this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:003m. the hollywood actress debbie reynolds has died, just a day after the death of her daughter, carrie fisher. she's believed to have suffered a stroke. her daughter dying yesterday, and today it is unbelievable. what are the odds of this happening? it was incredible. sad. gps‘ leaders warn that patients could be forced to wait more than a month to see their doctor this winter. devon and cornwall police investigate the discovery of two bodies at a flat in st austell. detectives are treating the deaths as "unexplained". australian police say they've made the biggest cocaine seizure in the country's history — 15 men are arrested. also: the birds migrating earlier as global temperatures rise. a study finds some species are missing out on vital resources — like food and nesting places — as a result. and first pictures of a rare giraffe born at chester zoo discovered by staff when they arrived

on boxing day morning. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the hollywood actress debbie reynolds has died, just a day after the death of her daughter, the film star carrie fisher. she was 84 and is believed to have suffered a stroke. reynolds‘ career spanned seven decades, and she was best known for her role in the 1952 musical, singin‘ in the rain, opposite gene kelly. our los angeles correspondent david willis reports. debbie reynolds had been at her daughter's bedside since the star wars star suffered a heart attack on christmas eve. she died just a day later at the age of 84 following a stroke. herson, todd, said simply

she wanted to be with carrie. # good morning, good morning, it's great to stay up late # good morning, good morning to you...# debbie reynolds, 19—years—old, singing and dancing on film for the very first time. it was her performance alongside gene kelly in singin‘ in the rain that set her on the path to fame. born in texas, she moved with her family to california and landed a contract with warner brothers after winning a local beauty contest at the age of 16. she married the popular crooner eddie fisher and together they had two children, carrie and todd. he later left herfor elizabeth taylor, a friend of hers at the time. two subsequent marriages also ended in divorce. a popular choice for movie musicals in the 1950s and ‘60s, debbie reynolds earnt an oscar nomination for her depiction

of titanic survivor margaret brown in the unsinkable molly brown. she opened her own hotel in las vegas in 1992, filling it with movie memorabilia she had accumulated over the years, but the business folded and she was eventually forced to auction off the artefacts. my personal life is always sort of like that choo choo train that says "i think i can, i think i can, i think i can". i seem to marry very poorly, i have no taste in men. luckily for me, god was good and i have two lovely children and my son helps me run my little hotel, here in vegas. # good morning, good morning...# come on, girls, jump in! she went on to play grace's mother in the hit sitcom will and grace and returned to the big screen to play liberace‘s mother in the 2013 biopic behind the candelabra. she was taken ill while discussing the arrangements for carrie's funeral. fans have been paying tribute to the star. debbie reynolds, the girl next door.

i remember the unsinkable molly brown. and her daughter dying yesterday, it is unbelievable. it is so sad, a shocker. what are the odds of this happening? it was incredible finding out, sad. singer, dancer, hollywood icon. debbie reynolds was 8a. patients could be forced to wait up to a month to see their family doctor this winter, according to the uk's leading gp. helen stokes—lampard, who chairs the royal college of gps, says that longer waiting times could pose a "serious risk" to patients. sophie long reports. every winter an increasing workload puts pressure on the nhs because more people are sick. some patients are already waiting 2—3 weeks to get a seat in their gp's waiting room. come on in and have a seat...

now the chair of the royal college of gps says that's likely to climb to over a month in some areas and she is profoundly concerned about how general practice will cope. firstly, there just aren't enough gps out there. we don't have enough clinicians in the workforce, but also we haven't got enough nurses and other healthcare professionals too. secondly, there's been a serious underinvestment in general practice for up to a decade. we have some promises of good news coming, more money and people coming through the system, but they've yet to get to the front line, so the problem this winter is as bad as it has ever been and that's a real worry. she says she is particularly worried about the impact on preventative care and chronic disease management, where the knock—on consequences could take years to manifest. the people who will suffer are those with long—term conditions, because we have to prioritise those who are sick today. if however, we are ignoring those with longer term conditions then we are storing up problems for the future and increasing their risks in the long—term. nhs england says gp services

are on track to receive an extra £2.5 billion by 2020, which will expand access to convenient appointments throughout the week. doctor richard vautrey is the deputy chair of the british medical association's, general practitioners committee — he joins us now from leeds. good to talk to you. you know, we've all got sympathy for gps and we can see how heavy the workload is but cani see how heavy the workload is but can i put it to you, this is the story of the winter and we get this every year? this isn't just about winter, every year? this isn'tjust about winter, this isa this isn'tjust about winter, this is a crisis impacting on surgeries and patients throughout the year. it is particularly acute at this time of year because of the increase in respiratory illnesses and trips and other types of illness is impacted by the cold weather. it is a

pressure that is on every surgery almost every day of the week throughout the year and it is something we have to tackle urgently. nhs england said in response to the comments about gp services, they said gp services are on track to receive an extra £2.11 billion in real terms investment by 2022, among other things, increase access to appointments. 2020 is four years away. we can't wait that long. this is funding that is urgently needed and we need it delivered in an urgent way and we need to make sure it isn't delivered over a longer period of time that would lead to more practices closing and more patients missing out and potentially even longer waiting lists to access gps for a routine appointment. how difficult is it, from your

