deposit at lower levels. further south, 3 band of rain pushing through the midlands into south, a band of rain pushing through the midlands into the south—west of england, it will gradually move south and east overnight. it will clear through quite quickly, then behind it with clearer skies temperatures will fall away. in sheltered areas a touch of light frost. showers continue into scotland, eyes could be an issue towards dawn, particularly with temperatures hovering close to freezing. in miserable start across northern ireland and scotland. further south, much of england and wales, away from west facing coasts, decent spells of sunshine. keep abreast of the weather forecast, because a storm is arriving as we go through friday and into saturday. an amber weather warning has been issued. hello, this is bbc news with ben brown and jane hill. a cheesy and suspect is reportedly

being hunted by german police after an attack on a christmas market in berlin which left and people dead. policemen are going to visibly where we sheen go and we are also going to set up technical measures, roadblocks, in order to add more security to some places. multi—millionaire property developer peter morgan has been found guilty at newport crown court of murdering his escort girlfriend georgina symonds. a european court ruling preventing the government retaining internet data, in what critics called the "snoopers charter", is to be challenged by the home office. the queen and duke of edinburgh have delayed theirjourney to norfolk for christmas after coming down with "heavy colds". we will talk more about that later

but first we will catch up with the sports news. good afternoon. northampton saints have escaped punishment after an investigation into their handling of a head injury to wales and lions wing george north. the player landed on his head during the game and appeared to be lying motionless on the ground. however after assessment he returned to the field of play, prompting an investigation by the ‘concussion management review group.‘ last month he was forced to miss —— last day he was forced to miss five months of rugby. the panel have said there is sufficient evidence to conclude from video evidence and

also from george north's history that he should not have returned to the field. it seems clear that northampton did not handle it correctly. they should not have let him return to play that match against leicester. at the same time, the review finds the club complied with protocol, didn't ignore north's best interests as though there is no sanction against him. i think we are at the start of this whole procedure where the concussion is taken more and more seriously, particularly in view of video evidence. you will remember at the time that northampton were saying maybe there we re northampton were saying maybe there were angles and bits of video that people were able to see on the television, commentators could see, but they could not say. have the review group made any specific recommendations going forward 7 specific recommendations going forward? yes, nine recommendations. we have not got time to go through all of them. a lot of them go into the area of video evidence, pvrs

they call them. they suggest that pitch side people should stay in their seats. maybe they need to be an additional person in that role, a support pvr person. northampton had said that they were thinking that george north would be available to play on friday against sale, but the review says they recommend what they call a graduated return to play protocol. i suppose george north does not want to be the man who is seen through his career as the guy who is almost the figurehead for concussion. but i do think this whole review and report almost raises more questions than it a nswe i’s. raises more questions than it answers. thank you. england rugby head coach eddiejones appears determined to stick with captain dylan hartley, despite his sending off in a club match for northampton. hartley was suspended for six weeks, after earning the third red card of his career —

and jones admitted the challenge on leinster‘s sean o'brien was reckless, saying hartley had ‘let down his country.‘ but he also said his skipper should be allowed to "pay the penalty and get on with it". the two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitova will miss the first grand slam of next year — the australian open — following surgery on her left hand. she underwent an operation lasting four hours yesterday and believes she‘s lucky to be alive, after a knife attack at her home in the czech republic. it‘s thought it was a random burglary and kvitova wasn‘t specifically targeted. the finnish driver valtteri bottas looks likely to become lewis hamilton‘s new team—mate at mercedes. his current team — williams — have persuaded felipe massa to stay on for another season if bottas leaves to replace the retired world champion nico rosberg. mercedes have had one offer for bottas turned down, but a deal is expected to be done in the new year. that‘s all sport for now. thank you, see you later.

the government has been told it shouldn‘t keep computer data under laws which critics have called the "snoopers‘ charter". the european court ofjustice has ruled that communications information can only be retained if it‘s used to fight serious crime. the home office says it‘ll try to get the decision overturned. our legal correspondent clive coleman is with me. we all perhaps, not you, but a lot of us use the phrase snoopers charter and it is easy to forget what it is. remind us firstly what we are talking about. we are really looking at the investigatory powers act which is known by many people as the snoopers charter. this concerns the snoopers charter. this concerns the retention of data. it is not the content the retention of data. it is not the co nte nt of the retention of data. it is not the content of a phone call, text or an e—mail or even your internet browsing, it is the what, when, how and why, if you like. it paints a

