take western areas you might have to take out a waterproof but otherwise it should be bright. keep looking at the weather forecast about the snow tonight. this is bbc news. the headlines at 3pm... ice and sub—zero temperatures cause treacherous driving conditions as the coldest night of the year is predicted tonight, with further snow to follow. hundreds spend the night at stansted airport after flights were cancelled or delayed. used as "bargaining chips" — the un's special envoy to syria speaks out about the children who desperately need to leave a rebel—held area of damascus. a0 people are dead and many others are wounded in kabul. the islamic state group says it was behind the attack. also — a record breaking day for alastair cook in melbourne. he makes a double century and his highest ever score against australia in the fourth ashes test. and, desperately seeking

a man called mariusz, who lost his £600 wage packet in a london pub. success, thanks to a social media search. arejust amazing, are just amazing, how this whole thing went. —— it wasjust are just amazing, how this whole thing went. —— it was just amazing. and current and former presenters look back at hardtalk over the last 20 years. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. ice and below zero temperatures have been causing more disruption in many parts of the uk. hundreds of people had to spend the night in stansted airport

after flights were cancelled because of the bad weather. anisa kadri has spent the morning there and sent this report. hanging around fora hanging around for a flight, not much fun, especially when the queue are getting longer, the flights have been cancelled. more than 12 hours after sarah's flight to stockholm was meant to take off from stansted, she was still here and well tried to fly tomorrow. i only found out literally three hours after my flight literally three hours after my flight was supposed to leave, but it was cancelled. and there was no boards to tell us that it was delayed any thing so it was literally going backwards and forwards between the personnel. that kind of thing. i ended up lining up for ten hours to try to get and forwards between the personnel. that kind of thing. i ended up lining up

for ten hours to try to get a new flight. for ten hours to try to get a new flight. did you get any sleep? i was waiting for 25 hours, now! today, sta nsted said flights waiting for 25 hours, now! today, stansted said flights are operating as normal but minor delays are operating as normal. and the weather was causing problems elsewhere, in the cairngorms three climbers are to be rescued after getting lost in blizzard conditions. the rescue took five hours. and the wintry weather is not going away as we are told to make sure our vehicles are safe for the roads. check tyres and make sure that they are well inflated to keep you safe on the road, they will grip the road and pack accordingly so have your own breakdown kept with plenty of warm and dry clothing. our flask, slacks, a shovel and certainly a fully charged mobile phone. there is more snowfall forecast for scotland today and i conditions will continue across the uk. that report was from anisa

kadri. earlier she gave us an update from stansted. you can still see the ice, hundreds trying to get out of the uk and get their flights from sta nsted. trying to get out of the uk and get theirflights from stansted. we met some of them in the last couple of minutes, they're still here and one of the girls has managed to rebook but will not leave until tomorrow, she hoped to leave last night and you only have to go to social media to see what people have been through. one person on twitter described this as the worst flight experience ever and another described this as a shambles. flights are cancelled or delayed and there are queues for information and cues from luggage, we understand, as well. the airport said they handed out blankets and beds and they could not do anything about the conditions, as such. the weather will cause problems, we know this in the uk, and the advice from stansted is that they might still be delays

but things are getting back to normal. and the advice is to check the status of flight if planning to fly. anisa kadri at stansted. a yellow eyes warning remains in place for most of the uk with treacherous conditions on many. jayne mccubbin is at the interchange in leicestershire. it has been really bad. it looks gorgeous, snowy it has been really bad. it looks gorgeous, snowy fields behind me and the motorway is moving freely this morning. this is a famous spot, this is where the mi meets the basics and beaili is where the mi meets the basics and be a iii but yesterday, all three lanes were blocked when a lorry jackknifed as blizzard conditions quickly came in. it is clear right now but you can see behind me the conditions on the roads are still really bad, away from where the motorway has been gritted. look at my feet and you can see the problems, this soft snow from yesterday has completely iced over. completely. we have these severe ice

warnings in place from the met office and across the country as snow warnings in scotland and northern england as well with the met office saying people need to be careful to take care. as well as the traffic chaos. the other street yesterday was of power outages, not just here but across the country and 500 homes in the midlands are still without power. you can still see the power to 70,000 homes has been restored to other areas. jayne mccubbin in leicestershire and we will keep you up—to—date with all of the travel developments and there is much more on the website and a full weather forecast coming up just before half past. some of the other stories today... let's get more from our correspondent, tolu adeoye,

