this is bbc news. i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines at 5:00 — ice and sub—zero temperatures cause treacherous driving conditions, as the coldest night of the year is predicted, with further snow to follow. hundreds spend the night at stansted airport after flights were cancelled or delayed. i think i've been awake 25 hours now. a murder investigation is launched after a woman's body was found in a north london park. police say she may have died on christmas eve. 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. at least a0 people are dead after a suicide bomb attack in the afghanistan capital, 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 lost and found, a man reunited with his £600 wage packet after losing it in a pubjust with his £600 wage packet after losing it in a pub just before christmas. we were just astounded by how quickly, how far, how wide reaching this whole thing went. it was just amazing. and later, newsbeat investigates the use of steroids in gyms. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. ice and below zero temperatures are 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 sent this report from sta nsted. hanging around for a flight

longer than you expected. it's not much fun, especially when the queues are just getting longer, and you find your flight is now notjust delayed — it's cancelled. more than 12 hours after sarah's flight to stockholm was meant to take off from stansted, she was still here and will fly tomorrow. i only found out literally three hours after my flight was supposed to leave that it was cancelled, there were no boards to tell us it was delayed or anything. it was literally going backwards and forwards between the one personnel that was there. i ended up lining up for ten hours to try to get a new flight. did you get any sleep at all? no, i think i've been awake 25 hours now. today, stansted say flights are operating as normal but minor delays are likely because of the weather. and the weather has been causing problems elsewhere, too.

in the cairngorms, three climbers had to be rescued after getting lost in blizzardy conditions. the rescue took five hours. the wintry weather is not going away, as we're told to make sure our vehicles are safe for the roads. check your tyres, make sure you have good tread, they are well inflated, that should keep you safe on the road, they keep you gripped to the road after all. and pack accordingly. have your own winter breakdown kit with plenty of spare dry and warm clothing, a flask, snacks, a shovel, and certainly a fully charged mobile phone. more snow is forecast for scotland today and icy conditions will continue across the uk. meanwhile a yellow ice warning remains in place for most of the uk, with treacherous conditions on the roads. 0ur correspondent jayne mccubbin is at the catthorpe interchange in leicestershire. it has been really bad.

it looks gorgeous now, snowy field behind me. motorway is moving freely this morning. this is a famous spot, it is where the mi meets the m6, meets the a14. yesterday all three lanes were blocked when a lorry jackknifed, as blizzard conditions very quickly came in. clear now but you can see behind me conditions on the roads around me are still really bad away from where the motorway has been gritted. look down at my feet and you will see the problem today is that all the soft snow from yesterday is completely iced over, completely iced over. we have got these yellow severe ice warnings in from the met office across the country as well as snow warnings up in scotland and northern england as well. the met office say people really need to be careful and take care as they go out. as well as the traffic chaos in the midlands, the other story yesterday was of power outages,

not just here but across the country. 500 homes in the midlands still without power today. 70,000 homes, power has been restored in other areas. the metropolitan police say a woman who was found dead yesterday in a park may have been murdered on christmas eve. the body of the woman, believed to be in her 20s, was found in a building near a sports pitch in finsbury park in north london. 0ur correspondent tolu adeoye is at finsbury park and has the details. well, we know that a woman was reported missing in the days leading up to this discovery. but no formal identification has been made. next of kin are still trying to be identified. we understand a member of the public found the woman's body in an outbuilding in the centre of the park, to a sports pitch. police and the ambulance attended the scene, but she was pronounced dead at the scene. we know this lady was found in the central area here. there are still forensic teams

working in that part of the park. members of the public are being directed away from the scene. police have also told us they believe this woman was attacked. she could have been killed on the 24th of december, christmas eve. they are asking anyone who has information to get in touch with them. a postmortem was due to be taken to go taking place today at haringey mortuary. we still, as i say, do not know who this woman was. police are trying to identify next of kin. the un's special envoy to syria, jan egeland, says he fears children who desperately need to leave a rebel—held area of the capital, damascus, are being used as "bargaining chips". last night 12 people were allowed out of eastern ghouta, a further 13 are due to leave today. mr egeland said he understood that rebels had agreed to release captured government workers, in exchange for the safe passage of critically—ill children. he believes that kind of deal

