this is bbc news. i'm chris rogers. the headlines at eight. storm doris causes havoc across the uk — winds of up to 95 miles per hour have brought chaos to roads and the rail system. net migration to the uk falls to its lowest level but for two years but it's still above the government's target figure of 100,000. iraqi government forces capture mosul airport as they try to drive islamic state fighters out of the city. hs2 is on track. formal approval‘s been given for the first phase of the h52 high speed rail link between london and birmingham. and in the next hour — ten portions of fruit and veg to a day keep the doctor away. new advice says we should double our recommended intake to to live longer healthier lives.

and police discover almost £1 million pounds worth of cannabis plants. in an old nuclear bunker. good evening and welcome to bbc news. storm doris has stormed her way across the uk leaving havoc in her wake. winds of up to 95 miles per hour have caused one death as a woman was killed by flying debris in wolverhampton. trees have been brought down taking power lines with them. nearly all rail operators are reporting delays. planes have been grounded and the strong gusts have forced the closure of bridges and many major roads. thousands of homes have been left without power. danny savage is in retford in nottinghamshire — the most serious incident today was in the midlands — a woman was killed by flying debris in wolverhampton city centre. she died at the scene after suffering fatal head injuries.

the most widespread problem was travel disruption. this was euston station — the red virgin trains on the left going nowhere. the train‘s been cancelled, so i'm unsure how i'm going to get home. rather an inconvenience. we didn't know until we got to the station that all the virgin trains had been cancelled, so we're stranded here, and we can't get back to manchester, back home again. and we do need to get back home today. there was no hope of 120 mph on the east coast main line — there was a 50 mph speed limit because of the wind before virgin eventually asked people not to travel today. and spare a thought for those aboard planes landing in strong crosswinds — a bumpy ride was assured for arrivals here at manchester airport, with some planes needing more than one attempt to get on the ground safely. the sea off the west coast of the uk turned white, whipped up by storm—force winds, caused by what forecasters

called a weather bomb. storm doris is an example of a weather bomb, a rapidly intensifying area of low pressure that had brought severe gales across large areas of the uk. we've already had wind gusts over 90 mph, we've had disruption to power supplies, we've also had disruption to transport. those hnd'of strengti’rwtntifiarr- those kind of problems. and never mind the fallen lamp post on the right here — look at the lucky escape this driving instructor in spalding had today. a scene repeated elsewhere, by the force of storm doris. danny savage, bbc news, nottinghamshire. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages. at 10:40 this evening in the papers

— our guestsjoining me tonight are phillipa leighton—jones, editor of wall streetjournal city and the political commentator, james millar. we have confirmation also breaking news which is bound to be covered in the papers. —— of some breaking news. we are hearing confirmation from our sports editor, our sports correspondent dan rowan, that ranieri has been sacked as claudio ranieri has been sacked as manager of leicester city. the 65—year—old italian masterminded the foxes to their first—ever premier league title last season. many regarding that as the greatest story in the history of the english top flight. in the history of the english top flight. leicester are 17th in the table, just one place above the

relegation zone. a lot of people trying to contact leicester about the situation. dan rowan, our sports correspondent, confirming claudio ranieri has been sacked. i'm just receiving a statement from leicester receiving a statement frem’teieester football receiving a statement frem’teicester football club. this has just city football club. this hasjust arrived. it is a long statement. claudio ranieri was appointed in july 2015 and let the foxes to the greatest triumph in the club's history last season as we were crowned champions of england for the first time. his status as the most successful leicester city manager of all time is without question. domestic result in the current campaign have placed the premier league status of the club under threat and the board reluctantly feels that a change of leadership, while admittedly painful, is while admittedly painfialris while admittedty painfialris while admittedly painfialris in the club's greatest necessary in the club's greatest interest. the vice—chairman saying this has been the most difficult

decision we've had to make in nearly seven decision we've had to make in nearly seve n years decision we've had to make in nearly seven years since the new management took over. we are bound to put the long—term interest of the club ahead of anything personal, however strong that might be. the board say they will be now in the recruitment process. no comment until that process. no comment until that process is completed. there is bound to be an awful lot of speculation about who will replace him at any more reaction here we will bring it to you on bbc news. big story. net migration to the uk has dropped to 273,000 in the year to september. it means a9,000 fewer people came to live in to the uk than left it. the figures are the first to include migration estimates following the eu referendum injune. but as our home editor mark easton reports, for some industries, the drop in migration is a serious cause for concern. worried about immigration?