picture of what you have been up to, who you have been talking to, when you were talking to them and so forth. it can create a very complete picture of a person‘s life. the european court of justice picture of a person‘s life. the european court ofjustice today ruled that the —— general data —— the general cremation of that data is illegal. it can only be used to combat serious crime. that gives the government at the time of a real and clear present terror threat a headache. if it can only be used in the case of serious crime, presumably terrorism is what they are talking about? yes, it would be terror offences and so forth. what some liberties group have argued and it is interesting, this case was originally brought by david davis

the brexit secretary. at the time david davis said this legislation was the forerunner of the investigatory powers act. hiro withdrew from this case after he became the brexit secretary. it is something of an irony that he has won a victory from europe‘s highest court which many who voted for brexit cannot wait to see the back of. the concern of civil liberties groups was this was being used in a very indiscriminate way, not attached to the investigation of crime and there were no safeguards. you did not have to go to a judge to get a warrant for this. once the data is retained, it can be accessed bya data is retained, it can be accessed by a huge number of public bodies, the police, the nhs, hmrc and even the police, the nhs, hmrc and even the gambling commission. that was the gambling commission. that was the concern that it was too broad, too wide and too easy to access.

this was the ruling today from the ecj, what can the home office do, if anything? it is difficult. the case was referred to the ec] by our court of appeal to get clarification on this point if law. there are now robust arguments to defend the current regime in the court of appeal, i think that will be very difficult because the ec] judgment ta kes difficult because the ec] judgment takes precedence and they will be bound by that. what might be the better option for them, particularly at time of heightened terror threat, is to talk to the european partners and seek. this centres around a european directive which is prohibitive this mass collection of data, and to talk to those partners and see if they could get a directive which tighten things up and more accommodating to this broad retention of data. thank you. the church of england is to promote

its second black bishop in 15 years. martin bashir has been looking at why there is not throw much diversity in the church of england clergy. the reverend tunde roberts has been leading a growing and diverse congregation for the last 17 years. and cannot understand why ethnic minorities can fill the pews and pulpits of the church of england, but not senior leadership positions. what is it about being a bishop that we cannot do? what is different? the appointment of karowei dorgu yesterday as bishop of woolwich does little to improve statistics. of 41 dioceses, there‘s only one ownership, john sentamu, the archbishop of york. and he is one ofjust five senior black, asian, and minority ethnic clergy in the entire church of england. i do not believe that the church respects and embraces

its minority ethnic membership. rose hudson wilkin has been chaplain to the speaker of the house of commons for six years. i'm absolutely excited for my brother karowei. he is a wonderful human being and a really devoted man of god. and doesn‘t that prove that the church of england is promoting black clergy? she laughs well, no. when you describe the church is not respecting people of colour, of being visible and invisible, are you not describing the essential elements of institutional racism? it's a heavy burden, it is really a heavy burden to say that. because that is the church that i belong to. that is the church that i love. the growth of ethnically diverse churches means they are unlikely

to be so patient if forced to wait 20 more years for another black bishop. martin bashir, bbc news. we are going to return to the story which has dominated the last couple of days, the attack on a market in berlin. in dusseldorf there is a news c0 nfe re nce berlin. in dusseldorf there is a news conference going on at the moment. we do not have an interpreter, i am afraid so we cannot listen indirectly but this is the interior minister for a cannot listen indirectly but this is the interior ministerfor a region whose talking to journalists about the continuing manhunt. he is talking that continuing search for who ever drove that lorry into the christmas market and the reuters

news agency says he has been saying that security agencies have identified the suspect as being in contact with an islamist network. that is what the reuters agency is telling us at the moment. as you can see, that news conference is going on so see, that news conference is going on so it looks like we will get more detailfrom on so it looks like we will get more detail from that. yes, this is the north—rhine westphalia interior ministerjust finishing the news conference. he declined whether to comment —— he declined whether to comment —— he declined to comment whether the suspect was on any watchlist but we will bring you more on that as we get it. president obama has less than a month left in office —

but he has used his last days in the whitehouse to bring in a ban on new drilling for oil and gas in most us—owned waters in the arctic ocean as well as parts of the atlantic. he‘s used a 1950s federal law to make the change — meaning that donald trump will have to go through the courts if he wants to overturn it. our environment analyst roger harrabin reports. the oil industry has a bad record. look at the pictures of the exxon valdez which polluted thousands of miles of coastline. some of the oil end—users and some and all species are yet to recover. northern waters are yet to recover. northern waters are so are yet to recover. northern waters are so cold it takes bacteria much longer to break up oil products than it does in warmer waters. drilling conditions are among the most challenging on earth. as shell discovered in 2014, it‘s drilling