violates the youngsters' rights. if it has been an exchange, i find it problematic. it is wonderful for the families, wonderful for these children that have had their life saved, but it is not good if they have become bargaining chips in some kind of exchange with detainees. it has been all along an issue here that medical evacuations that should happen in any war at any time, where civilians have the right to be evacuated out of harm's way, have been part of another negotiation. at least a0 people have been killed and another 80 injured in a suicide bomb attack in afghanistan. it happened at a cultural centre in the west of the capital kabul. an interior ministry spokesman said the main explosion was followed by two other blasts. the islamic state group has said it was behind the attack. helena lee has the latest. the force of the explosion is clear to see. among the rubble, relatives

desperately search for their loved ones. but there was little left behind. the bomb went off inside this building, a cultural centre and also home to an afghan news agency. students had been marking the 38th anniversary of the soviet invasion of afghanistan. translation: i saw many dead in the area. i was looking for my cousin but i couldn't find his body. not sure what happened to him. the number of dead people has increased. after the explosion, ambulances took the injured to nearby hospitals. this man, one of dozens badly hurt in the explosion, some of the wounded were taken in for surgery. translation: a total of 35 dead were registered here and 20 others wounded. there are men, women and children among the injured. for some waiting outside for news,

it was all too much for them. 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 no—one was hurt in those. so, who was behind the attack? so—called islamic state has claimed responsibility, saying it targeted the centre with a suicide bomber and other bombs. it's been behind a number of other attacks on shia targets across the country in recent months. this latest attack has left more than a0 people dead and more than 80 injured. the president called it 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 myanmar. hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims are living in refugee camps, following widespread 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 airport, british medics heading for bangladesh and a refugee camp where those that have survived and escaped persecution now face another threat, diphtheria. the makeshift home to more than 600,000 rohingya muslims, this is the cox's bazar refugee camp. those living here left neighbouring myanmar and a situation described by the un as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. it's claimed more than 6,000 people have been killed, a figure denied by the government in myanmar. among the a0 plus doctors, nurses and firefighters being sent by britain's emergency medical team,

becky platt, a children's nurse at watford general. i know from my experience as a paediatric nurse and as a mum that families will be feeling desperate. i know there are loads of children involved, 75% of the people who have been infected with diphtheria are under the age of 15. so we need to act fast. when the british team arrives, medics will be working in tough conditions. diphtheria has been spreading rapidly, up to i60 new cases of the disease are reported every day. it will be tough, 40 of us going out in its first tranche of deployment, more people may be coming later. we will be working with other organisations, not just 40 of us trying to supply the response. 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 world's fastest growing refugee crisis. with equipment and expertise, the british medics hope they will make a difference, and save lives. claire fallon, bbc news, manchester. 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. cathy cilic was at leeds crown court. neville hord appeared in the dock flanked by two security guards. he was wearing a grey sweatshirt and grey jogging bottoms and remained impassive throughout the eight—minute hearing. he spoke only twice to confirm his name and date of birth. it is his second court appearance in connection with the death of 30—year—old jodie willsher, who was attacked while working at the aldi supermarket

in skipton on 21 december. there was no application for bail. neville hord was remanded in custody until the case reconvenes in bradford crown court on 26 january. nhs hospitals in england made a record 17a million pounds from car parking charges in the last financial year. it's a 6% rise on the previous 12 months. the department of health says local nhs organisations are responsible for the charges and hospitals should come up with flexible options, that 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 advance. it could mean budgets spanning periods longer than individual governments. mr hunt says it would make things easier for those working in the health service. if i was going to do things differently, 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 and a funding settlement, that perhaps lasted ten years, rather than through a former careers. i think that would make things a lot easier for people in the system. a plane has crashed into the side of a building after it was blown from its parking space by strong winds in malta. the nose of the privately owned aircraft hit an adjacent building at malta international airport, near valletta. emergency services were called to the scene, however no injuries were reported. there was nobody on board the plane at the time of the crash. now, when was the last time you saw a police officer 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 to judge

perceptions of 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. the research found 53% were

satisfied with the police. with five terror attacks in the uk alone this year, more than half were very or fairly confident that the police could handle any terror related incidents. 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 earlier this month, the home office announced an increase in police funding by up to £a50 million for local, national and counterterrorism policing next year. the headlines: ice and subzero temperatures caused treacherous