who's in finsbury park now. you are close to the scene. the police or allowing you to get very close. what are they saying? we are just outside finsbury park, the police have asked us to leave, there isa police have asked us to leave, there is a significant area of the park closed after the public after a member of the public discovered this woman's body at around 11:30pm yesterday afternoon near the sports pitch. police believe this woman was in her 20s pitch. police believe this woman was in her20s and pitch. police believe this woman was in her 20s and there was a woman reported missing in this area before the discovery yesterday and they are treating this as a murder investigation. no arrests have yet been made and police are appealing to people for information. this is a busy area. people walking, people

gathered away from the area and police said the woman was attacked and this might have occurred on christmas eve. they are trying to establish this. police are appealing for any information. the police are difficult for this —— discussing this. the park remains open to the public but there is a significant area closed off while the investigations are under way. we have seen several forensic officers. police are appealing for any witnesses. you will keep us up to date. the un's. .. witnesses. you will keep us up to date. the un's... people are being

used as a bargaining chip. a further 30 people are due to leave the area today. mr excellent said he believed police had agreed to capture government workers in exchange for the safe passage of critically ill children. he believes this time of deal balance the rights of youngsters. if it has been an exchange, i feel this problematic. it is wonderfulfor the exchange, i feel this problematic. it is wonderful for the families, wonderfulfor the it is wonderful for the families, wonderful for the children that have their lives saved but it is not good for the people, who have been used ina for the people, who have been used in a terrible situation. yesterday, here, medical evacuations should happen at any time... civilians have the right to so—called islamic state

said it was behind the attack. helena lee has the latest. the force of the explosion is courtesy. among the rubble, but it is desperately searching for loved ones. there was little left behind. the bomb went off inside this building, a cultural centre and also home to an afghan news agency. the 30th anniversary of the soviet invasion of afghanistan has been held. i saw many people... i was searching for my cousin, the number of dead people has increased. after the explosion, ambulances took

the injured to nearby hospitals. one of tantric —— injured have been taken in for surgery. a total of 35 dead were registered here. and 20 others have been wounded. there are men woman, and children among the injured. for some, men woman, and children among the injured. forsome, waiting men woman, and children among the injured. for some, waiting outside for news, it was all too much. back in the area to the west of the capital, where the bomb went off, armed guards patrolled. the initial blast was followed by two other explosions but nobody was hurt. who was behind the attack. the latest attack has left more than

40 the latest attack has left more than a0 people dead and more than 80 injured. the president called this an unpardonable crime against humanity and pledged to destroy terrorists. helena lee, bbc news. a british medical team is flying to bangladesh to help rohingya refugees who've fled their home country of myanmar. hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims are living in refugee camps, following persecution at home . more than a0 doctors, nurses and firefighters from the uk, will spend six weeks in bangladesh tackling an outbreak of diptheria in the camps — as claire fallon reports. leaving manchester, british medics heading for bangladesh. now, another threat, diphtheria. the makeshift home to thousands of rohingya muslims, this is the refugee camp. those living here left myanmar

and a situation described by the un as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. 6000 people have been killed, a figure denied by the government in myanmar. among the a0 plus staff, sent by britain, becky, a children's nurse at watford general. i know from my experience as a paediatric nurse and as a mother families will be feeling desperate. i know there are loads of children involved, 75% of the people affected by diptheria are under the age of 15. we need to act fast. when the team arrives, medics will be working in tough conditions. diphtheria has been spreading rapidly, up to 160 new cases reported every day. it will be tough, 40 of us going out in its first tranche, more people coming later. we will be working with other

organisations, not just 40 of us. this is the uk response, one of the fastest because of the critical nature of the emergency and the speed at which the disease can spread, because of the need to do something very quickly. the situation facing the rohingya people has been described as the fastest growing refugee crisis. with equipment and expertise, the british medics hope they will make a difference, and save lives. claire fallon, bbc news. a aa—year—old man accused of stabbing to death a woman in a supermarket has appeared at leeds crown court. neville hord is accused of attacking 30—year—old jodie willsher at the aldi supermarket where she worked in skipton in north yorkshire last week. the headlines on bbc news... ice and subzero temperatures are

causing treacherous driving conditions as the cul—de—sac of the is predicted this evening. —— cold est is predicted this evening. —— coldest night of the year. hundreds of people have spent the night at stansted airport after flights were cancelled or delayed. the un's special envoy to syria says he fears children who desperately need to leave a rebel—held area of damascus are being used as "bargaining chips". that is according to the un special envoy. a0 people are dead and many others are wounded in kabul. the so—called islamic state group says it was behind the attack. time to catch up with all the latest sports news of the day. from james pearce... a brilliant 2aath from alastair cook has given england a great chance of winning the fourth test against australia. cook started the day on 10a and still 190 ia9.