experience, for agp trying to get throughjust a experience, for agp trying to get through just a normal day the moment, with older people sometimes you have a number of complaints you can't solve in ten minutes? gps want to do their best for their patience and they will always go the extra mile, often at their own personal expense in terms of their health and well—being. we are seeing more gps leaving the profession who are burnt out and stressed as a result of the workload pressures and the feeling they are not delivering the level of service they were trained to and they could do with the right level of support from the government and others within the nhs. we need to recognise the services gps are doing today used to be done in hospital. some of the specialist services that we re some of the specialist services that were delivered in hospital are now being delivered by gps. these are important appointments patients have and we need to make sure all

patients get the right appointment at the right time and we need the right resources to do that. a final thought, in terms of resources , a final thought, in terms of resources, what would you like to see in terms of fixing this? what one thing would do the best for you and your patients? there isn't one thing. it is a complex problem but the root of a lot of it is the funding. that has been identified by the royal college of gps council des. about ten years ago we had about 10.5% of the nhs budget spent on general practice and 110w budget spent on general practice and now it is down to less than 8%. it might sound like a little bit but it makes a big difference. we need to see that increase in spend from the nhs into general practice but we also need to see a much greater emphasis on the recruitment of gps and others working within the community. district nurses can be as valuable to gps and their services and patients as gps in the practice.

we need investment in gp and community services. thank you. two bodies have been found at a flat in cornwall, sparking a police investigation. the flat in st austell was cordoned off after they were discovered yesterday evening. the bodies are believed to be a 31—year—old man and an unidentified man in his 20s. devon and cornwall police said they are treating the deaths as "unexplained". child offenders could be given life—long anonymity under new plans being considered by the government. a review into the youth justice system found that a ban on naming criminals under the age of 18 would help to reduce re—offending rates. 0ur correspondent andy moore is following the story for us. this is a debate that is often in the news. think of robert thompson and jon venables who were convicted of murdering jamie bulger in liverpool in 1993. when they were convicted they were named by the judge. since then they have been

given anonymity when they released from prison. this month, the brothers named after the village where they tortured two young boys, they were given lifelong anonymity. this report says the current situation, if you are in a youth court, you cannot be named. if somebody appears in a crown court, normally the most serious cases, they can be named by thejudge. this report says we should have a blanket ban and all children in any court should be anonymous, otherwise it undermines their rehabilitation in the long run. the case for comes from organisations such asjustice for children in law say that we need to give them a chance, they are different from adults. a conservative mp has said justice should be done and it should be seen to be done and we should have a right to name these children if the

judge in an individual case decide it should be the case. australian police say they have smashed an international drug syndicate allegedly responsible for importing 258 million dollars worth of cocaine into the country. about 500 kilograms of the drug were found in new south wales and 600 kilograms were seized in tahiti on the way to australia from south america. from sydney, phil mercer reports. the police say this is the biggest haul of cocaine in australia's history. the investigation into an alleged international smuggling ring began almost three years ago. detectives believe the criminal syndicate was using a trawler based at a fish market in sydney to meet a so—called mothership from chile to import vast quantities of drugs. more than a tonne of cocaine has been recovered from a boat north of sydney and on islands in the south pacific. we have seized 32 kilograms of heroin in fiji that we will allege was destined for australia. 600 kilograms of cocaine in tahiti that we will allege was destined for australia and that culminated

on christmas night, as you all know now, with the seizure of 500 kilograms of cocaine in parsley bay near brooklyn, which was also destined for the market here in australia. 15 men have been arrested and charged with serious trafficking offences. among them are a businessman and a former australian rugby league player. investigators allege that although the gang was resilient and determined, it has been completely dismantled. this is international organised crime syndicates trying to take advantage of our 35,000 kilometre coastline in the hope that we won't be in the area that they are in. but as is evidenced today, through cooperation and the hard work of police officers, border force officers, syndicates such as these will be taken down. law enforcement authorities say that heard this huge consignment of cocaine reached the streets of australia, the result for the community would have been devastating. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. rebel groups are meeting russian

negotiators in turkey today as part of a fresh push for a ceasefire in syria. one key group says it's already been in talks with turkish officials about ways to end the fighting, but that it's too early to say whether there could be a truce. it's believed one key point of contention is the exclusion of a key rebel—held area on the outskirts of damascus from the deal. 0ur correspondent selin girit is following the story for us in istanbul. there have been talks behind closed doors between syrian rebel groups and turkish officials to strike a dealfor a and turkish officials to strike a deal for a ceasefire and and turkish officials to strike a dealfor a ceasefire and maintain and turkish officials to strike a deal for a ceasefire and maintain a road map about how to proceed. now today those talks will be engaged with russian officials as well, we are told. there are still