driving conditions as the coldest night of the year as predicted, with further snow to follow. a murder investigation is launched after a woman's body is found in a north london park. police say she may have died on christmas eve. 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". israel's parliament has voted to approve controversial legislation restricting police powers. the bill prevents police from declaring publicly whether they have found enough evidence against a suspect before prosecutors announce whether to press charges. 0pposition mps said the bill was an effort to shield the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. yolande knell has more from jerusalem. be recommendations bill was passed after a marathon debate in the israeli parliament lasting nearly two days, with lots of

filibustering. it is very controversial, because it basically limits police powers to make recommendations, written recommendations, written recommendations to the attorney general, in some of the most high profile cases that they investigate, those which involve an accompanying state prosecutor. what opposition politicians have been saying is that they link this back to ongoing corruption investigations involving mr netanyahu corruption investigations involving mr neta nyahu himself. corruption investigations involving mr netanyahu himself. while the legislation does not apply to cases where investigations began before the bill was passed, there are these two ongoing allegations of corruption investigations against mr netanyahu. he is accused of allegedly meddling in the media industry, also of receiving gifts from wealthy businesspeople. he denies any wrongdoing and he has said himself that in 60% of the

cases where this legislation will apply, there are finally no charges brought. so having the police right written recommendations, in his view, can leave a cloud hanging over these people. the uk is on course for its greenest year ever in electricity generation, according to figures from national grid. 13 clean energy records have been broken in 2017 thanks to the rise of 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 halved carbon emissions in the electricity sector and now provides the fourth cleanest power system in europe. gareth redmond—king — head of climate and energy at the world wide fund for nature — says today's landmark is a step in the right direction. it would have been unthinkable just ten yea rs

it would have been unthinkable just ten years ago to not be generating electricity without coal. you know, almost just proving that electricity without coal. you know, almostjust proving that we are capable of tackling climate change, and not just that we capable of tackling climate change, and notjust that we have to spend a fortune to do it. these technologies have come down in price dramatically. they are creating jobs, they are contributing to uk growth. the growing use of robots in the workplace could lead to rising levels of inequality according to a new report. the institute for public policy research warns thatjobs generating wages of delhi £300 billion a year could be automated in the future. it says the benefits could end up in the hands of investors, rather than workers u nless investors, rather than workers unless the government intervenes. every second the world drinks 35,000 cups of coffee, making it a multi billion pound industry. now, new figures show more of that money is finding its way back to coffee farmers. a un agency says farmers are benefiting from the increasing demand for ethically sourced and sustainable coffee , a trend typical of millennials,

as jonathan josephs reports. there has never been more choice. we are all drinking more coffee, and we are prepared to pay more for it, but in return we want to know more about where it is from and how it got to our cup. this coffee shop in a trendy part of east london is typical. they roast their own beans, carefully selected for the benefits they bring farmers. for example, we have a ugandan coffee. we have managed to find a farmer producing some really good coffee, and we talk to our customers about the impact that makes in that area, because there was a lot of warfare in uganda. telling the story of how those beans made their way from the farm to the cup is an essential part of the growing branding and marketing effort involved in making coffee about the wider experience as well as the drinking. it means more profits throughout the supply chain, as new figures from the un's world intellectual property 0rganisation shoulders.

for a pound of coffee beans that end up in the instants sold in supermarkets, the roaster gets just over £3, but the export price is just £1.09. the farmer gets most of that, but if the same beans end up in a large western coffee chain the roaster can get £6.37, but the farmer and their community also do better, getting £2.16. but when the new wave of socially aware customer pays a premium for higher standards, the roaster can get over £13. the export price also rises to £3.85. that third wave is a clear incentive forfarmers to invest, in turning their beans into a coffee with superior standards when it comes to sustainability and fair trade. a farmer can be roughly three and a half times better off by taking advantage of the third wave, and selling into the third wave context. now, that obviously is a huge difference, and it many

benefits for the farmer, obviously a higher standard of income... also looking to cash in are two companies that sell the world more coffee than anyone else. nestle and jab have spent billions buying smaller rivals like a californian company, bluebottle coffee. the trend started in the west coast of the us and has definitely been expanding into other parts of the world and some of the larger roasting companies like jab and nestle, they want to start enjoying some of that profitability so we have seen this with larger companies buying some of the small independent coffee shops. an increasing amount of the coffee we are drinking is of the expensive type that millennials like to post on social media. that is the new letting profits throughout the industry. now, the story of how