caused problems in the tempestuous seas. the firm later halted its programme. this is a win for common sense. this is a win for the communities on the coasts who would have been devastated if there had been an oil spill and it is a win for the climate, because we cannot afford to burn that oil. oil keeps the world moving and the industry says we need more of it but it is —— it‘s says we need more of it but it is —— it's c02 says we need more of it but it is —— it‘s co2 omissions hate the climb it. president obama‘s drilling ban is good news for environmental protection if it lasts. president—elect trump says he is not worried about climate change. he wa nts to worried about climate change. he wants to protect jobs worried about climate change. he wants to protectjobs in the coal industry. he wants to build new oil

pipelines and he wants to pull the united states out of the world deal on global warming. the decision by president obama to attempt to lock up president obama to attempt to lock up the arctic is part of his attempt to ensure his legacy on climate change. the headlines on bbc news: a cheesy and suspect is reportedly being hunted by german police after a lorry was driven into a christmas market killing 12 people. in —— teaching begins suspect the queen and duke of edinburgh have delayed their trip to sandringham because they have come down with heavy colds. official figures show the government borrowed more money than expected last month. the office for national statistics says public sector borrowing reached £12.6 billion in november — around half a billion more than most economists predicted.

our economics correspondent, andy verity has more. this is a lower number that was borrowed last year. but it is coming down. it is 59 billion compared to a larger sum than that last year. but if you‘re last at christmas is half empty, you might say that even the softer target that was set in the statement, we are nearly there and we only have £10 billion last to borrow in the next four months. the chancellor could break through the looser overdraft limit. if your glass is half full, spending is rising but the tax money is rolling in faster than that so there is some good news. the deficit was supposed to be inundated last year but it is

still there. andy verity reporting. the business organisation — the cbi — has called for uk firms to continue to enjoy "tariff—free" access to european markets post—brexit, after conducting the largest consultation of its members since the eu referendum. it‘s published a report urging the government to adopt a so—called "whole economy" approach to ensure that individual sectors don‘t lose out. our business correspondent john moylan reports. what parts of the economy should be prioritised as we leave the eu? do we wa nt prioritised as we leave the eu? do we want finance or maybe farming to get the best deal. how about the creative industries? or even construction? after a wide—ranging consultation with firms, the cbi has concluded it needs to work for everyone. take farming on paper at £9 billion to the economy —— brexit

needs to work for everyone. farmers say the numbers do not tell the whole story. agriculture is seen as more important on less important, depending on the size of its contribution to the economy. for me, i think we have to be careful. that mrsa i think we have to be careful. that mrs a trick about all the other things we do, the environment, the landscape etc. we may sacrifice this for another sector and this is an industry we cannot afford to lose. the cbi says businesses want to make a su ccess the cbi says businesses want to make a success of brexit and says there are keen it is they all share. what we want to see is every sector is able to do three things, have continued tariff free and nontariff free access to the european market, secondly to be able to access the people, talent and skills they need to succeed for the business and third, to have a set of rules to

create stability and certainty. those rules matter. our aerospace and defence industry is overseen on and defence industry is overseen on an eu basis, that helps with safety and exports. setting up an equivalent regulator in the uk as pa rt equivalent regulator in the uk as part of brexit would, they cost. not being a member of the european safety agency would cost the government up to £40 million parma and. it would add an unnecessary administrative burden to industry and potentially minimise or make it more difficult for us to export to key markets around the world. the government says it will deliver the best possible access uk businesses trading with europe, and it wants a smooth and orderly exit that works for all sectors of the economy. we arejust for all sectors of the economy. we are just getting some news in from newport crown court that there has been sentencing of the

multimillionaire property developer peter morgan. he has been sentenced to life with a minimum of 25 years for the murder of his girlfriend georgina simmonds. we can go to tomos morgan at newport crown court. just give us the latest, please. peter morgan is given a life sentence with a minimum term of 25 yea rs sentence with a minimum term of 25 years in prison for the murder of georgina simmonds. the judge years in prison for the murder of georgina simmonds. thejudge said you have been convicted of murdering a woman by strangulation. this was carefully planned and calmly executed. you have killed her out of calm anger out of fear of what she had done and what she might do. he is alluding to a telephone conversation that peter morgan had come across after he bugged the house in which georgina simon said