fundamental disagreements about a possible ceasefire, which areas will fall under possible ceasefire because rebel groups are adamant that they want the outskirts of damascus to be included in the ceasefire but russians are not very keen on that. the deal struck between russia and syria, details of the ceasefire deal is still hazy. we are not clear about what that deal involves and when it will come into force, if it will. yesterday the foreign minister of turkey said that by midnight it would take force but 110w by midnight it would take force but now he says within a few days, until the new year, the ceasefire will ta ke the new year, the ceasefire will take place. and he has said that all foreign fighters need to leave syria, including hezbollah. that won't sit particularly well with

iran. if this ceasefire deal is struck, in the new year we will see probably peace talks held in as diana, which is still being planned between russian, turkish and iranian officials and syrian rebels. the headlines on bbc news: the hollywood actress debbie reynolds has died, just a day after the death of her daughter, carrie fisher. she's believed to have suffered a stroke. the royal college of gps is warning that patients could be forced to wait more than a month to see their doctor this winter. devon and cornwall police investigate the discovery of two bodies at a flat in st austell. detectives are treating the deaths as "unexplained". and in sport: more questions from mps about what was in a package delivered to sir bradley wiggins at team sky in the weeks before the 2011 tour de france. spurs are just a point behind arsenal in the premier league — dele alli scored twice as they beat southampton 4—1.

rangers trail celtic by 16 points in the scottish premiership — they were held to a draw at stjohnstone, while celtic beat ross county. i'll be back with more on those stories just after 11:30am. dozens of children who lived in the calais "jungle" camp have launched a legal challenge against the home office over its handling of asylum applications. lawyers representing 36 children say the government broke its promise for britain to take in its fair share of child refugees. they say hundreds have had their applications turned down without good reason. the home office says it will not comment on current legal proceedings. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent elanor garnier, and asked her to explain what the plaintiffs are trying to claim. we are talking about very specifically child refugees who had been living in the so—called jungle

at calais. it was dismantled in september so these children are now in centres across france where they have been making the applications. these lawyers represent a 28 child refugees who have had their applications rejected and a further eight waiting for a decision. the lawyers claim some of the applications have been rejected without reason and they are seeking judicial review to try and get the home office to declare why those applications have been rejected. these lawyers claim the government has reneged on its promise to deliver some of the most vulnerable from calais. they are focusing on the amendment that was brought in earlier this year, named after lord dubs who pushed for this amendment is to be included. it means that child refugees can apply to come here even if they don't have family here. he came here as part of the tender transport scheme decades and

decades ago, fleeing nazi occupation. the government says it won't comment on ongoing legal enquiries and is not giving us any direct response but what it has pointed out is that 900 child refugees have been brought to the uk this year and 750 of them were from france. now the current scheme to bring children from france has ended and there won't be any more children brought from france. there will be children from across europe who are eligible, maybe from countries like greece or italy. they will be brought over if they are eligible in the next few months. more now on the death of the hollywood actress debbie reynolds, just a day after the death of her daughter, the actress carrie fisher. with me is the film critic karen krizanovich. very good to see you. we can get into it in a second but the mother

and daughter dying within 2a hours of each other, to extraordinary women, quite a shock. it often happens when relationships are very close. they were very close. the loss of one is too much for the other to bear. it is easy to say but it seems to be the case. in terms of debbie reynolds, she had an extraordinary career. to be a woman in hollywood and to last as long as she did shows a degree of talent and, i suppose, a long as she did shows a degree of talent and, isuppose, a residue long as she did shows a degree of talent and, i suppose, a residue of stubbornness. tenacity. she was the original hollywood survivor. she was 19 when she got her big break in singin‘ in the rain. she couldn't dance before she went on filming with gene kelly, one of the greatest dancers of all time. she practised for three months until her feet bled in order to do that role and you can see the perfection in her movement, it set the template for the rest of her

life. having had that success at 19, to keep going and getting roles and reinventing yourself constantly as extraordinary. she was sort of the original... she realised that you need different income streams if you are a performer. she had a pop career, she collected memorabilia and sold it for 25 million, she bought hotels and originated a las vegas routine. she did lots of things that stars follow now. she had a wicked sense of humour she genetically passed on to her daughter. very much so. she was chirpy and cheerful and everything will be fine despite bankruptcies and divorced... she had a good edge and snipe. wonderful quotes. she inspired a lot of people to see that the sweetness and lightand of people to see that the sweetness and light and this optimism also had and light and this optimism also had

a darker undertone. you mean the men in her life, who she had a difficult relationship with. in the 50s, she was the all—american sweetheart next door and married eddie fisher, carrie fisher's father, who subsequently ran off with one of her good friend elizabeth taylor. they made up later and met on a cruise liner. it ruined his career. back in the day when people took sides. 0n people took sides. on that, quite troubled family, which carrie fisher wrote about in postcards from the edge, even though they were very close, they were in each other‘s hair creatively. it is not unusual. i think a mother— daughter relationship is complex. the industry makes you so paranoid

that you can't stop that feed on each other. carrie fisher wanted to do it her own way so there was an automatic clash but they met some resolution. it is fascinating, are they all related? do they know each other? these hollywood dynasties and there are quitea these hollywood dynasties and there are quite a few, a source of great fascination for those of us who like film. you will meet the same people at parties, you will work with people and meet people again and again and maybe even eventually marry them. you never know. there is a stream of greats that know each other and that is where we get the wonderful stories from. thanks for coming in. russian officials say technical problems or human error are likely to have caused a military plane crash on christmas day. the plane went down over the black sea, killing all 92 people on board. officials say there's no sign of an explosion or fire, but terrorism can't be excluded. the contents of the plane's flight