a christmas pay packet was found in a london pub, and reunited with its owner, following a social media campaign. to get the story we spoke to the pub manager mick dore and his wife sarah, and he told my colleague jane hill what happened, a few days before christmas. well, he was in here on thursday night and i think he probably had a few beers actually. at the end of the night when everyone cleared out — it was a very busy night in the pub — and we found a wage packet underneath one of the chairs, or what looked like one, a sealed up envelope, an old—fashioned wage packet, and all it had on was just his first name, mariusz, and it was stuffed full of cash, no wage slip, nothing else in there. so we just started a bit of a twitter campaign to try to find him, which i thought would take about ten minutes. it took a bit longer. it took a little longer, and we needed help from some famous people to get it going, but eventually yesterday he came in and we gave him his money back and he got his christmas box. there are so many things about this

that are remarkable. we are looking ata that are remarkable. we are looking at a photograph of the two of you with the chapel, looking fairly happy but also somewhat bemused. it is interesting you said that you thought he would find it very quickly. some of your tweets explaining what had happened, they we re explaining what had happened, they were retweeted by people with as many were retweeted by people with as ma ny followers 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 some local people who might know him, but we were just astounded by how quickly and how far—reaching this whole thing went — it was just amazing. we were a little confused, as you say, as to why we couldn't find him. it had just gone worldwide. we were really hoping to find him before christmas, but as it turned out we found him very shortly afterwards. he was like lord lucan in the end! it turned out he had

gone back to poland, driven back to poland for christmas, and when we saw him yesterday, the best bit i think is that he said he didn't tell his wife because he didn't want the hassle over christmas. he didn't tell his wife he had lost hundreds of pounds right before christmas? in fact, hundreds of pounds right before christmas? infact, he hundreds of pounds right before christmas? in fact, he doesn't even use social media. it was his son that mercifully spotted your tweet? somebody somewhere saw it and tweeted or facebooked it out, and his son saw it and said, dad, mariusz in wimbledon, is that you? and that is how he came to find it. a fantastic result. with the best will in the world, people will be watching this thinking, well, anybody could come back to your pub and say, yes, i left a load of cash ina and say, yes, i left a load of cash in a brown envelope. how were you happy that it was definitely his

money? he showed us photos that were taken on the night, the very place that we found the pay packet. it was him and a group of workmates on a pre—christmas drink after work. that helped and we also located him on cctv. we were 100% satisfied we have got our man. it was definitely the right guy. he told us exactly what money was in the envelope and even showed us the seat he was sitting on. 100% the right guy. he is a lovely fellow, really nice bloke, so grateful. i don't think even to this day he really appreciated the fact that the whole world was looking for him. but he was a smashing guy, lovely bloke. and lovely for you to know that you have honest members of staff who didn't think they would hold onto a little bonus right before christmas, or indeed a member of the public that picked it up? it was a member of staff. the thing is, i am sure you are aware, hospitality staff are not the best paid. for a guy that

works here to find an envelope stuffed with cash and three days before christmas and hand that in, his name andrew ratcliffe. we are hugely proud of him. the real story is all about him. his honesty. without that there would be no story. credible guy. and marius himself, what was his emotion when you said we have still got it all, every penny, don't worry, we have kept it safe. he was a very happy man. he wandered in and said, hi, i think you have my money? he was not as emotional as we were. we were gone. he was pretty happy. a baby elephant born on christmas day has made its first public appearance at a belgian zoo. its birth was captured on video and the infant has been heavily guarded by family members in the enclosure since. the calf, which is the ninth asian elephant delivered at the zoo, tried to stand 25 minutes

after it was born. lovely. time to look at the weather now. the weather is set to get milder as we head into the weekend, not before we head into the weekend, not before we see a spell of rain, sleet and snow. that is going to arrive later tonight. temperatures really falling away widely across the country, a very cold night, freezing fog patches forming and it turns wet and windy across the south and west. that cold air tends to snow across northern ireland. then wales, northern ireland and southern scotland. it is likely to be disruptive through friday morning, particularly across central and northern parts of the country. keep tuned to bbc local radio if you are heading out on the roads. there will be heavy snow continued to fall, slowly moving north eastwards. the met office have issued an amber