the day on 10a and still 190 1a9. they are playing against australia at the mcg and that is a turnaround after his poor form at the mcg and that is a turnaround after his poorform in the at the mcg and that is a turnaround after his poor form in the first three tests. i will continue to doubt myself. but obviously the longer this goes, the harder it becomes. that is why i can be quite proud. we are going well and delivering a performance like that was pleasing. it isjust delivering a performance like that was pleasing. it is just a shame delivering a performance like that was pleasing. it isjust a shame it is four weeks too late. it is nice to do this. he played pretty well, didn't he? he certainly was more aggressive in this match than in the previous three matches. his plan was to take this on a little bit. it was a perfect wicket for england to do that. very impressive, , a perfect wicket for england to do

that. very impressive,, you have to work it a different way in test cricket. swansea have appointed a former sheffield wednesday boss. cavalli was sacked by the championship side on christmas eve with wednesday down in 19th place in the table. he has never managed in the table. he has never managed in the thomas lyte before so the move to the premier league club has come as something of a surprise. swansea city iron dire straits, winning just three games this season and five points adrift of safety. what i would say in terms of hitting the profile at swansea as he is known for playing attractive football, he is not a man with premier league experience but swansea have never appointed manager with premier league experience since winning promotion to the top flight. the challenge in january will be promotion to the top flight. the challenge injanuary will be to bolster the squad with necessary signings and even with the addition of four or five new players but still remains a huge challenge for him to steer swansea to safety.

sixth place arsenal travelled to crystal palace is even, 2a points behind league leaders manchester city. arsene wenger appears to be infested moat, no complaints from them about having less money to spend than his rivals, following jose mourinho's comments that he would not have the resources to challenge manchester city. what is most important is that you do with your own situation as long as you can. yes, we have manchester city, they are richer than us, yes, man united is richer than us, but i still believe we have defined the way be successful. i don't look forward to playing the teams that are forward to playing the teams that a re fully forward to playing the teams that are fully expect to beat us by everybody and a team that such a good team, with so good players. we are going to find it very difficult to give them again, we don't beat them very often, either at home or away. you will have to be at the top

of ourgame. away. you will have to be at the top of our game. the shocks continue at the world darts championship at alexandra palace. the likes of peter wright and adrian lewis have already fallen in this afternoon the fifth seed from austria has been knocked out, beaten a—0 by the youth champion, vandenberg, from belgium, in the last 16. he was in brilliant form, the belgian youngster now faces eitherjohn henderson or rob cross in the last eight. that is all the sport, more for you in the next hour. thank you! more on the website, if you want at! we got that, just about! james pearce with all the latest sport! and a quick move to the sports website, more sports news in the next hour from james. nhs hospitals made a record

£a71 million from car parking charges in the last year. that is a 6% rise on the previous 12 months. the department of health says nhs organisations are locally responsible for the methods they used to charge and hospitals should come up with flexible options to put patients and their families first. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, has told the bbc he'd like funding for the nhs in england to be planned much further in advnce. if implemented, it could mean budgets spanning periods longer than individual governments. but mr hunt says it would make things easier for those working in the health service. if i was going to do things differently, well, i would like the nhs to move to a system where we had a longer time horizon for planning, instead ofjust the cycle of spending reviews. if we could have a workforce plan, a funding settlement, that perhaps lasted ten years rather than three or four years, i think that would make people, uh, make things, a little easier

for people in the system. when was the last time you saw a police officer out on the beat? a new survey suggests more than a0% of us haven't seen a uniformed officer or community support officer out and about in the last year in england and wales. the survey of over 12,000 people was carried out tojudge perceptions of crime and local policing. chi chi izundu reports. it was once a very common sight on british streets, the bobby on the beat, high—profile and reassuring. but a new survey suggests that uniformed police and community support officers are becoming much less visible. i think a presence does make a difference. i think if you see the police on the streets, people are more wary and think more about what they are doing. to be fair, i think the police are doing all right.

i think the budget is not enough, but they are doing all they can do. they are doing a good job. the survey by her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary and fire and rescue services found four—fifths of people asked in england and wales thought it was important to have a regular police presence in their area. but in the last year, aa% of people had not seen a uniformed police officer patrolling their streets, while a quarter said they felt the service provided by local police was getting worse. budget cuts, police numbers are at their worst since 1985, and a shift in resources to focus on things like terrorism and cybercrime are just some of the reasons police chiefs say they are not walking the beat as often anymore. in a statement, the home office said it was announcing an increase of police funding by up to £a50 million for local, national and counterterrorism policing next year. chi chi izundu, bbc news.