they are at york's monkbar hotel. so you need to cross the wall, the gate, sorry, and on the right hand you will find the minster cathedral. not that there's too much, but that there soon might not be enough. york's tourist industry is booming, now worth a remarkable £500 million a year, and supporting a record 20,000 jobs across the city. but growth here, as in much of the hospitality industry, has relied upon migrant labour. and your pot of tea. thank you very much. enjoy! half the staff are eu migrants. in fact, with very low unemployment in york, businesses like this cannot grow or even survive without a supply of foreign workers. a quarter of british hospitality

businesses say they've currently got vacancies that they're struggling to fill. with the uk labour market close to capacity, and the prospect of a squeeze on eu migrant labour, there are real concerns for the future. it would create a staffing crisis, to get to a point where we can't fill that resource with a european worker, then there's a big gap that we just can't fill. what about british workers? for york as an example, there isn't enough of them around. the latest figures show a big job in the numbers coming to work in britain from countries like poland, down 16%, hungary, down 1a%, lithuania, down 6%. more are coming from romania, up 11%, and bulgaria, up 8%, but many experts predict those arrivals will start to fall soon, too. now it's beginning to change to germany or beginning less attractive for young people coming to work. some argue britain needs to rid

itself of its addiction to cheap migrant labour and employers should do more to train and recruit home—grown workers. on this yorkshire carrot farm, with a turnover of £35 million, eastern europeans make up around 80% of the staff. if we didn't have an access to non—uk labour, wejust could not run this business. i wouldn't even attempt to try and run it. you'd just stop it? i'd have to stop, it isn't that i want to stop, i'd have no choice. take away 80% of my work force, how can i operate? the uk will always be a welcoming place for people who want to come here, work here and contribute to our economy. it's just that there's no support for uncontrolled immigration. the aim is still to cut net migration by almost two thirds, but government has conceded it will take years before british citizens do jobs currently filled by migrants in areas like agriculture and hospitality. turning britain into a low—migration economy won't be easy.

mark easton, bbc news, yorkshire. leicester city has sacked claudio ranieri as manager. the 65—year—old italian very much a celebrated manager. he masterminded their first—ever premier league title last season, of course. but things haven't been good for a long time. let's get more on this at the bbc sports centre. this will not come as a shock to many, that it is just a very sad ending for what was, for a long time, a golden era for the club. this is going to hurt. 0bviously for claudio ranieri. and probably a lot of leicester city fans. he created the dream when he did the seemingly impossible, winning leicester city the premier league title. it was not the premier league title. it was not the stuff of dreams, even, it was fantastic, but it happened. in the summer

fantastic, but it happened. in the summer he kept most of the team together. he himself turned down the chance to manage italy. he had so many big—money offers but he stayed at leicester. he was loyal to them. they had an awful season. the thing that probably sealed his fate is that probably sealed his fate is that the premier league this year, in 2017, they haven't scored a goal. yet, you talk to leicester city fans, i was speaking to some last night, and on the whole the majority of them were still backing him because they put in a spirited appearance in the champions league. they got a result that they possibly could have turned it round at home. and they have some fight, it was like watching leicester city last season, and jamie vardy scored. but that wasn't enough for the board. so we have this statement saying domestic results, which is interesting because there is no mention of the champions league results, domestic results in the current campaign have placed the

premier league status of the club under threat and the board relu cta ntly under threat and the board reluctantly feels that a change of leadership, one admittedly painful, is necessary in the club's greatest interest. —— while admittedly painful. they are one place above the relegation zone. this will hurt so the relegation zone. this will hurt so much, so much for the fans, still riding on that crest of a wave and euphoria of last season. because it was so euphoria of last season. because it was so unbelievable. it was only nine months ago they were in dreamland. and for this dream to end now, it'll be hard for the fans to take, but what about the players? they have not scored in the premier league this year. there is the statistic. no away wins in the premier league in the season so far. contrast that to last season where they were winning at places like manchester city. it doesn't make sense. but nothing ever has in this leicester city story.