warning to be prepared for heavy snow across the south pennines and the peak district in particular. yellow warnings in force elsewhere for the snow. we could see around five centimetres, southern scotland and northern england, maybe as much as 15 centimetres in the amber warning area. some snow will be falling into the midlands, maybe some wet snow further south. here it is going to be mostly rain, falling on frozen surfaces, so ice will become a problem. notjust across england and wales, also northern ireland and parts of northern scotla nd ireland and parts of northern scotland will see wintry showers. very windy, with rain across southern areas. eventually, conditions improved somewhat into the afternoon. it remains quite wintry across the higher ground of scotla nd wintry across the higher ground of scotland and into northern england. further south, sunshine and showers, some heavy or thundery. at least there will be some sunshine, despite there will be some sunshine, despite the strong wind. it will be a little bit less cold across the south, still cold in the north. we see

another ripple of low pressure moving across england and wales during friday night. this will be mainly of rain, perhaps a little bit of snow on this leading edge across the north. it will gradually cleared away from eastern areas through saturday morning, and then these quys saturday morning, and then these guys will brighten up. a windy day, gales across the south and much milder, 1013 degrees in england and wales. a little less cold. and and northern ireland. a similar picture in to new year's eve. if you showers around, mostly across the north and west. wintry across the high ground. intimate night for new year, an east—west split. eastern areas staying dry and quite chilly. the further west you are, you will be exposed to strong wind and plenty of showers. so, really and east—west split, where you will have too wrapped up in the east. —— where you will have to wrap yourself up in the east. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: the coldest night of the year is predicted this evening as ice and sub—zero temperatures cause treacherous driving conditions. hundreds of people spent the night

at stansted airport after flights were cancelled or delayed. a murder investigation is launched after a woman's body is found in a north london park. police say she may have died on christmas eve. 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". at least a0 people have been killed in a bomb attack in afghanistan. it happened at a shia cultural centre west of the capital kabul. the health secretary has told bbc news he would like nhs funding in england to be planned much more in advance. jeremy hunt said ten year spending reviews would be better for those working in the health service. let's catch up with all the sport now and go over to james pierce. james... it was a day to remember for alastair cook, as he made

history in melbourne with a double century, to put england in a commanding position on day three of the fourth ashes test. the batsman admitted it was too little, too late for an england side who had already lost the urn to australia, but with cook on 2aa not out and england closing the day on a91 for 9, a lead of 16a — there is at least a chance to restore some pride. patrick gearey reports from melbourne. for england, finally, belatedly, serenity. imagine the ripples caused byjoe root‘s serenity. imagine the ripples caused by joe root‘s misplaced serenity. imagine the ripples caused byjoe root‘s misplaced hoke, 61 out. dyfed mallan's error was even stranger. given lbw, he chose not to review. the hotspot showed he had hit it, a lifeline ignored. moeen ali tried to be carefree and end up

careless. in contrast of the muddled minds, the continuing clarity of alastair cook. beyond 150 then fortu nately alastair cook. beyond 150 then fortunately just beyond alastair cook. beyond 150 then fortunatelyjust beyond steve smith, the second time he dropped in. cook took over the management of the innings, drive and england into a lead. pushing onto a remarkable double century. stuart broad was at first brave and bold. he made a 50 and infuriated the aussies. cook had scored more runs than any visiting test batsman here. he had been at the crease for 10.5 hours. afterwards, we hope the england players applaud clock back into the dressing room, a tribute to his resilience, fitness and concentration. it will be over to the bowlers to turn his tireless effort into a first victory of this series. i have doubted myself for 12 yea rs

series. i have doubted myself for 12 years and will continue. i suppose i can be quite proud and i was last night that i delivered a performance like that. it is a shame that it is three and a half or four weeks too late. it's nice to score a few. he played pretty well, didn't he? he was certainly more aggressive in this match than he has been in the previous three, some obviously his plans was to take us on a bit. it was a perfect wicket for him to do that will stop he played brilliantly. he showed the younger guys how you sometimes have to grind it out and approach at a different way to make runs in test cricket. coke andjimmy way to make runs in test cricket. coke and jimmy anderson at the crease. much now will depend on how effective the england bowlers are.

