this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at seven. a manhunt is under way for the suspect of the berlin christmas market attack. he's been named as 23—year—old anis amri, a failed asylum seekerfrom tunisia. i'm robert hall live in berlin. it's emerged that the suspect had already been under covert surveillance and had served time for theft and arson. life for the property developer millionaire who murdered his escort girlfriend — he told the police his reasons. once i'd attempted to murder her, i'd be in a hell of a lot of trouble for that and she could have still gone on and blackmailed me. a royal marine serving a life sentence for the murder of an injured afghan fighter, has been refused bail, while he awaits an appeal hearing. the queen and prince philip have delayed plans to travel to sandringham for christmas

after coming down with heavy colds. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a europe—wide manhunt is underway tonight after german police issued a warrant for a suspect in the berlin christmas market terror attack. he's been named as anis amri, a failed asylum seeker who arrived in germany last year. it's emerged that amri was known to german authorities because of his links to an islamist extremist network. robert hall is in berlin. here in berlin the darkness

surrounding kaiser wilhelm church has been lifted tonight, the lights turn back on for the first time in three days. it is hoped but tomorrow the market will reopen. but around it and across germany and across the german frontiers, a manhunt is under way. the police have been saying very little, said that they have been conducting operations. but social media and the press have said a great deal about the man who we now know is a prime suspect. a 100,000 euros reward has been issued for information leading to his arrest or detention. he is a tunisian, originally from an area near the libyan border. he came to

germany at some point in the last 18 months or so. he is said to have applied for asylum but to have had that request turned down and to have been detained for a short time in north—western germany. but because he did not have a distinct nationality or certainly a national that could be at that time ascertained, he was released. so he is currently the focus of this huge investigation, which are still following up dozens and dozens of leads that have been found in or given to police. jenny hill has been following events throughout the day. you're looking at europe's most wanted man. anis amri is the main, the only suspect in the investigation into the attack which shattered germany. translation: there's a new suspect, we are searching for him. we'll keep investigating every lead. we issued a warrant for this suspect‘s arrest at midnight. the warrant covers the whole of germany and most of europe. we're learning more about the 24—year—old tunisian.

he arrived in germany last year. he was refused asylum but granted temporary leave to stay. he was known to the authorities, considered a threat because of his links to one of germany's most notorious islamist networks. and he'll be hard to find — he used six different names and three nationalities. the hijacked lorry used in monday's attack is yielding its grim evidence — documents leading to the suspect and dna. it's thought he struggled with the man who should have been behind the wheel, before shooting him dead. germany's misery compounded by the suggestion again that one of those who sought asylum here may have been responsible. more pressure too on angela merkel. earlier, the far—right dutch politician geert wilders posted a picture of the chancellor, her hands covered in blood. do you blame angela merkel for what happened 7

"angela merkel," she says, "is a humanitarian woman." "she did the right thing a year ago, no—one could know this would happen." flowers for the dead, prayers for the injured. germany's foreign minister joined today by his italian counterpart. among those missing and feared dead is fabrizia di lorenzo, who comes from l'aquila. translation: we have to realise that we are vulnerable right in the middle of our country, of our capital. we have to realise that we aren't spared the kind of attacks that happen elsewhere. tonight, they don't know where their main suspect is. in fact, they're offering a reward of 100,000 euros. but this investigation does now have a face and a focus. that is, for some here perhaps, a little light in the darkness. jenny hill, bbc news, berlin. well let's look more closely at the

investigation and the political implications of it. i'm going to chat to tim, and you work with a homeland security think tank. let's deal with those practicalities of the investigation, setting aside the individual, and we heard a lot about him, what other lines will be investigation needs to follow. one of the important thing is of course, was the lone wolf, someone who was radicalised at home on the intranet, 01’ radicalised at home on the intranet, or is there an organisation behind this and he was just part of that organisation and was ordered to commit the attack two days ago. based on experience would you think

that there is some form of support network? as an analyst my experience of course comes more from reading but it sounds especially the reports coming from the local police, how the truck driver was overwhelmed and how he got hold of this truck, one could think that perhaps there was more than one person involved but at this point again it isjust guessing. this event followed warnings from the united states about attacks in europe. is there a feeling here, our analyst like yourself looking at whether germany did move fast enough or whether it is now moving fast enough to deal with any further copycat attacks? for quite some time our security forces have been warning the public that germany is under threat and an attack could happen any time in