13 clean energy records have been broken in 2017 thanks to the rise of renewable energy. in june, broken in 2017 thanks to the rise of renewable energy. injune, for the first time, wind, nuclearand renewable energy. injune, for the first time, wind, nuclear and solar power generated more of the uk's energy than gas and coal combined. since 2012, britain has filed carbon emissions in the electricity sector and provides a fourth cleanest power system in europe. but ourfavourite story this afternoon... now, how an envelope full of money was found in a london pub and following a social media campaign was eventually given back to its overjoyed owner. to get the full story we spoke to the pub manager mick dore and his wife sarah.

mick explained what happened a few days before christmas. it was on thursday night and i think i had it was on thursday night and i think ihada it was on thursday night and i think i had a few beers and at the end of the night, a very busy night in the pub, they find a wage packet underneath one of the chairs, it was a sealed envelope in an old—fashioned wage a sealed envelope in an old —fashioned wage packet a sealed envelope in an old—fashioned wage packet and this person, marius, it was stuffed full of cash and was nothing else in there, we started a twitter campaign to find him and i thought it would ta ke to find him and i thought it would take ten minutes... it took a little bit longer! and needed some help from famous people to get this going and yesterday he came in and give him his money back and he got his christmas box! there are so many things that remarkable about this, we looking at a photograph of both of you with the chap looking very

happy but perhaps somewhat bemused! interesting that you say you thought you would find in quickly because some of your tweets explaining what had happened, they were retweeted by people with as many followers as jk rowling, millions of people! explain what happened once you went on to twitter and what response you thought you might get... we thought we would try to get hold of local people who might know about where he works and to understand how far the whole thing went... it was amazing! but we were bemused as to why we could not find him. why? we were really hoping to find him before christmas. it was light -- like lord lucan in the event! it turned out he had gone back to poland for christmas. police at home yesterday, the best bit was he did not tell his

wife because you didn't want the hassle over christmas! he did not tell his wife he had lost hundreds of pounds before christmas! and he doesn't even use social media but it was his son who mercifully spotted your tweet? yes, somebody retweeted this, on facebook or whatever it is you do, i am this, on facebook or whatever it is you do, lam not this, on facebook or whatever it is you do, i am not of eight with this, but somebody saw this and tweeted this is what put it on facebook and his son saw this. his son said, is that you? that is how he came to find it. a fantastic result but with the best will in the world some people watching this will think, anybody could come back to your pub and say i left a load of cash in a brown envelope, how will you happy that it was definitely his money? he showed as photographs taken on the night at the very place where we find the pay packet so it was him

and a group of workmates, having a pre—christmas drink. we also located him on cctv so we were satisfied that it was definitely the right quy- that it was definitely the right guy. he told us exactly what was in the envelope and he even showed us the envelope and he even showed us the seat he was sitting on, it was 100% the right man. he is a lovely fellow, really nice and he was so dreadful. even to this day, i don't think he really appreciates the fact that the whole world was looking for himl that the whole world was looking for him i was a smashing guy, lovely blog. anne dudley for you to understand that you have lovely members of staff who did not think they would hold onto that little bonus before christmas or a member of the public who picked this up? hospitality staff are the best paid people in the country and for a man who works here to find an envelope stuffed with cash three days before christmas... he is a fantastic guy.

the real story is all about him. and that his man. as marius, what was his emotion when you said we have got every penny and do not worry, we have kept it safe? he was very happy. he said, i think you have got my money! he was not as emotional as we were! he was pretty happy! megan and sarah from the alex pub in wimbledon in south—west london. with the happiest story of the day, i think. we can now catch up with the weather prospects. much quieter than yesterday with lots of sunshine around and we did have problems with some ice through the morning and

that has mostly cleared. we are looking at a dry afternoon. showers through the north of scotland and north—west england and signs of a change in the north—west, also some cloud and rain. this is tied in with the weather system that is making inroads overnight and is it bumps into the cold air across the countryside it will snow across northern ireland, southern scotland and in with the weather system that is making inroads overnight blizzard bumps into the cold air across the countryside it will snow across northern ireland, southern scotland and into wales. down to lower levels as well and the snow will get heavier overnight and into friday. the met office has issued and be prepared warning for a small area. we could have 15 centimetres. ice will be a significant risk. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... ice and sub—zero temperatures cause treacherous driving conditions