englund a 3—0 down in the five match series. they have surrendered the ashes back to australia already, so they want to avoid a whitewashed defeat. coverage on test match special throughout the night. after the ashes test series, attention will turn to the one day series with australia and some of england's key one day players are getting some practice in down under in the t20 big bash. jason roy showed early promise as he made 21 for the sydney sixers, but lost his wicket to the bowling of the adelaide strikers' ben laughlin. the sixers were beaten by six runs. 6th placed arsenal travel to crystal palace this evening, 2a points behind the league leaders manchester city. palace will be hoping to continue their climb up the table that began with roy hodgson's appointment as manager — an improvement that's come as no surprise to arsene wenger. they had many injuries. if you look

at their team, they have quality players, and roy hodgson has experience of the premier league, so i'm not surprised. we're playing teams that are fully expected to beat us by everybody. a team with so many good players, we are going to find it very difficult to give them a game. we don't beat them very often, home and away. we will have to be at the absolute top of our game. there's still plenty of chatter about liverpool's £75 million signing of virgil van dijk from southampton, making him the world's most expensive defender. one man who knows him well is leicester city boss claude puel, who managed the dutchman at southampton last season, and believes liverpool have bought one of the world's best centre—backs. 0ne

one of the best defenders in the world. he has all the quality to become the best. i think it is fantastic, are very good possibility. he can play on different teams, different types of teams. it is a good reward for him. swa nsea teams. it is a good reward for him. swansea have pointed the former sheffield wednesday boss as their manager. he was pressing the flesh, trying to make a good impression with journalists. he was sacked by sheffield wednesday on christmas eve, with wednesday 15th place in the table. he has never managed in the table. he has never managed in the top flight before. swansea is in a very difficult situation. this is what we like. maybe a lot of persons

will say that maybe just a miracle that swansea will stay in the premier, and i don't agree because miracles is something from... not from our world. and this kind of things, this kind ofjob is to come in here and make sure they do the things. burnley manager sean dyche said today that the club's fans aren't about to "get drunk" on their success this season. burnley‘s final fixtuire of 2017 takes them to huddersfield on saturday and they lie seventh in the table after their 2—2 draw at manchester united on boxing day — a game in which they led 2—0 at one stage. i think the fans know there is a reality with and they know we have to work for everything. i will make it clear that we are not condoning or condemning that. the bbc understands that a heavyweight unification fight between britain's anthonyjoshua and joseph parker is close

to being confirmed. joshua is seeking to add parker's wbo crown to his wba and ibf titles . the main stumbling block until now has been how the revenue would be split. parker was said to be demanding a0%, but a compromise appears to have been reached that will see the new zealander take between 30 and 35 %. the cheltenham gold cup winner sizing john finished well down the field in the big race of the day, the christmas chase at leopardstown . it was won by the 8—1 shot road to respect. ridden by sean flanaghan and trained by noel meade he came home comfortably ahead of 66 to 1 shot balkos day flow and 0utlander. that completed a one— two— three for the jigginstown stud. sizing john finished seventh. the shocks continue at the pdc world darts championship at london's alexandra palace. the likes of peter wright and adrian lewis have already fallen and this afternoon fifth seed mensur suljovic of austria has been knocked out suljovic was beaten four sets to nil by the world youth

champion dmitri van den bergh from belgium in the last 16 — van den bergh was in brilliant form and suljovic hardly had an opportunity. and in the last eight van den bergh will face one of the sport's rising stars, england's rob cross. the 20th seed beat scot john henderson a sets to one this afternoon rafael nadal‘s ongoing knee injury has forced him to pull out of the brisbane international, the traditional warm up event for the australian open. the spaniard hasn't played since withdrawing from the world tour finals in london last month and pulled out of an exhibition event this weekend. however nadal is still hoping to be fit in time to play at the australian open. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport and we'll have more for you in sportsday at 7.30. the increasing pressure on teenage boys and men in their 20s

to have the ‘perfect‘ body has led to increased consumption of anabolic steroids. now the british cardiovascular society is warning tens of thousands of people who take the drug that they could be putting themselves at increased risk of an early death. radio 1 newsbeat‘s dan whitworth reports. and natasha maynard now facing is similarto and natasha maynard now facing is similar to what women have had to deal with for decades. diets, work—outs, days spent in the gym. for many, anabolic steroids are increasingly being used to achieve that dream. i will find out why one user takes them and put into tests to see what effect it has had on his body. i will speak to experts, look at the laws surrounding steroids, and speak to a dealer about why he