germany. at the time they were a lwa ys germany. at the time they were always successful, stopping whoever it was that tries to attack the country. and so far they had been quite successful until two nights ago. so in a way we ran out of luck. are we doing enough, obviously not enough. but it is not the germany was unprepared for this, there were more police forces on the streets for quite some time, if you just ta ke for quite some time, if you just take a look at the british embassy in berlin, for example, there is more protection but there are only so more protection but there are only so many people in the police force. i referred to the political implications, we do not know quite how this current hunters disk to turn out what the details are but based on what we do know, i suspect it may mean angela merkel once again comes under pressure. if it turns

out it was actually guy from tunisia, and he came in as a refugee, it is certainly not going to help her with her position. but on the other hand i think most people in germany have already decided which side they want to be on. and so will this in any way increase the support for the afd, the populist right—wing party here in germany, maybe a little bit but it is not going to change significantly the political situation, at least that is what i assume for now. just to reiterate before we hand back, people are still visiting the shrine is here, there is a mood of solemnity. but as isaid there is a mood of solemnity. but as i said earlier, the lights have come back on and there is a real intention to get the market open. i spoke to the mayor of this district this evening and he reiterated that,

as this huge hunt goes on and we wait for further news on that score, once again berlin is showing that it intends to return to normality and to defy any threat. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:45 and 11.30 this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are lucy fisher —senior political correspondent for the times and commentator henry bonsu. a former royal marine sergeant, who's serving a life sentence for murdering a wounded afghan fighter in 2011 — has been refused bail, while he awaits an appeal hearing. the family of alexander blackman — who's known as marine a — had hoped he'd be released from custody in time for christmas. his case is due to be re—considered next year. after the decision his wife gave her reaction to the media. this footage contains flash photography. we are obviously disappointed by the judge's decision not to grant

bail this afternoon. however we must remember that earlier this month, the criminal cases review commission decided to refer the case back to the appeal courts. and this is the most important step towards getting al's conviction and sentence overturned. we are grateful to the courts for expediting the appeal process. a millionaire property developer from south wales has been jailed for life for the murder of his personal escort. peter morgan strangled georgina symonds — who earned up to ten thousand pounds a month — at her home in newport. he had admitted killing her but denied it was murder. sian lloyd reports. georgina symonds, mother to a five—year—old daughter — she was strangled by the man who called himself her sugar daddy. the 25—year—old had met property millionaire peter morgan while working as an escort. the married 54—year—old had become infatuated with her.

but the court heard he killed her in a carefully planned attack out of cold anger on finding out that she planned to blackmail him. in a statement read on her behalf, georgina symonds's mother, deborah, said their family was broken. the death of my daughter, georgina symonds, has been a devastating tragedy for the whole of our family. her beautiful daughter has been left without a mum. georgina has left a hole in our lives that will never be repaired. during their relationship, the father of two had paid georgina symonds up to £10,000 a month, taken her on helicopter flights and bought expensive gifts. she moved into a bungalow in the grounds of a ruined mansion that he owned, but she didn't know that he'd installed a listening device disguised as a plug adapter. the multimillionaire overheard a conversation in which she spoke of plans to blackmail him by threatening to send intimate pictures to his family. police visited her bungalow when she was reported missing afterfailing to pick up her daughter from school. this body—cam footage records morgan claiming

that he didn't know where she was. where did you think she was going at 12 o'clock? didn't say. she didn't say. shejust wanted me gone by 12. but georgina symonds was already dead. peter morgan had concealed her body in a barn at his family home. this was the moment that peter morgan told police officers what he'd done. the trouble was, once i'd sort of attempted to murder her, i'd be in a hell of a lot of trouble for that, and she could have still gone on and blackmailed me, couldn't she? during his trial, thejury been told that peter morgan had asperger‘s syndrome. he had denied murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility, but the judge told him that the plans that he had made and the steps he'd taken to cover up what he'd done showed that he was in control and understood his actions. peter morgan showed no emotion

as he was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 25 years for the murder of georgina symonds. sian lloyd, bbc news, newport crown court. the queen and prince philip have delayed plans to travel to their estate in sandringham in norfolk today, because they both have what buckingham palace described as heavy colds. the queen, who celebrated her 90th birthday this year and prince philip, who's 95, usually spend the christmas break at sandringham. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell is at buckingham palace. all travel arrangements were in place for the journey to king ‘s lynn at 11 o'clock this morning. royalty protection people were there but were told to stand down because no one would be travelling. speculation started at 1:30pm, buckingham palace that be known that both the queen and the duke had heavy cold and travel was delayed. the question is whether they will be well enough to the journey tomorrow