recorders are now being analysed to determine the cause of the crash. barcodes are to be printed on medicines and medical equipment such as replacement hips and surgical tools in an effort to reduce the rate of avoidable deaths in english hospitals. ministers say the scheme, which is being piloted in six areas, could also save the nhs up to one billion pounds over seven years, as our health correspondent robert pigott reports. an angiogram, designed to reveal the condition of patients‘ blood vessels, is carried out in salisbury. as part of the piloting of the scan4 safety scheme, barcodes on medication and equipment record the materials used to treat patients, the time and place of the procedure, and the name of the medical staff taking part. we can trace that patient very quickly. we scan all the equipment, so there should be no drug errors. some drugs look very similar. and it's to the correct patient, so we scan the patient,

making sure the right drug or the right blood product, et cetera, goes to the right patient. and if they're going to roll it out to orthopaedics and other type equipment, we can then trace those back in the future against those patients. barcoding will reduce the average of an hour that nurses spend collecting medicines a day, and alert staff to those nearing their use—by dates. everything from screws used in knee operations to breast implants will be barcoded, so their quality can be monitored. about once a week, tragically, someone dies in the nhs because they're given the wrong medicine. we also have a number of operations where the wrong implant is put into someone's body, and that then has to be changed at a later date. and if we use modern barcode technology, we can deal with a lot of these problems. one of the biggest advantages of scan4 safety could be in tracing patients when faulty products have to be recalled. nearly 50,000 british women had the breast implants made by the french company pip,

when they were revealed to be at risk of rupturing, but patchy record—keeping made it difficult to trace the patients. robert pigott, bbc news. scientists may have discovered new insights into brain diseases such as alzheimer's and parkinson's through studying the work of famous painters. they've found artists who went on to develop the conditions started using different brush—strokes several years before becoming ill — an insight which may help understand what's happening in the brain of people who develop the diseases. our health correspondent dominic hughes has more. who's this painting by? vermeer. can you remember what the painting is called? the girl with the pearl earring. it is one of my favourites that he did. living with dementia, joyce cope still enjoys painting. but today, her work is very different from the highly detailed pictures she used to produce before the disease took hold. there was these really good copies of the masters, and very detailed.

she's not as detailed now. she can remember things from years ago, but generally if you ask what she had for breakfast this morning, she can't remember. but can art, and more specifically the way artists work, tell us something about the development of dementia and other degenerative brain diseases? much of the research into dementia has obviously been very medical. but now, a new approach combines both maths and art, and offers an intriguing insight into what might be going on in the brains of those artists who develop dementia, long before any symptoms become obvious. there is some fractal content in this, which is what we call very low—level fractal dementia... fractal analysis is a complex, mathematical method of looking at recurring patterns. the recurring patterns of our brainwaves and heart beats are fractal. the same applies to the individual brushstrokes of artists, it is a bit like their handwriting.

now, an analysis of more than 2,000 works by 17 artists has revealed tiny changes in those patterns. artists who went on to develop dementia or parkinson's disease, the fractal patterns started to change, in an unusual way. so what we find is, up to 20 years before they actually had a diagnosis of a neurological disorder, the fractal content within their paintings had started to decrease. so anything that helps us understand more about how the brain operates is a useful way to inform future directions for research. the artist willem de kooning was diagnosed with alzheimer's disease after his death in 1997. the brushstroke patterns seen in his earlier work were different when compared to later paintings. but in the work of picasso, who died free of any known neurological disease, the patterns remain constant throughout his life, regardless of what he was painting. so is it easier to use oils than it is to use watercolours?

yes, yes. this won't help diagnosed dementia, or similar diseases, but it does give a valuable insight into changes that are taking place in the brain, years before the illness appears, and so could help answer questions about these devastating conditions. we've got breaking news within the past few minutes on one of the stories we have been following all morning, the prospect of a ceasefire in syria. we are being told from moscow that russia's president putin is seeing an agreement being reached ona is seeing an agreement being reached on a syrian ceasefire with russia and turkey to act as guarantors. potentially, we will have to see, potentially a very important move on syria and a ceasefire. let's have a look at the weather. helen. hello.

