indian cricketers, taking early wickets in the testing as england. india now have a can commanding lead, 421—7. he will start tomorrow unbeaten on 81 runs. while all the stories on the bbc.co.uk/news. you're life abuse the news. king charles is reported to be doing well —— you're live with. his wife visited the hospital. the same where the princess of wales is also recovering. buckingham palace says he is having a corrective procedure. charlotte gallagher has been outside the hospital. gallagher has been

alfie steele died in worcestershire in 2021, after suffering abuse.e to a disagreement over beef and cheese. the two nations have been negotiating for the last two years after britain left the eu, with trade continuing under the same deal originally brokered when the uk was a member of the bloc. the conservative peer michelle mone and her husband, doug barrowman, have had millions of pounds in assets frozen or restrained by a court order obtained by the crown prosecution service. the national crime agency is investigating allegations of fraud in contracts for personal protective equipment, awarded during the pandemic to a company linked to mr barrowman. you're live with bbc news. us central command confimed today it shot down another anti—ship ballistic missile that was flying towards the uss carney from houthi—controlled yemen. the ship was operating in the gulf of aden. a lot of the focus so far has been on the us uk response to these attacks. but reuters is reporting that china is now getting involved. citing four iranian sources, the report says o

elsewhere, this was bewdley in worcestershire, defences held it back. say climate change will mean warmer, wetter winters and more intense storms for the uk. and that makes the question of what's defended from floods, and who pays for it, all the more pressing. four years ago, flood defences were one of the big spending announcements of rishi sunak�*s first budget as chancellor. to protect people and over 300,000 properties, i'm doubling our investment in flood defences over the next six years to £5.2 billion. so, how's it gone? well, prime minister sunak was in oxford last week, looking at some of the city's flood defences. he was all smiles, but the verdict of the public accounts committee on england's water defences is not so rosy. instead of the 300,000 properties chancellor sunak promised to defend, only 200,000 seem likely to be protected by 2027. and the report says a lack of funds to maintain existing defences mean thousands of homeowners now face a greater risk. we need to make sure that we properly fund and deliver the capital projects. at the

phil mackie, bbc news, worcestershire.it the beaches of normandy for the first time injune to pay her respects is 103—year—old christian lamb. she was an officer in the women's royal naval service — and herjob in london was to secretly map parts of the french coastline in advance of the attack — so allied troops would know exactly where they were landing. she's been sharing her memories withjohn maguire. all who could get their hands on newspapers... as the news of the d—day landings was greeted with relief and great excitement by the british public, those who'd worked tirelessly to make them happen shared that sense of historic achievement. among them was christian lamb. at six in the morning, i heard the news that they had landed. i was very, very thrilled. she's being brought back to whitehall by the taxi charity for military veterans to visit the area where she worked 80 years ago. in honour of her service, a suite has been named after her in the old war office buildings, now a raffles hotel called the 0w0. we felt we

there is a lot of rain, notjust in the worcestershire area, but of course in wales and the river catchmento come one way — down to us. so, i think we could see some significant impacts as the week goes on, and we need to be very, very vigilant. no weather warnings remain today, but there are more than 300 flood alerts, and authorities are warning that travel will continue to be disrupted. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. a vigil has been held at a park in north—east london in memory of a 16—year—old boy, who was stabbed on new year's eve. harry pitman was killed in primrose hill shortly before midnight, where hundreds of people had gathered to watch the new year fireworks. ross mikla—she—vitch reports. but just minutes before butjust minutes before the clock struck midnight 16—year—old harry pitman lost his life. the struck midnight 16-year-old harry pitman lost his life.— pitman lost his life. the latest victim of a _ pitman lost his life. the latest victim of a stabbing _ pitman lost his life. the latest victim of a stabbing in - pitman lost his life. the latest victim of a stabbing in the - pi

alfie steele died in worcestershire in 2021, after suffering abuse.ave had millions of pounds in assets frozen or restrained by a court order obtained by the crown prosecution service. the national crime agency is investigating allegations of fraud in contracts for personal protective equipment, awarded during the pandemic to a company linked to mr barrowman. police have released details of a woman they want to trace after the discovery of a baby in a shopping bag in newham. baby elsa, who was found by a dog walker in sub—zero temperatures, has since been discharged from hospital and is in foster care. the met also wants to trace a witness officer think saw the woman in the vicinity. you're live with bbc news. donald trump stormed out of a new york courtroom earlier today as the closing arguments began in the defamation case brought byjournalist and author ejean carroll. the former president was found liable last year of sexually abusing ms carroll in a new york department store, back in the 1990s, and then defaming her after she wrote about it. the j