01’ even on well enough to the journey tomorrow or even on christmas eve. there is every expectation that they will, of course the royal family gather at sandringham for christmas and will not want to miss that. the health of the queen lately seemingly as robust as ever and also the duke age 95, his health seemingly good in recent times. so heavy cold and the words of buckingham palace, an expectation that they will travel and no undue concern here tonight that i can detect. the headlines on bbc news. german prosecutors have named their prime suspect in the berlin lorry attack. he's the tunisian national anis amri and is 23. a multi—millionaire property developer has been jailed for a minimum of 25 years, for murdering his escort girlfriend. a royal marine serving a life sentence for the murder of an injured afghan fighter, has been refused bail, while awaiting an appeal. the evacuation of civilians

from the syrian city of aleppo has resumed. a convoy of buses is taking some of the last 3,000 evacuees from eastern districts of the city. earlier i met up with the representatives of the save the children and gave me an update. it is crucial but those still trapped in east aleppo are given safe passage out of the city to get the support that they need. how many more may still be inside the city waiting to get out question what we believe between 1000 and 2000 families a day will continue to read over the next week. so still many

people to be evacuated. those fleeing aleppo are leaving appalling conditions, sheltering in bombed out houses and where conditions are poon houses and where conditions are poor, temperatures have plummeted and there is snow on the ground. many had not had food or medical supplies since the city was cut off in the summer. we can see from the pictures that it is freezing cold. and once the evacuees get out they have a choice as to where to go, the majority seem to be heading towards the other rebel held area of glib. under the agreement people are moved out of east aleppo into relative safety a nd out of east aleppo into relative safety and it is crucial to remember that where they're moving to is not a purely safe space. in idlib earlier this week one of our partners was hit by an air strike. and the volunteer was also killed at that time. so it is relative safety at this point. what they can get

there is what they need urgently, food supplies and blankets, other crucial things for their survival. potentially we are going to see the same problems being replicated in idlib, if the syrian government and their russian backers decide to go after that rebel held province. their russian backers decide to go after that rebel held provincelj think that is why it is crucial but the international community take steps to ensure it does not happen. on monday we had the security council passing a resolution to ensure that the un monitors the remaining part of the evacuation. but the international community must not fail again to protect civilians and do all it can to ensure you are protected and kept safe. the scenes we've seen in east aleppo should not be repeated elsewhere. 750,000 people still live within besieged cities at this time, so it is crucial a peaceful solution is found at that can allow urgent aid to those people who needed. there has

been precious little piece in this conflict throughout, ceasefires have come and gone, civilians have died. and an observer looking at a map of syria would say that idlib is going to be the next place that is targeted. should these evacuees, these civilians, these people leaving aleppo, is it really the place they should be going to?m leaving aleppo, is it really the place they should be going to? it is relative safety for them, better than where they have come from. they can get basic supplies and that is why it is crucial for the international community to take steps to find a peaceful solution to protect them. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news this afternoon. eu judges said communications information can only be retained if it's targeted and used to fight serious crime. the home office says it'll try to get the decision overturned. government borrowing fell in november. it stood at £12.6 billion, down £600 million on the same month last year. the fall wasn't as steep

as analysts expected, but ministers say they're on target to meet their latest deficit forecasts. police say some victims in the national football abuse scandal could have been as young as four years old, and there are now about 400 potential victims. officers say the number of potential suspects has nearly doubled to 155 and 148 football clubs are said to have been drawn into the inquiries. all the locks at birmingham prison are to be replaced following last friday's riot — at a cost of three quarters of a million pounds. keys were handed over to inmates by a prison officer who had been threatened. it's thought the total cost of repairs will be £2 million. the private firm running the prison — g4s — will pay. at least 31 people are now known to have died in a series of explosions at a fireworks market in mexico.