a bit chilly, —6 and —7. it hasn't been very usual this season so far but that is because we have had the clear skies and patchy fog. further north it is a mild airstream bringing it in from the atlantic. historically a milder direction for us. historically a milder direction for us. we have full problems in east wales and northern ireland and it may not clear so it will stay bitterly cold. sunshine east of the grampians with sunshine coming and going across northern ireland. the su btle going across northern ireland. the subtle change overnight is this nearing the weather front so that more cloud generally but again across southern areas, the fog will thicken up readily so patchy fog for the dry home, through the night and into tomorrow morning's rush—hour. this time it looks like the midlands, east anglia most prone to

that because it is a cloudy day for most of us and rain for the north with strong to gale force winds. behind that weather systems and cold airon new behind that weather systems and cold air on new year's des. this is bbc news. i'm gavin esler. the headlines at 11:30am... singin‘ in the rain star debbie reynolds has died aged 84 after suffering a stroke — just a day after the death of her daughter carrie fisher. the head of the royal college of gps has warned that patients could be waiting more than a month to see a doctor this winter. nhs england says it's boosting funding for the sector. in the past few minutes vladimir putin has said russia has reached an agreement on a ceasefire in syria involving peace talks between the assad regime and the rebels. two bodies have been found at a flat in st austell. devon and cornwall police are treating the deaths as "unexplained." australian police say they have dismantled an international drugs ring responsible for importing one

tonne of cocaine. 15 men have been arrested. let's catch up on all the sport. sir bradley wiggins may have retired, but mps on the culture, media and sport select committee say that british cycling hasn't shown proof that a package delivered to him before the 2011 tour de france contained a legal decongestant. wiggins and team sky have denied any wrongdoing. one of wiggins‘ former team—mates says his achievements in cycling will not be repeated — but agrees that the questions over his use of performance enhancing drugs for medical reasons had cast a shadow. it isa it is a real shame that all this has come right at the end of his career and there is a cloud and it is understandable. in terms of the rules of the sport he has broken none. the world governing body have

said there is nothing to answer for. but there are still obviously a question of has it been ethical and i think that is a separate issue, but it is certainly not the ideal way that bradley wiggins would have wa nted way that bradley wiggins would have wanted to retire. has that been potentially a little bit of a push into him making this decision now? potentially. will we see him back in six months racing? bluenose? —— who knows? tottenham manager mauricio pochettino says they‘re well—placed to attack the top four in the premier league, after moving to within a point of their north london rivals arsenal. they beat southampton 4—1 last night — harry kane had gone three league matches without a goal, but he put an end to that. and dele alli scored twice, as southampton finished the game with ten men. spurs stay fifth — they‘re ten points behind leaders chelsea. the top sides all won the game and

for us it is important, we are still fighting. we are in a good position. we are in a position to attack in the second part of the season. celtic manager brendan rodgers said he couldn‘t ask any more of his team, after they went 16 points clear at the top of the scottish premiership. they beat ross county 2—0 last night, while second—placed rangers were held to a 1—1 draw at st johnstone. a defensive blunder allowed steven maclean to score the equaliser for the home side, leaving rangers even further adrift going into the old firm derby on new year‘s eve. former world champion ricky hatton has called for more support for boxers once their careers are over. hatton said if there were a professional boxing association in place, others may be able to avoid the depression that hit him when he retired. hatton fell into heavy drinking and drug—taking, and tried to take his own life on several occasions. he said boxers who retire tend to spend the rest of their lives on their own. australia captain steve smith certainly likes melbourne —

he scored a century for the third test match in a row at the mcg, as his side ended the fourth day against pakistan with a 22—run lead. they‘re 165—6 in their first innings in this second test — with smith 100 not out — but it‘s unlikely they‘ll be able to make anything of it, afterfour days plagued by bad weather. with the australian open tennis just a couple of weeks away now, former world number one ana ivanovic has decided she won‘t be competing. the serbian has announced her retirement from tennis at the age of 29. she won the french open in 2008, and reached three other grand slam finals. she married manchester united‘s bastian scheweinsteiger this summer. meanwhile andy murray says he will plan differently for the australian open to do all he can to win the first grand slam of the season. murray has reached the final in melbourne five times, but this time he‘ll go into the event as world number one. i played really well there in the past and it hasn‘t happened for me, so i need to do something a little bit

different this year. but i love the conditions there, i enjoy the tournament a lot. i‘ll be going in hopefully playing well with a lot of confidence, because of the way i finished 2016. that‘s all sport for now. more now on the news that dozens of children who lived in the calais jungle camp have launched a legal challenge against the home office over its handling of asylum applications. i‘mjoined over its handling of asylum applications. i‘m joined by webcam by ahmed aydeed who is a surprisingly mr duncan lewis the firm representing the children. give us some firm representing the children. give us some labour about the flavour of your case, what is it about? it is about the decision of the secretary of state for the home department to reviews 28 unaccompanied refugees.

this decision was taken without presence of an adult and application being given to us or decision being given to the children. the underlying question of who is allowed in has been changed by lord dubs, the dubs amendment, which appeared to open the door a little more to some applications, but your contention surely is there is no open doorfor a child contention surely is there is no open door for a child from anywhere to come here at any time without the government taking a decision on the case. yes, the amendment was passed through parliament so it is a law that these children do have a right to enter the uk, but the question here is why the secretary of state is refusing 28 cases without actually giving these children a decision at all. it is basic due process but if the secretary of