you saw the flooding with phil mackie in worcestershire.couple of degrees. still windy and still chilly across the fat north, where shetland could see some snow mixed in as we go today as well. more persistent rain to the north—east of scotland will break into light and patchy rain and drizzle. tonight, the showers will become lengthier in western scotland for the evening rush hour. elsewhere, not as bad as yesterday. you still have to cater for a few showers. with the wind in the south, they should rattle across the south, they should rattle across the sky quite smartly. tonight, showers in southern areas will fade away. outbreaks of rain in the north—east of scotland. a chillier night tonight. julia start to your thursday morning. fewer showers before rain rise in the south. thank you. six women who met under the most difficult circumstances, call themselves the angel mums. each has lost a child to brain cancer. but what started as a group to provide support during unimaginable grief, has transformed into something much, much more. fi lam

we will use soy sauce, worcestershire sauce. and under the potatoes - cheese.y, you can compare them with factory versions, where and which ones were immediately figured out, i liked the homemade ones better, cheese ketchup prepared in the kitchen received more votes, in the case of barbecue opinions were equally divided, that is, on the table there were fresh sauces made from natural products, but many still... gave preference to the store-bought analogue, well, i don’t know, well , it’s somehow more familiar, i liked store-bought ketchup better, it’s richer in taste, of course, it’s a matter of composition, the ingredients on the labels are similar, but with the obligatory set of those same foods, among them flavorings, the body tends to get used to, to get used to the bright and unforgettable taste, also thickeners that give a viscous texture, and maybe dyes. expiration date too, but who will look at all this if the food on the tray smells like that tempting. yuri nesterov, nikolai krysanov, vasily yurov, channel one. we have in the form of cards, real plast

we're going to be talking to one pub owner in worcestershire , whose pub has worcestershire, whose pubwith yet another by—election on the way , as by—election on the way, as former energy minister chris skidmore resigns. katherine forster has the latest . forster has the latest. >> yes, a third by—election looming for prime minister rishi sunak, something he really doesn't need as we head for a general election late this year, it's going to be a very long year with a lot of politics. >> we are getting a new year's gift from the chancellor, cuts to national insurance come into force today in a bid to boost the tories electoral chances . the tories electoral chances. >> now we've turned a corner , >> now we've turned a corner, brought down inflation. the economy is doing better. we want to bring down the tax burden and this 2% cut will make a very big difference to many families up and down the country . and down the country. >> should pupils be allowed to ditch the pen for their exams? well, an exam board is set to allow gcse english students to type up exam answers in what's, well. a m

_ we go live now to climate expert and former environment agency area manager for herefordshire and worcestershire, that is unusual, isn't it? it certainly is, i can't unusual, isn't it? it certainly is, ican't recall— unusual, isn't it? it certainly is, i can't recall as _ unusual, isn't it? it certainly is, i can't recall as widespread - unusual, isn't it? it certainly is, i i can't recall as widespread amber warnings as this, i've been doing it for 15—20 years, and certainly it is the widespread nature of this, that is what makes storm isha i think a particularly unusual beast in that the wind fields normally can be when narrowed down to a relatively small area, but in this case, you've got virtually the whole of the uk covered by these quite significant amber weather warnings. find covered by these quite significant amber weather warnings.- covered by these quite significant amber weather warnings. and in terms of how strong — amber weather warnings. and in terms of how strong this _ amber weather warnings. and in terms of how strong this is _ amber weather warnings. and in terms of how strong

there and large parts of north yorkshire, worcestershire, northamptonshire, cornwall and gloucestershire water tonight. the met office has warned of power cuts and travel disruption right across all affected areas, and train company gwr is advising people not to travel at all after its tracks were flooded and routes were made impassable . well, were made impassable. well, let's just bring you some detail on that breaking news we brought you about an hour ago about a boatin you about an hour ago about a boat in london that's gone down because of rainfall. the thames coastguard everyone coastguard is saying everyone is accounted for after a party boat sunkin accounted for after a party boat sunk in the river thames after rain. the floating bar restaurant . and nightclub moored restaurant. and nightclub moored up at temple pier went down after the deck flooded . first of after the deck flooded. first of all. local officials, however, said everyone was safe but the port of london authorities advised vessels tonight to pass temple pier with great caution . temple pier with great caution. now

there and large parts of north yorkshire, worcestershire, northamptonshire, cornwall and gloucestershire are under flood water tonight . the met office water tonight. the met office has warned of power cuts and travel disruption right across all affected areas, and train company gwr is advising people not to travel at all after its tracks were flooded and routes were made impassable . well, were made impassable. well, let's just bring you some detail on that breaking news we brought you about an hour ago about a boatin you about an hour ago about a boat in london that's gone down because of rainfall. the thames coastguard everyone coastguard is saying everyone is accounted for after a party boat sunkin accounted for after a party boat sunk in the river thames after rain. the floating bar restaurant . and nightclub moored restaurant. and nightclub moored up at temple pier went down after the deck flooded . first of after the deck flooded. first of all. local officials, however, said everyone was safe but the port of london authorities advised vessels tonight to pass temple pier with great