footage shows a single stall catching fire, triggering a chain reaction of blasts. it's the third major blast at the market since 2005. our correspondent will grant sent this report. captured on mobile phone footage, the moment this fireworks market was engulfed in flames. within minutes, the entire site destroyed in a blaze of smoke, noise and deadly explosions. once the smoke cleared, the scale of the damage became clear. a fire at the main san pablito fireworks market outside mexico city was likely to have devastating consequences. most celebrations in mexico involve fireworks, so in the run—up to christmas it was full of shoppers. the local authorities have already confirmed around 50 deaths and many more injured. once nearby residents got over the initial shock of the blast, they did what they could to assist the emergency services. translation: we were in the area

when there was an explosion at a shop at the end of the road then a series of blasts came one after the other, people started to fall down a lot. they started running, pieces of concrete and brick started falling all over the street. it was very loud, there were several explosions, we saw the smoke. we thought it was the gas station, then we saw it was the fireworks. we heard several very strong explosions and then the smoke came up. for the time being the authorities say they are still investigating the cause of the tragedy. whatever is behind it, this isn't the first explosion at san pablito. in 2005, just before mexican independence day, the market caught alight, injuring more than 120 people. at the time the mexican government vowed to impose stricter regulations on the fireworks industry but many mexicans are angry the rules are often never applied or never

enforced, and that mexico state's market traders and shoppers lost their lives through a potentially avoidable accident. the labour mpjamie reed — one ofjeremy corbyn‘s most high profile backbench critics — says he's standing down from parliament, triggering a by—election in his copeland constituency. mr reed, who has clashed with the labour leader over the issue of nuclear weapons, says he's taking a job at the sellafield nuclear plant, in his constituency. he tweeted to say it's been the hardest decision of his life. nhs england has hit back at suggestions from some campaigners that it's about to embark on a major programme of cuts. medical director sir bruce keogh has told the bbc that plans to make radical changes to the way the nhs is run — with services concentrated on fewer sites — will deliver better patient care. but sir bruce has acknowledged that what he called "difficult choices"

will have to be made. this report from our health editor hugh pym. with threats to local hospitals, cue protesters, and that's what's happening here in banbury. chanting: "hands off the horton!" they fear nhs reform plans will mean the local a&e being downgraded, with longerjourneys to oxford. local managers say nothing's finalised, but with maternity services recently reduced, these demonstrators claim there's more to come. we need a hospital that is going to support the population of banbury, and i feel that reducing the services of banbury and forcing people to go elsewhere is going to put lives at risk. i want the horton to stay as it is and to grow, really. not to shrink, to get better and bigger. it's just one example of sustainability and transformation plans being drawn up in every area of england, with local health and social care leaders urged to do more to look after people away from hospitals. campaigners out trying to protect

local hospital services is nothing new in nhs politics. the question is whether protests like this become more widespread. nhs leaders know they have to work hard to convince the public that changes could benefit patients. it's incumbent on those who are putting the proposals forward to be absolutely clear about what the benefits and risks of each proposed change are, because many communities will have some pretty difficult choices to make. what would you say to those who say this is a smoke screen for cuts and there's a hidden agenda? there will always be people who think that. but actually, this is really about a proper conversation about how we improve the services, and in particular how we link up social care and the national health service. the local plan in kent draws on pioneering work in the margate area, known as primary care home, it sees gps, the nhs and social care looking after patients together.

how are you? i'm a lot better than i was, darling. barbara, who has heart, lung and kidney problems, has visits whenever she needs them, so she can live in her own home. the doctors come in, nurses, the carers come in and see to me, the team is absolutely marvellous. i prefer being at home to get better, rather than being in hospital. northern ireland and scotland already have integrated health and social care. the landscape's the same across the uk with an ageing population and stretched budgets. england's attempts to join up local services offers opportunities, but it won't be plain sailing. hugh pym, bbc news. the weather is coming up but first a