does it. gareth jenkins, and speak to a dealer about why he does it. garethjenkins, from cardiff, is one of the estimated hundreds of thousands of people who regularly take anabolic steroids to build muscle. i've been using steroids were about five years. when you train is naturally, which i have done for years, you get tired quicker, you take more and when you use the steroid, you don't have the muscle soreness anywhere near as much. you feel more weight, i feel better and myself, more manly, much. you feel more weight, i feel betterand myself, more manly, high sex drive. there are some serious potential risks from using steroids, like increased risk of heart attacks and strokes, mood swings, infertility — do those things not worry you? everything we do carries

a risk of heart attack, cancer, whatever. whatever it is, i will get those risks anyway, so i choose not to do those things and this is my lifestyle instead. because i don't go out drinking and smoking, i take steroids. steroids create an imbalance of hormones in the body, which can damage many organs, especially the heart. gareth says he tries to minimise risks by taking his steroids in cycles, 16 weeks on and eight weeks. one comes in a liquid form, the intramuscular injection. i inject this directly into the muscle to times a week. the other type is a tablet. when i am using this, i would use five a day for seven days. how much do you think you spent in six months?‘ rough guess, with the cycle, around

£500. that's a lot of money. it is. it is probably a lot less in six months than someone will spend on drinking at the weekend. when it comes to the law and anabolic steroids, it is legal to use them and to possess them, right across the uk. what is illegal is supplying them unless you are a doctor, and that means selling them or passing them on forfree. if that means selling them or passing them on for free. if caught, that means selling them or passing them on forfree. if caught, you could face up to 1a years in prison. because garrett is only using steroids, not applying them, he is not in any trouble with the law. it could be a different story with his health. later this week, could be a different story with his health. laterthis week, he could be a different story with his health. later this week, he has agreed to go to london for a series of desks where they will find out what damage if any he has done to his heart. i was bullied when i was

youngerfor being his heart. i was bullied when i was younger for being small. so his heart. i was bullied when i was youngerfor being small. so i ended up youngerfor being small. so i ended up knocking myself away in a gym, training, getting bigger and stronger. in the middle there, it's not nice. going down to london to have all those tests done, which i am excited about, yet slightly nervous, because they could come back and say there is something significantly wrong and if i don't change my lifestyle, then obviously i could have health issues. my prediction is that i would be stupid naive to think my heart wouldn't have changed in four or five years.

the use of any performance enhancing drug is going to have that effect. if it hasn't. .. drug is going to have that effect. if it hasn't... if it is significant, i will obviously change my lifestyle overnight. whether people use or abuse anabolic steroids is a matter of opinion. if steroids is a matter of opinion. if steroids are prescribed by a doctor, it is simple, taking them is abuse. many people who researched dosage and try to minimise risk, they say they don't abuse them but use them. 0ne they don't abuse them but use them. one thing that is widely agreed on is that the issue is now affecting more people than ever before. we don't know the number of users exactly, but it measures in the hundreds of thousands. we're now seeing a different population for

users. while we still have people who are using for body—building, we are seeing a new population predominantly young men but some older as well who are using purely for cosmetic purposes. there are a numberof for cosmetic purposes. there are a number of pressures on young men, and they weren't around a generation ago. these things around social media, mainstream advertising. when you see a man with their shirt off, the chances are that they will have a well—defined physique. this is something that women have dealt with four generations, but it is a new thing for men. for gareth, he is about to undergo a series of tests that will check what damage, if any, he has done to his heart. annual mile hotter is a cardiologyjock john who is in charge. —— adil

malhotra is the cardiology doctor who is in charge. nhs guidelines say that gary is risking infertility, mood swings and even heart attack and stroke. this is the sound of the blood flowing across the valves of your heart. i'm assessing how quickly the blood flows through that valve, and we can see where there is any narrowing or leakage in the valve. i suspect they will show some form of thickness or abnormality to the heart. it's bound to have changed in some way after four or five years of taking a performance enhancing drug. the cardiovascular society says tens of thousands of people could be putting themselves at increased risk of the most serious side—effects by taking anabolic steroids. various

cheesecake on the horizon. let's get it. after pushing himself to the limit, gareth is keen to find out how his heart has performed and what effect his steroid use has had. with hundreds of thousands of people now thought to be taking steroids every year a cross thought to be taking steroids every year across the uk, clearly they are getting them from somewhere, but government figures show that for the whole of 2015 and 2016, across england and wales, there were just 25 convictions relating to the illegal supply of steroids, and just seven of those ended with a prison sentence. for this man, who spoke on condition of anonymity, the law hasn't come close to stopping him from dealing. we know that you supply steroids. we know you are a dealer. 0bviously, supply steroids. we know you are a dealer. obviously, it's illegal. you