state makes a decision, you can tell these children the reasons why they have refused their application. the home office has refused to comment on the possibility of ongoing legal proceedings, but britain may have some kind of moral responsibility for some of this but the legal responsibility isn‘t that wide, is it? we can't even enter... one thing we can say is that the policy at the moment when the secretary of state is rigid and even lord dubs has said in an e—mailto is rigid and even lord dubs has said in an e—mail to us, he says, he believed also that the government‘s published criteria which we are challenging at the moment appears to be in breach of the commitment in parliament to prioritise vulnerable unaccompanied refugee children. that is because it is a very rigid and limited criteria published by the

secretary of state. where would this case be heard if it is to be heard? how do you pursue this? it is currently being pursued in the high court by way ofjudicial review, we are challenging the refusal by the secretary of state for the home department, she has refused 28 applicants and she has informed them of this decision in a group so children were brought together and told in groups that their applications to be transferred to the uk have been refused and they haven‘t been given written decisions. these interviews were conducted without the presence of an appropriate adult. no modification was given to us to attend these interviews. there has been a lack of opportunity to make representations 01’ opportunity to make representations or provide relevant to this prior to the decision. the lawfulness of the unpublished policy is questionable as well. -- published policy. thank you. more now on our top story, the hollywood actress,

debbie reynolds, has died at the age of 84 — the day after the death of her daughter carrie fisher. hollywood‘s finest have been paying their tributes. the star trek actor william shatner described her as "one of the last of hollywood royalty." he wrote on twitter... his fellow star trek actor george takei said... damejoan collins hailed her as "a wonderfully warm friend and colleague", tweeting that she was praying for debbie‘s son todd fisher and granddaughter billie lourd. and chat show host larry king tweeted a picture of himself interviewing the actress on his show, saying... carrie fisher paid tribute to her mother — and joked about her two divorces when the pair appeared together at the unveiling of her star on the hollywood walk of fame in 1997. let‘s take a listen. it should be yours. you have the

best hollywood memorabilia and the most and the worst ex—husbands. it is always interesting following your footsteps. i love you, mamma, one more star and that makes each of your horrible horrible, —— horrible ex—husbands. we are going for three now, come on! earlier i spoke to the film criticjason solomons, and i asked him for his reaction to both debbie reynolds and her daughter carrie fisher passing away so close to each other. it is the sort of thing that you would write in a script really and i kind of guess it is fitting for those two who have cemented there relationship in the public eye in postcards from the edge with about living with her mother who is played by shirley maclaine, because debbie reynolds wasn't seen at that point to be quite ready for the starring role, so it is a relationship that has lived his life out in public. it was born of a hollywood kind of union between eddie fisher and

debbie reynolds, so in a way it is a hollywood exit and i find it rather touching. if you wrote it that way people would be crying in their seats in the cinema and we are crying in real life. debbie reynolds herself, absolutely multitalented, singing, dancing, acting, you name it, the hollywood star. they could do that for a while. debbie reynolds was the last of the great musical stars that could do a bit of everything, as they said of fred astaire. she could do at all. she could hold her own withjean kerry —— gene kelly, a fantastic dancer. she wasn't the best singer or dancer but she had a brilliant comic with the whole way through. the only funny thing in star wars, harrison ford. that which was always there behind the like, where she was dancing and singing and that is why people fell in love with her and she became america's sweetheart. she was an ordinary girl. she didn't have

extraordinary talent but maybe most of what she had. also longevity in the business, the burn—out for young, attractive women very severe very often. 65 years she had in showbiz and she was still doing it, she went to vegas, broadway, nominated for tony's and oscars. wrote books, was very hard—working, will and grace. she wrote books, was very hard—working, willand grace. she managed wrote books, was very hard—working, will and grace. she managed to adapt the error after postcards and became a very well— known on—screen overbearing mother using her real—life persona to further her career. the family business, the idea that hollywood is a family business intrigues me because there are quitea business intrigues me because there are quite a few of these families and they patted down from father to son and mother to daughter and they are one of the most obvious. son and mother to daughter and they are one of the most obviouslj mentioned eddie fisher as well, the brother that survives, carried todd was named after mike todd who was married to elizabeth taylor. it is a

factory town. there is a slight incestuous to it but singin' in the rain the musical that made debbie reynolds' name is about the industry itself and it is a very self regarding industry. they love films. i was talking to someone about lala land the forthcoming musical that is a tribute to that golden age of musicals of singin' in the rain so her legacy carries on and hollywood's own self prophecies carry on. we saw a clipjust a little bit earlier which was carrie fisher honouring her mother, making jokes at her expense about all her bad husbands. there is quite an edge to do with the both of them. bad husbands. there is quite an edge to do with the both of themm bad husbands. there is quite an edge to do with the both of them. it was called postcards from the edge for a reason because it was a very fractious and fragile relationship that was at times one was trying to get out of the shadow of the other. when carrie's star was indeed ascendance in the 705 she when carrie'5 star was indeed a5cendance in the 705 she would say that she was prince55 leia'5 mother