flavour of the weather situation in canada and the giant panda has become an online hit after z is released footage of him playing in the snow. there he is, caught on camera at toronto zoo. there he is frolicking with his very own snowman. the keeper said that it was specially built to offer him enrichment. because fan of the winter cold. he does —— he showed his gratitude by destroying it! time for a look at the weather in the uk. some very windy weather on the uk. some very windy weather on the way in the run—up to christmas, gale force winds feeding plenty of wintry showers into scotland overnight. for parts of the south—east some rain for a time. then that clears away and it gets close to freezing in the

countryside. the strong wind continuing to feed and frequent showers back into scotland on thursday. many eastern parts of england will be dry and quite sunny after the clearance of early mist and fog. then the wind strengthens further as we head into friday, we have this amber warning from the met office all because of storm barbara. that weather front on friday brings rain but the wind has the biggest impact especially in the north—west of scotla nd impact especially in the north—west of scotland where we could get up to 90 an hour. —— miles an hour. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 7.30pm. a manhunt is under way for a tunisian man suspected of carrying out the lorry attack on a christmas market. berlin police say anis amri arrived in germany last year, but his application for asylum was rejected. today, more tributes continue to be

paid for the 12 people killed in berlin on monday night, and security has now been stepped up across germany. meanwhile, here in london, extra security measures are brought in for the changing of the guard ceremony at buckingham palace. a multi—millionaire property developer has been jailed for a minimum of 25 years, for murdering of his escort girlfriend. peter morgan strangled georgina symonds in january, after she threatened to tell his family about their affair. a former royal marine sergeant who's serving a life sentence for the murder of an injured afghan fighter has been refused bail, while he awaits an appeal hearing. the family of alexander blackman had hoped he'd be released from custody in time for christmas. the queen and duke of edinburgh have delayed theirjourney to norfolk for christmas after coming down with "heavy colds." more now on the news that a major hunt is underway in germany and across its borders for a new suspect over the berlin lorry attack.

prosecutors have identified him as a twenty—four year old tunisian man, anis amri, as the alleged attacker. he was a failed asylum seeker with ties to islamist militants. well, a little earlier my colleague, robert hall who's in the german capital, spoke to the mayor of the district of berlin, reinhard naumann, where the attack took place. he began by asking him how he felt local people had responded to the tragedy. i am very proud and happy that the city society didn't fall into panic, and that the police did a very, very good job to give almost every hour, the information as to what had happened. transparency was very important in the last 48 hours since the attack took place. these extraordinary scenes at these shrines here. absolutely. i got a lot of telephone

calls, and direct contact with the population. people are in sorrow. not definately in panic or fear, but sorrow about the future. but at the moment, the situation is clear. we have confidence to the police into the investigations. and we need time for our sadness about the victims and this bad attack. can i ask one more question? where does this leave your chancellor and the debate over immigration here in germany? angela merkel is conservative party, i am labour party, but i'm with her.

last summer she said that we will realise and manage the situation. next year, we have the national elections, the very right party is very active. there is a neo—nazi demonstration tonight which is very bad. we need to continue to build bridges between different religions and cultures, so my centre left view is definitely to bring people together in solidarity to fight against this bad populism. the government's proposing tougher controls over the use of drones following dozens of near misses with aircraft in the uk over the past year. ministers are beginning a consultation on plans that include no—fly zones around airports, and exams to ensure that owners know

how to use drones safely. our technology correspondent, rory cellanjones, reports. ..moments after receiving the order... earlier this month, amazon made its first delivery by drone to a customer in cambridgeshire. just one potential use of an exciting new technology which the government says could soon be a big contributor to the economy. but, things can go wrong. this drone careered across an estuary in cumbria and almost clipped a road bridge, landing its owner with an £800 fine. and reports from pilots of near misses with drones have led to mounting concerns about safety. if people don't use drones responsibly and follow the rules and regulations which are in place, obviously that's a safety issue first of all. but it could also affect the long—term future of drones as well. there are already plenty of regulations. i couldn't for instance fly this here because we're too close to buildings and people. but while professional users of drones have to register with the civil aviation authority, anyone else could just buy one and start flying.