to her boyfriend at the time that she said she was going to leave mr morgan and she was going to blackmail him —— georgina symonds. those are the reasons that the judge has given him this sentence of 25 yea rs has given him this sentence of 25 years minimum. we are due to hear from newport police and the family liaison officer any minute now outside the crown court. peter morgan had denied murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility and loss of control. yes, peter morgan had said he had killed her, but what he pleaded was manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. that was based on an old miss that he was diagnosed with. he is claiming that this was the reason he committed the crime. however, thejury of 11 decided it

was murder. they did not go along with the defence that was put out by mr morgan‘s defence team and he was found guilty earlier on this morning and has now been sentenced for 25 yea rs. and has now been sentenced for 25 years. tomos morgan, thank you for reporting. the chinese capital beijing is one of more than 20 cities in the country that has been lanky kid in thick smog forfive country that has been lanky kid in thick smog for five days —— blanketed. the authorities have grounded planes, shut factories and schools. stephen maguire nor has the latest from beijing. despite this impressive blanket of smog, life must go on in beijing. it is especially tough on those who work outside breathing in the pollution all day. in years gone by, people were not worried about that issue but now there is a high level of public awareness and a fair bit of public awareness and a fair bit of concern. and yet there are those who are not

as worried as everyone else. you don‘t have to be completely outdoors to face major impacts from this pollution. there are lots of shops like this with an open front giving customers easy access. for those who have existing

respiratory illnesses it can make the situation worse. the weather reports have been promising that the wind will come along and blow all this pollution away, but as you can see, it has not arrived yet. zookeepers in toronto have released that edge of a giant panda playing in the snow with his own snowman! da mao was caught on panda cam at toronto zoo frolicking with his very own snowman. keepers said the snowman was specially built for the panda to offer him "enrichment" because he was not enjoying the winter weather.

iam not i am not making this up. he was not that enriched, he has killed it now, that enriched, he has killed it now, thatis that enriched, he has killed it now, that is how grateful he will was, he has destroyed it! he has beheaded the snowman! i think he is having fun! i don‘t think there is too much snow on the horizon, but you never know. louise lear has the details for us. a seamless link, on the horizon there is snow. you canjust see it here but that is about as much snow as we are likely to see. not so much ofa as we are likely to see. not so much of a white christmas elsewhere. it looks as if we will continue to

see showers for the rest of the afternoon. if you are travelling to see friends and family and into this evening, they will be a bit of a nuisance. a frequent rush of showers, some thunderstorms continuing and then some snow to the tops of the hills as well. further south, not too bad to the north of england and wales. we will see some rain pushing into the midlands and east anglia but across the rush hour it is an improving picture. rain at the moment that that should ease away. generally the rain clears southend east. the real talking point is certainly the weather further north and west. it stays windier showery and with temperature is falling close to freezing, ice could be an issue first thing. the showers are not going very far, very fast at all. it will feel

disappointingly cool. further south, decent spells of sunshine coming through after a chilly start. all change as we move into friday. here is storm barbara, our second named storm issued by the met office and it isa storm issued by the met office and it is a deepening area of low pressure which will bring some extremely windy weather. an amber weather warning, be prepared, extremely windy weather. an amber weatherwarning, be prepared, has been issued by the met office. we could see gusts of wind is in excess of 90 mph, 70 through north—west england. further south it looks as if it will stay largely fine and quiet. finally, if you look at what is happening in terms of the travel, we are going to see some severe gales. we could see some travel disruption as we are out and about. i will have more weather in about half an hour. sorry to leave louise earley, we are

going to go back to newport crown court because we have been talking about the sentencing of peter morgan, found guilty of murdering his girlfriend who worked as an escort. we are getting the first statement here from the police and the family liaison officer. studio: we are expecting to hear from one of the key detectives in this case and also hear from the family liaison officer dc elaine newbury. we also think we will hear from the cps, peter morgan sentenced toa from the cps, peter morgan sentenced to a life term in the last hour. he committed the act without emotion. hopefully this conviction will bring some closure to the family in terms of the criminal justice process. but we are no doubt that georgina‘s family and friends

will continue to mourn and grieve for the rest of their lives. our condolences remain with those who have suffered her loss. detective constable elaine newbury of gwent police and the family liaison officer for deborah simmonds. the death of my daughter georgina simmonds has been a devastating tragedy for the whole of our family. our beautiful daughter has been left without a mum. georgina left a hole in our lives that will never be repaired. we respect the decision of the jury and the sentence that's been handed to peter morgan, but that will never compensate for our loss. we would now like to be left to grieve as a family in privacy. i would like to express our sincere thanks to gwent police. lleyton moore, cps. peter morgan's actions