top of worcestershire and the top of gloucestershire where they say of course you could see 80 miler winds, but particularly here there are still strong winds and there has been a lot of it's not stopped of rain. it's not stopped raining got here many raining since i got here many hours ago, and of course that will big concerns will be one of the big concerns for the flights taking on taking off landing here, off and of course landing here, making runway safe making sure that runway is safe enough to land on. there's not too much standing a too much standing water as a plane off just a few plane took off just a few minutes ago, you could see the extent of the fired up of extent of the jets fired up of the coming off the back of the spray coming off the back of the spray coming off the back of the of the planes. so you can really see how of really see how the how of course, that is going to be a serious concern for likes of serious concern for the likes of air control to make sure air traffic control to make sure that here at that it is safe to land here at the airport. so far, no ma

>> which hear >> which i can hear from worcestershire .en, >> what do you think, stephen, of what we've just been saying about the of the tory about the state of the tory party? well i think from different points of view, to be fair , we're actually in violent fair, we're actually in violent agreement , aren't we, that the agreement, aren't we, that the issue is not who leads the conservative party. >> the issue is what the conservatives have done in their 14 years in power and the lack of any clear view about how to rebuild many of the things that have gone wrong with this country during the period that they've been responsible. the pubuc they've been responsible. the public services , the national public services, the national health service, the education service, the police service , the service, the police service, the prison service, the our relationship with our major trading partners on the continent of europe. those are the that is the legacy of a group of people who have simply failed . and the reason they failed. and the reason

there and large parts of north yorkshire, worcestershire, northamptonshire, cornwall and gloucestershireisruption right across all affected areas, and train company gwr is advising people not to travel at all after its tracks were flooded and routes were made impassable . well, were made impassable. well, let's just bring you some detail on that breaking news

. - worcestershire acute hospital declined to comment on allegations that a patient waited ten hourstoke hospital says it prioritises eye operations by need. for alf prichard, who is having to sell his motor home because of his failing sight, thejunior doctors' strike just means a longer delay and a greater need. michele paduano, bbc news. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. a very good morning and welcome to bbc london. i'm thomas magill. the family of a young woman who lost her life after an e—bike caught fire whilst she slept, say they don't want her death to be in vain. sofia duarte, who died last year, would have been celebrating her 23rd birthday today. more than 30,000 people have signed a petition organised by her friend and family, which is backed by london fire brigade, calling for tighter regulations for electric bikes and their batteries. a very good morning and welcome to bbc london. it could be preventable. if we can change the law it means that her death was not in vain. because at the moment that is how we feel. every person that dies because o

miss stringer told the bbc i've got a letter from ed davey to my ex—mp down in worcestershire, wherefice, to quote. in the post office, because he put it in writing. so either he is not telling the truth or he is stupid. it's an election year and this issue is not going to go away across the board . and now a lib dem board. and now a lib dem spokesperson told the bbc ed's heart goes out to the families caught up in this scandal and his focus is on getting justice and compensation for those impacted. he bitterly regrets that the post office was not honest with him at the time, and will fully cooperate with the inquiry to get to the bottom of what went wrong . in the what went wrong. in the meantime, yvonne tracey, who's been a postmistress for 30 years, intends to stand as an independent against him in his own seat. poetic justice, justice if she wins, which i suspect she will, as we are all incensed by this scandal. suspect she will, as we are all incensed by this scandal . and ed incensed by this scandal. and ed is not alone. the likes of fujitsu, who in my mind should be sued and s

i'm looking towards the malvern hills in worcestershire, again a county hard—hit by such sodden groundtill the picture is very clear behind you._ from john but still the picture is very clear behind you. yes, good morning from — very clear behind you. yes, good morning from the _ very clear behind you. yes, good morning from the banks - very clear behind you. yes, good morning from the banks of - very clear behind you. yes, good morning from the banks of the l very clear behind you. yes, good i morning from the banks of the river trent and this was the big concern overnight, the rising waters of the river trent. as you can see, as it becomes like its fast flowing, very swollen river this morning. where we're standing there are steps that normally go down to the water and normally go down to the water and normally you can get lot closer at its normal level but it's really high this morning. it hasn't reached the record of 23 years ago. as you say, nottinghamshire county council have declared this a major incident and we heard from them in the last hour, they are hoping that it has reach