the government is consulting on regulations which would mean new drones would have to be registered, users would have to pass a theory test, much like that for drivers. and there would be tougher penalties for using drones in no—fly zones. these pictures were captured by an amateur drone user, peter galbevy, on holiday in australia. he says the rules there are far simpler than in the uk. and warns there is a risk in imposing a clamp—down. leisure users are the future employees and users of drones and other unmanned aircraft, for more commercial reasons. if you put regulations in place that are too complicated and they scare people off, then you're going to deny that future industry this pool of talent that we need. there'll be thousands of new drone owners this christmas.

even before new rules come in, they're being told they will be safer if they follow the existing drone code. rory cellanjones, bbc news. let's get more reaction to this story. dr neil entwistle uses drones extensively in his work as a geography lecturer at salford university. he joins us from out studio in salford now. hello. we can assume that because you use drones professionally in your work that you've got to jump through a whole host of regulations, whereas me, an amateur, can buy a drone do what i like? yes. that's true. it's out of order! isn't it? yes, ina true. it's out of order! isn't it? yes, in a way, but bypassing those tests, there should be no

problems when i fly my drone. but what about when i fly mine and i have met the criteria since i'm an amateur. do you think these rules should apply to all of us? not necessarily. so the civil aviation authority stipulate that if you are getting your pictures for reward purposes, and i use it as part of my job so that's my reward, so i had to pass the test. now, what i think they are planning, is some sort of lesser test so that people are aware of legalities of flying over pedestrians, buildings, airports and other exclusion zones. these things could be fairly dangerous, couldn't they? it's fairly bizarre that as an amateur i can put one of these up into the air without the rules and regulations. that is true. but some

drones come with a warning inside the packet saying that the aware you are not allowed to do this, that and the other. is that enough? probably not, but that is why they are bringing these regulations in. you had to clear your flies with the civil aviation authority? not necessarily, no. so if you need to do something for work tomorrow, what do something for work tomorrow, what do you have to do? i have a risk assessment on where i am going to fly, assessment on where i am going to fly, and if it is in an area over the gestures or buildings then i have to give notification to those people. and how much of those rules and regulations should impinge me, as an amateur? it's a difficult question. i guess it's the safety of view of the person flying the drones, and those who are around you. if they can be involved, and

make sure they are aware of the aircraft then it takes off then potentially it's safer. the rules are about making it safe as opposed to preventing people from flying. thank you very much forjoining us. you are welcome. 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 safety record in northern waters. look back to 1989, the tanker exxon valdez aground in alaska. spilling hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil. polluting 1,300 miles of coastline. some of the oil still endures and some animal species have yet to recover.

northern waters are so cold, it takes bacteria much longer to break up oil products than it would in warmer waters. and drilling conditions are among the most challenging on earth. as shell discovered in 2014, its drilling rig, the kulluk, also aground in the arctic‘s tempestuous seas. the firm later halted its arctic exploration programme. this is a win for common—sense. the oil companies wanted to go further north as the ice cap melts, to drill for more oil. and this is a serious move against them, it's a win for communities on the coasts who would have been devastated if there'd been an oil spill. and 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 its co2 emissions heat the climate. scientists say we have already found three times more fossil fuels than we can burn

without risking the planet. the arctic is already warming fast. scientists are very alarmed. president obama's drilling ban is good news for environmental protection there. if it lasts. president—elect trump says he's not worried about climate change. he wants to protectjobs in the coal industry and 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 the arctic is part of his attempt to ensure his legacy on climate change. roger harrabin, bbc news. northern ireland has called for

united deal with a land border with another eu country. in the latest of oui’ another eu country. in the latest of our series of reports looking at brexit, here is our island correspondent, chris buckler. brexit, here is our ireland correspondent, chris buckler. londonderry is known as the walled city. these barriers were built as defences four centuries ago. but to protect itself in the future, most here want derry to be seen as an open city. there is particular concern among businesses about what the uk losing its european union branding will mean. this labelling company sits just a mile from the border between northern ireland and the republic. soon that line will mark the point where the uk starts and ends. northern ireland, i believe, should have a special deal. not only for the movement of goods and services but for the movement of people within the island of ireland. it would be a nonsense to think that the island will be