are breaking the law. people would say you are putting people's lives and health at risk — what would you say to that? with the health risks, i think steroids are readily available to those who want them. people are going to use them, regardless of whether they buy them from me or run an long —— an unknown source online. i will tell them if i don't think it's appropriate for them. that is the reason i am involved in it. who is coming to you for the steroids? a broad spectrum. young guys, 18—20, just starting training and looking to bulk up for a summer holiday or to look good. for a summer holiday? for that ought to attract the girls on a night out.

these are the guys that are less aware. these other guys that you have to be more informative with. you talk to them about it and make them aware of the risks and dangers. what about the health the people to whom you are supplying these? they can face getting strokes decades earlier, heart attacks. it is illegal for earlier, heart attacks. it is illegalfor a earlier, heart attacks. it is illegal for a reason. yeah. earlier, heart attacks. it is illegalfor a reason. yeah. i don't agree with it being illegal. i tell you, doctors prescribe it to people. you are not a doctor. i'm saying that doctors prescribe it, so testosterone, if it was killing people left, right and centre, they would not prescribe it. i think the media sensationalises it. i am going to tell you now, there are people who abuse steroids and damage their health, and that is their choice. 0ne—man louise all too aware of the risk of taking steroids he has got on the black market is gareth. after

using them for nearly five years, he's about to find out the effect they had on his heart. —— one man who is all too aware. i've got your ecg results, and i've seen your echo report and the reports from the exercise test. it shows that your heart is is working well, and you have come through your exercise desk as well. but we do think that you are at the upper limit of normal in terms of your heart. it is to do with your weightlifting and steroid use. you are still young, and you have not use them for that long, but if you continued to do so, you would put yourself at increased risk of heart attack and potentially strokes as well. steroid usage does have a variety of bad effects on the heart.

i class myself as a sensible person. it would be sensible to not push the boundary to the point where something isn't reversible. so not keep using steroids. all for the better. cheaper, too. it looks like gareth's steroid days might be numbered, but he is one of hundreds of thousands of users. dealers are unlikely to get caught. the number of convictions for supply is low, and doctors won't change their worry about the potential long—term health risks. we know that the group that advises the government on drug misuse is in the middle of a review on steroids, but we don't know yet what it is going to say. conditions will turn milder into the

weekend in the run—up to new year. we have some slate, snow and ice to content within the next 2a hours. temperatures falling away at there. it has been a cold day and it will bea it has been a cold day and it will be a very cold night across most of the country. this weather system will introduce strong winds, heavy wind and snow. watch out for this snow and ice tomorrow morning in the areas i've mentioned. stay tuned to local radio and the weather forecast if you are heading up tomorrow morning. the snow will be quite widespread across wales, the north midlands, north england and across the pennines, where an amber warning has been issued. couple of

centimetres of snow to lower levels. ice will be a risk across the far north of scotland and into northern ireland as snow clears through. from the midlands south, it will be largely rain. there could be some wet snow or sleet to higher ground. widespread ice is likely. conditions improve. it will be very windy. most of this noble clearer way, becoming confined to scotland and the north of england, where father showers will bring further accumulations. some heavy showers, maybe thundery, in the south—west. the low pressure clears away and we see another area of low pressure moves through, this time across england and wales, bringing wet and windy weather. we will start off rather wet and great across central, northern and eastern parts on saturday morning. and it

will brighten up nicely, very windy with gales across the south, pushing into the south—west. less cold across the north. a few wintry showers across the hills of scotland. new year's eve will look like another sunshine and showers today. mild in the south, less cold across the north. there is an east— west split. is take care with the snow and ice tomorrow morning. —— ta ke snow and ice tomorrow morning. —— take care. this is bbc news. i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines at 6:00: ice and sub—zero temperatures cause treacherous driving conditions, as the coldest night of the year is predicted, with further snow to follow. hundreds spend the night at stansted airport after flights were cancelled or delayed. i think i've been awake 25 hours now. a murder investigation is launched after a woman's body is found

in a north london park — police say she may have died on christmas eve. 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. also this hour, finding mariusz. the social media campaign which reunited a £600 lost wage packet with its owner. we were just astounded by how quickly, how far, how wide reaching