i will be speaking to the supporters group shortly. i will get the lowdown on what they are thinking. has there been a lot of talk about who is at fault? is it the manager, the players, is it a bit of both? there has been a lot of talk about how on earth do you cope with being champions when you didn't expect to be champions? there is the psychology of how you follow it up, keep the momentum going, and once you achieve the impossible, by winning the title. psychologically it's a difficult thing to deal with. nobody ‘s had to deal with that before. that is one thing. credit claudio ranieri, on the holy kept the team together. apart from antonio conte to chelsea. my —— and maybe they didn't do enough to get new players in. i spoke to leicester fa ns new players in. i spoke to leicester fans last year when i was doing pieces down in leicester as they we re pieces down in leicester as they were winning the title. i kept in contact with them to gauge opinion.

they, on the whole, didn't think it was yet time for him to go, although they were worried about their position. thanks very much for bringing us up to date. thank you for your insight. no doubt we will get a reaction throughout the night to this. we will speak to ian, who is chair of the supporters group. good evening. good evening. not a shock but this must be bitterly disappointing. good evening. not a shock but this must be bitterly disappointingm is. i'm not sure it was the right thing to do at this stage of the season. the fans were split. no doubt about that. in terms of is it the right time, i don't know. the timing doesn't seem quite right to me. we are just looking at images of what was arguably the greatest achievement in the history of the

club, the first—ever premier league title last season. it was interesting hearing what mike had to say at the bbc sports centre. there was a danger that expectations perhaps work too— that team, and that it wasn't all down to claudio ranieri, their lack of success this season, it could have been the players themselves. definitely. it isn't just down to players themselves. definitely. it isn'tjust down to the manager. all of the players played to their peak last season. this season i don't think anybody is performing at their top. it isn'tjust down to claudio ranieri, it is the players that need to be accountable for what happened, as well. reducing things could have been turned around if he remained in place as manager? i think so. the easiest decision to make is to sack somebody. they said it was difficult night. but the problem is, who next, and how are they going to turn it around. if you look around the

division, you have seen what has happened at hull, another club where the change of manager happened, as well as swansea, but sam allardyce has come in and they have gone further downhill. there is no guarantee that changing the manager is going to change their season. any ideas who will be the replacement?” wonder if they will keep the existing backroom staff. but have they got somebody already lined up? i agreed with ryan giggs' comments the other night about english managers in the premier league. i wonder how well gary rapp would do. he did well at birmingham. but he got sacked. eddie howe would be a good signing but i doubt we would get him from bournemouth. do you agree with me and mike that they do need to start looking at the team

and the players and perhaps changing and the players and perhaps changing a few things there, as well. some of them are heading towards the end of their age limit for their career. defence looks slow. any manager coming in cannot change the players until next season. 0ther coming in cannot change the players until next season. other than try the players within the squad, there is an wfiéfi in?! t1572 fififi 5 efiéfiié, iii? ifi . cale. ts to if is 11 everhasrr ‘ the ‘the night ‘ the night they ‘the night they premier ., aid 2 here aid 7 here we are ene , , 7 aid 7 here we are ene year = league. and here we are one year later and we are talking about this. it isa later and we are talking about this. it is a cruel game at times. thank you for taking the time to speak to us you for taking the time to speak to us tonight. let's bring you up—to—date with the latest headlines on bbc news: winds of more than 95

mph have been battering parts of the uk. awoman mph have been battering parts of the uk. a woman lost her life. she was hit by falling debris in wolverhampton. just a reminder of our breaking sports news. leicester city have sacked manager claudio ranieri nine months after he led them to the premier league title. more details in the sport in a moment. net migration to the uk has fallen to its lowest level for two macri yea rs to its lowest level for two macri years but it is still above the government's target figure of 100,000. iraqi security forces have made a breakthrough in their offensive against so—called islamic state in iraq's second city, mosul. they've taken the city's airport — a key staging point in the battle to drive militants from the western half of the city. 0ur correspondent quentin sommerville was there as iraqi government troops fought their way in. iraqi security forces have made a breakthrough in their offensive against so—called islamic state in iraq's second city, mosul. they've taken the city's airport,

a key staging point in the battle to drive militants from the western half of the city. 0ur correspondent quentin sommerville was there as iraqi government troops fought their way in.