divided in some way. it has been pointed out time and time again that northern ireland is the only part of the uk to have a land border with another eu country. but it's only when you come to a city like derry that you really realise what that means. there are people who live on one side and they work on the other. and people cross the borderjust to see friends and family or to do their shopping. fearing stormy times ahead, scotland has also been pushing for a special deal, or potentially even a second independence referendum. something irish nationalists have been watching closely. at this cultural centre in derry you can order the christmas special in irish as well as english. and there are some here who say if scotland gets a vote on independence, there should also be a referendum on irish unity. it's the same argument, really. if their argument to get another vote is based on remaining in europe, the same argument should apply here. a majority on this side of the irish sea did

vote to stay in the eu. but polls suggest there has been no real rise in support for a united ireland. yet since the brexit decision, even in unionist areas like north down, post offices have seen a surge in demand for applications for irish and what will remain european passports. people from northern ireland are entitled to joint citizenship. i would like to feel european, but i won't now, will i? other than the fact i've got an irish passport, so i've got my feet in both camps! it's not yet clear what gifts could be offered by the eu or westminster to this part of the uk. but on the road to brexit, northern ireland needs to find a way of ensuring its unique position stands out. chris buckler, bbc news, derry. police have now released a picture

of the berlin market suspect. he's a tunisian national and is 23 years old. authorities are now saying that he was under covert su rveilla nce for several months this year. a multi—millionaire property developer who murdered his escort girlfriend has beenjailed for life with a minimum term of 25 years. a royal marines serving a life sentence for the murder of an afghan fighter has been refused rail while waiting for an appeal. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. a little bit of red there, but not too bad. it's the last thing you want to see locked onto your car. and the cost of getting rid of the clamp can be much more than the car tax itself. it was quite shocking. i'd just finished a 13 hour shift... joanne, a nurse in salford, had to pay £340 when she was clamped. she'd moved house. the reminder went astray and now

there is no paper tax disc on the windscreen to jog her memory. i noticed it had been clamped. in all the years i've been driving, i've missed one, and that's only since they removed the tax disc. mine has always been paid on time. i think it's a bit heavy—handed. i was shocked, annoyed, upset. this is how the cost can mount. an £80 late payment penalty and a £100 release fee for the clamp, rising to £200 once they have taken your vehicle to the car pound after a day. £21 a day in the pound and if you don't come and pick it up, this is what they can do to your car. they can crush it, break it up orjust sell it. this is one of 75 clamping vans on the hunt. cameras check number plates as they pass vehicles on the roadside. alerting their clampers when they spot one which isn't taxed. 9,000 clamps a month is nearly double two years ago.

the dvla has deliberately stepped up the rate to send a message to evaders. the law is that you pay your tax. some of those people are saying is heavy—handed, they never meant not to pay the tax. there are plenty of people, in fact the vast majority, pay their taxes with no problem at all. the fact there's a small tax disc in the window shouldn't be an issue. after all, people pay their tv licence and they don't have to put a little licence in theirfront window. so in the end, the most important thing is people do pay their tax. there is little doubt the end of a tax disc has provided more targets for the clampers, but the dvla promises its vans will scour every postcode area twice a year, saying all car owners have a responsibility to pay. simon gompertz, bbc news. a 102—year—old scientist has

won his battle to carry on working at an australian university, despite being described as a health and safety risk. dr david goodall was told he would have to work from home from the new year but the university in perth has now reversed its decision. our correspondent, hywell griffith, sent this report. after seven decades as an ecologist, david goodall says his natural environment is here, on campus, surrounded by academic life. in august, the centenarian was told it was no longer safe for him to come into work at the edith cowan university and he was asked to stay at home. but after his case won international support, the management has now relented and found him this new office. i have only been here one day, so it's a bit difficult for me to express any particular concerns. but i think that they will try to make me at home. the journey from home will be much quicker,

reaching his old office involved a 90—minute commute on a train and two buses. the university says they've always had his interests at heart. first of all, it's closer to his residence, so it's easier for him to commute. secondly, there's an office very close to it, manned most of the time, so we will be able to keep an eye on him. that he is ok. having been forced to give up his other love of acting, doctor goodall is determined to keep his mind active. at 102, he is not out yet. hywell griffith, bbc news. the church of england has announced the appointment of its first black bishop in 20 years. reverend prebendary woyin karowei dorgu will become the bishop of woolwich in march. our religious affairs correspondent martin bashir has been looking at why so few ethnic minority clergy make it to senior levels in the church of england.