and carrie wa5 that she was prince55 leia'5 mother and carrie was trying to get up to the shadow of her mother 5inging and carrie was trying to get up to the shadow of her mother singing in the shadow of her mother singing in the rain. it is rather touching that in the end neither death has overshadowed the other. they have died together and tribute5 overshadowed the other. they have died together and tributes to them both. they became thi5 died together and tributes to them both. they became this similar entity and they carried on and think that went down and that distance they had on the relationship even though it was a hothou5e hollywood kind of relationship, they still had enough distance to laugh at it and i think triumph over it. the headlines... vladimir putin says russia has reached an agreement in ceasefire on syria involving peace talks between the assad regime and the rebels. hollywood actress debbie reynolds has died just one day after the death of her daughter carrie fisher. she is believed to have suffered a stroke. the royal college of gps is warning that patients could be forced to wait more than a month to see their doctor this winter. more now on the news that child offenders could be given life—long anonymity under new plans

being considered by the government. a review into the youth justice system found that a ban on naming criminals under the age of 18 would help to reduce re—offending rates. earlier i spoke to penelope gibbs, who‘s vice—chair of the campaign group standing committee for youth justice. she explained why they were supporting the proposals. the problem is that there are very few children in this country who are convicted in court who was then named publicly and their photos are available on the internet forevermore. it is old so children who commit anti—social behaviour can also be very easily named, and our concern is about future victims really and about society. these are children. and because they are children. and because they are children or teenagers we need to give them the maximum possible chance of rehabilitation. and there is good evidence the kind of

vilification that is associated with a child who has committed a very serious crime being identified destroys those chances of rehabilitation. obviously they may be still rehabilitated, but the chances are much less and if you identify that child. what do you make of the argument, we heard a little bit of a there from andy, which is, look, these are very few cases which have hit the headlines, the press pursues them because actually there is notjust in media interest but public interest in this because some of these cases are so horrific and therefore there is a right of people to know who did it. i think there is a right forjustice to be done. there is a right to know what happened. i think the right is actually to rehabilitate the child and that the public interest is actually in these children committed

serious crimes are rehabilitated so they don‘t commit crimes in the future. and i would say that australia, canada, france and many other countries do not allow the identification of those under 18 who are convicted of any crime. and even some states in america have that provision as well. just in terms of you have mentioned the evidence and the question about rehabilitation, i just wondered, in so many criminal justice debates we say the same things going back years about all kinds of things about criminal justice, because there is a degree of evidence on one side but also there is a degree of emotion you might say which is something you read about in the newspapers which means that people are so horrified by certain things that they will not ta ke by certain things that they will not take the steps that you are advocating. i understand the desire to know the identity of the children, but i would say in the end

do we need to? if we know all the circumstances of a crime and we know that those children are in a safe place while they are rehabilitated, is it not the public interest to give every chance of a rehabilitation for that child? in the past half hour vladimir putin has announced that a ceasefire will come into force in syria at midnight. he also said that the syrian government and armed opposition are ready to start fresh peace talks. with me now is someone from the bbc russian service. what did mr putin have to say? details are evolving as we speak. i was talking to the heads of the russian foreign ministry and he said that assad has signed some documents with the rebel opposition and that they agreed on a ceasefire to start at midnight. russia and turkey will be guarantors of this agreement and

they will be looking after how this peace deal will be followed by both parties. russia also promised to reduce its military presence in syria, that is what mr putin stated. presumably the fall of aleppo has been the spark that has perhaps produced this or whether it will stick that is a difficult question, from mr putin‘s angle that was a very important step, wasn‘t it? from mr putin‘s angle that was a very important step, wasn't it? of course. i think he is interpreting thatis course. i think he is interpreting that is a huge success of assad and russian military efforts which were supporting president assad. after they took the strategic point, of course they were quite profitable situation in order to conduct those peace talks. the fact that the us administration is changing, a new president, who is giving additional

strong points to mr putin during this because the asians and that is one of the reasons —— during these negotiations. that is why the reasons why it is so successful the russia. just a few have been speaking we are getting from the turkish buyers foreign ministry and the thing that the ceasefire agreement excludes groups to un deems terrorist organisations and it hardly a surprise because the one wa nts to hardly a surprise because the one wants to talk to islamic state for any of the followings. we should remember that russia the united states have quite different, not always, but in some bits there is a different understanding of who should be included into the notions of terrorist groups. as details are emerging it is hard to say which rebel groups were involved in the talks and which were included in the ceasefire agreement but the most radicals groups would be excluded because that was the day before that. a bit of background, it is

very interesting how russia and turkey appear to be managing this despite the obvious hiccups in their relationship and i am not trying to diminish it, but the shooting of the ambassador, the plane that was brought down by turkey and so on, it has been a very difficult fractious relationship but it clearly underpins this. it was a difficult relationship, but a few months ago started to improve really quickly, because they managed to find a common ground and they managed to ove 1120 m e common ground and they managed to overcome the story with that fighter jet which was downed by turkey. this and batters story —— ambassador story added to the unity and desire to achieve some deal because both sides very quickly agreed this was something outstanding, meaning some terror attacks, not a state effort. they quickly agreed this would just be another sign of the fact that they do need to find the common