praise the lord. 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, of 41 dioceses, there's only one black bishop, 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. there are an estimated 23 million sheep in the uk,

and now there are two more — but they aren't ordinary sheep. they are fake sheep. they've been specially developed in north wales to see how sheep respond to the weather. what they tell us could lead to a change in the landscape of our countryside. bbc weather‘s nick miller reports. everything is not quite what it appears in this field. the sheep seem to sense it. look closely, you might as well. it is a unique experiment at bangor university's research farm, designed to find out what sheep can tell us about the weather and how it affects them. you may have noticed this is not a real sheep. neither is this one. thankfully, pip jones is a real human. why have we got fake sheep? they might be fake but they tell us a lot about real sheep and about the environment they experience. we have two things, our sheep and a met station. the met station measures radiation and wind and temperature. those things together tell us how

the sheep is feeling. on a windy day, that must be having an impact on how the sheep feel? but how can you tell? it is so much colder when the wind blows, and for animals like us, maintaining our core body temperature in those conditions is increasingly hard as the wind blows. we are maintaining them at 39 degrees with this array of heaters. we also have a microcomputer, and it is recording how much energy the sheep is using to keep the temperature in the prevailing conditions. the energy the sheep are using to stay warm is being diverted away from them putting on weight. and the longer it takes for them to reach their required weight to go to market, the more expensive they are to produce. if you are talking money, as a farmer and a businessman, i am interested, so what can i do to stop sheep getting

so cold in the first place? one idea is to plant trees. they did that up there 40 years ago and it makes a difference. they put this in front of groups of trees here, and it works. that is why this research is partly funded by the woodland trust, to try and show that pasture and woodland in our countryside do not have to be mutually exclusive. what is the big picture here? one of the big questions is, how do we value the ecosystem services we get from the landscape? it is easy to look at the contribution of sheep farming to the economy or timber production to the economy, but what about the other factors, the flood mitigation, the climate regulation, the biodiversity? how do we put numbers on those? these provide the numbers that show it is in the farmer's interests often to give up a bit of their pasture production over to growing trees, because the sheep production is better. everybody is a winner. the eventual aim of this research

is to produce a practical toolkit for farmers to show them the best places to plan for effective shelter. then the fake sheep can be put out to pasture, knowing they have helped to create a warmer world for the real ones. time for a look at the weather with darren bett. in the run—up to christmas, we will see spells of rain, the worst part of the weather in the northern part of the weather in the northern part of the weather in the northern part of the uk. frequent windy and wintry showers. this rain that has been developing across parts of southern england will creep away, allowing some patchy fog to develop. temperatures close to freezing in the countryside. snow showers

continuing, and some icy conditions particularly on higher level routes. quite a few shelves in northern ireland as well. those stronger winds will blow a fuse showers over the irish sea, into wales and the south—west too. brightening up quickly in the south, some sunshine around, but some fog in the morning. he shouldn't last too long, if you hours, but the breeze will mix things up. in east england, a dry day, if you showers, mostly towards the north west of the uk. some really atrocious weather in the scottish mountains in the next 24 hours or so. very cold here, given the strength of the wind. some sunshine. windy, into friday, this is the second named storm of the

season, storm barbara. that will bring us all a spell of rain, but it's the strength of the wind that is concerning. the met office have issued a yellow weather warning. heavy winds across the north, and scotland. 90 mph. the rest of the north and scotland, 70 mph. by the time we get to christmas eve morning, some of those showers a touch wintry further south. as we head into christmas day, potentially some more damaging winds in the north—west, but the rest of us, it would be very mild. —— it will be. this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8pm. a manhunt is under way

for the main suspect in the berlin christmas market attack. he's been named as 23—year—old anis amri, a failed asylum seekerfrom tunisia. and i'm robert hall in berlin. it's emerged that the suspect had already been under covert surveillance and had served time in italy for theft and arson. a millionaire property developer has been sentenced to life for murdering his escort girlfriend, whom he claimed threatened to blackmail him. once i'd attempted to murder her, i'd be in a hell of a lot of trouble for that and she could have still gone on and blackmailed me. a royal marine serving a life sentence for the murder of an injured afghan fighter, has been refused bail, while awaiting an appeal.