ground and they do need to talk. but residents want to bring a message to the international community and there are people that they are strong leaders and that is what they are trying to achieve. very interesting, thank you. pakistan‘s request for all three million afghan refugees to leave is causing chaos on its borders and plunging families into uncertainty. many afghans have spent all their lives in pakistan and fear their home country cannot provide the same standard of living. our correspondent shaimaa khalil has followed one refugee on hisjourney from pakistan to afghanistan. this man fled for that a war—ravaged afghanistan with his family 30 years ago to settle here in pakistan. tonight he goes back to a homeland still marred by violence. he is one of tens of thousands of afghans who have decided to leave. a result of pakistan‘s intensive campaign to send more than 1.5 million refugees

back. translation: it will be difficult compare to hear, it feels as if i‘m going to a new country. i have spent my life in pakistan. this is like my own country. the unhcr says that on average 5500 people have been making their way back daily. pakistan says it is facing economic insecurity challenges. and recent clashes between afghan and pakistani troops have made life very difficult for refugees. many have reported harassment by the police. they say they are now being forced into an unknown and dangerous situation. there are serious challenges which now. —— right now. unle55 challenges which now. —— right now. unless the returnees are able to acce55 ba5ic unless the returnees are able to acce55 basic services, land5 unless the returnees are able to acce55 basic services, lands and livelihoods they will not to be able to be successfully reintegrated.m

kabul trucks carrying families arrive every day. after a long overnight drive across the border, his wife and two boys start the registration process of this unhcr centre. they learn about mines and explosives. a daunting new reality of life in afghanistan. he gets financial aid from the un refugee agency. $400 per person. just enough for basic needs to last them a few weeks. but he has no idea what comes next and is worried about the violence here. translation: next and is worried about the violence here. translationzlj next and is worried about the violence here. translation: i have to look for a house now. i am worried something happens to me, who will take care of my family? vermont‘s thousands of refugees have been crossing the border into afghanistan backing up whatever they could from a life they left behind. when you look at their faces, men, women, children, they are so

exhausted from the long and draining journey. but the hardship doesn‘t end here. most refugees have nowhere to go. especially those who come from areas where fighting is still ongoing with the taliban. they left the only life they knew back in pakistan. and for now these trucks seems the closest thing to home. let‘s have a look at the weather. let's have a look at the weather.m is one to wrap up warm if you are heading out this afternoon but good sunshine out and about. high—pressure sativus across the uk at the moment. the weather front is still being kept at bay in the north but at this time of year with the sun not very strong and not much wind, when we do get the fog it tends to linger. this is a lovely picture sent in from shropshire. you can see the fog, it is not as faulty as yesterday in that particular part of the west midlands but we have fog

for parts of wales and up into north england. as we have gone through the morning some of the fog has lifted but some will linger with us into the afternoon. it will thicken up quite readily this evening. the detailfor quite readily this evening. the detail for you quite readily this evening. the detailfor you see is quite readily this evening. the detail for you see is a little quite readily this evening. the detailfor you see is a little bit more cloud coming into the western side of england into the western side of england into the western side of england into the western side of wales but it is dry and bright and temperatures will get to about seven or eight celsius. where we keep the fog it stays around freezing all day. the likes of the vale of york. elsewhere some hazy sunshine. it is just not one. vale of york. elsewhere some hazy sunshine. it isjust not one. it vale of york. elsewhere some hazy sunshine. it is just not one. it is cloudy but scotland under a mound but some goods of sunshine here and there. it is milder. maybe 12 celsius in places. most of the rain for the north and west isles but the rain reapsa for the north and west isles but the rain reaps a betterfurther in. the breeze increases elsewhere. it could become a bit of an issue as we head towards morning and we will have the most extensive frost. in the

countryside minus two or minus three. probably not as bitterly cold as this morning. the fog from this evening rush hour onwards cause some problems and where it lingers all day it is an issue. it will be very slow to clear away tomorrow again. not much wind in the south and not much strength in the sunshine. most of us the difference is the thicker cloud, more of a breeze and some rain in the north—west of scotland. likely we will see figure cloud for northern ireland, northern ireland and western england and wales tomorrow but it will not be as cold. 8-10dc. tomorrow but it will not be as cold. 8—10dc. where the father lingers it will be a rather cold day. less like —— on new year‘s eve that rain is gathering. quite a soggy gave her some parts of scotland as we head towards the diet that sinks southwards. —— soggy day. behind it it will be chilly with wintry showers. not too bad for getting out and about but clearly if you‘re stuck under the band of rain it

would be a particularly pleasant new year‘s eve. that is all from either today but much more for you as we go through the afternoon. see you tomorrow. this is bbc news. the headlines at midday. in the last hour, russian president, vladimir putin, has announced a ceasefire between the syrian government and the rebels to come into force at midnight tomorrow. into force at midnight tonight. the hollywood actress debbie reynolds has died, just a day after the death of her daughter, carrie fisher. she‘s believed to have suffered a stroke. her daughter dying yesterday, and today it is unbelievable. what are the odds of this happening? it was incredible. sad. gps‘ leaders warn that patients could be forced to wait more than a month to see their doctor this winter. devon and cornwall police investigate the discovery of two bodies at a flat in st austell. detectives are treating the deaths as "unexplained". also: the birds migrating earlier as global temperatures rise.

a study finds some species are missing out on vital resources —