this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 11: a suicide bombing in the afghan capital, kabul, has killed at least a0 people. so—called islamic state say they were behind the attack. this is the building where the explosion happened and you can see the building has been almost completely destroyed. more than 80 people were injured. there were women and children among the casualties. weather experts say they're expecting further disruption in many parts of the uk because of ice and heavy snow tonight. detectives investigating the murder of a 22—year—old woman found dead in a north london park, say she was stabbed and suffered a head injury. also this hour — finding mariusz. the social media campaign which helped to reunite a christmas wage packet with its owner.

files revealing that margaret thatcher once spurned good evening. a suicide bombing in the afghan capital, kabul, has claimed the lives of at least a0 people and injured more than 80 others, with women and children among the casualties. the islamic state group say they carried out the attack, which targeted a cultural organisation and news agency in the western part of the capital. in recent months, so—called islamic state has attacked many shia muslim targets in this area of kabul, where the majority of the city's shia population lives. our correspondent in kabul, zia shahreya, has just sent this report. 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. the suicide bomber apparently has entered through that way, inside this hall, where the seminar was happening, and the hall was full of people, students, male and female, from different universities in kabul. translation: i saw many dead in the area, i was looking for my cousin but could not find his body. i'm not sure what happened to him. the number of dead people has increased. after the explosion, ambulances took the injured to the hospitals nearby. 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. back in the area, to the west of the capital, where the bomb went off, armed guards patrol. 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. the president's spokesman called the attack "an unpardonable crime against humanity" and pledged

to destroy terrorist groups. weather experts say they're expecting further disruption in many parts of the uk because of ice and heavy snow tonight. the aa said conditions for many drivers today were appalling, while passengers who were stuck at stansted last night have complained about the airport's response to the weather, as our correspondent anisa kadri reports. 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 out your flight‘s now not just delayed, it's cancelled. more than 12 hours after sarah's flight to stockholm was meant to take off from stansted, sarah was still here, and will now fly tomorrow. i only found out literally, i think it was three hours after my flight was supposed to leave, that it was cancelled. and there was no boards to tell us that it was delayed or anything so it was just literally like going backwards and forwards

between the one person who was there, kind of thing. ijust ended up lining up for like 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. you only need to head to social media to get an idea of the frustration some people here felt last night. one person tweeted it was a shambles, another posted a picture of people sleeping on seats. stansted airport says it's cleared the backlog of stranded passengers and things are returning to normal. but they say there still could be delays because of the weather. and the weather's been causing problems elsewhere, too. in the cairngorms, three climbers had to be rescued after getting lost in blizzard conditions. the rescue took five hours. the wintry weather is not going away, as we are being told to make sure our vehicles are safe for the road. check your tyres, make sure you've got some good tread and they're well inflated, that should keep you safe on the road, because they keep

you gripped to the road, after all. and pack accordingly, so have your own winter breakdown kit with plenty of spare warm and dry clothing, a flask, some snacks, a shovel, and certainly a fully charged mobile phone. today in inverness, people were enjoying the snow, but there's more on the way for scotland and the met office is warning that tonight could be the coldest night of the year. a woman who was found dead in an outbuilding in finsbury park, in north london, has been named by police. officers say 22—year—old iuliana tudos died as a result of a stab wound and a head injury. it's thought she was killed on christmas eve. our correspondent tolu adeoye is at finsbury park. flowers a nd flowers and cards had been left here outside finsbury park for 22—year—old iuliana tudos, his body

was discovered here yesterday afternoon. iuliana tudos was reported missing on the 24th of december but was only yesterday at around 430 that a member of the public found the body inside and outbuilding, next to the sports pitch, here in finsbury park. police and the london ambulance service we re and the london ambulance service were called, but she has been pronounced dead at the scene. his rupa has been open today, but we have seen a significant portion cordoned off. police are keen to speak to anyone who may have seen anything suspicious over the holiday period. they say they are trying to piece together a timeline of events and work out a motive of this attack, so they are appealing for anyone who has seen anything to come forward. a 44—year—old man accused of stabbing a woman to death in a supermarket in skipton has appeared in court. neville hord appeared at leeds crown court and spoke only to confirm his details. he's charged with the murder of 30—year—old jodie wilsher, who was attacked at the aldi store where she was working.

our correspondent cathy killick was at leeds crown court. neville hord appeared in the court, flanked by two security guards. he remained impassive throughout the 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 wilsher, who was attacked while working at the aldi supermarket in skipton on december 21. there was no application for bail, neville hord was remanded in custody until the case reconvenes at ra dford custody until the case reconvenes at radford crown court onjanuary 26. —— bradford crown court. two men have been charged with terrorism offences following an investigation led by counter terrorism police in the north east. a 22—year—old man from sheffield and a 31—year—old man from chesterfield have been charged in relation to preparing an act of terrorism. the two men will appear

at westminster magistrates court tomorrow. they were among four men arrested on 19 december in derbyshire and south yorkshire. the former footballer, george weah, has won the liberian presidential election. mr weah played for a string of football clubs, including ac milan and chelsea. he entered politics after his retirement in 2002 and will succeed ellenjohnson sirleaf, africa's first elected female president. the tech company apple apologised to its customers tonight, after it admitted slowing down older iphones in order to protect their phones. apple said it would never intentionally shorten the life of any apple product, and it said it would offer replacement batteries at a discounted price. the british medical team is flying to bangladesh to help rohingya

refugees from myanmar. they will spend eight weeks challenging diphtheria in the camps. 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 that there are loads of children involved, that 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, the medics will be working in tough conditions. diphtheria has been spreading rapidly, up to 160 new cases of the disease are reported every day. it will be tough, a0 of us going out in its first tranche of deployment, more people may come later. we will be working with other organisations, it will not just a0 of us trying to provide the response. this is the uk response, it is one of the fastest, because of the critical nature of the emergency and the speed at which the disease can pass from person to person, 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. every year, thousands of planning permissions are granted for new homes, but the properties

are not actually built. there are currently 68a,000 valid permissions that haven't yet been put into effect. the chancellor philip hammond has set up an urgent review to understand the reasons. so in the midst of an acute housing shortage, why is the process of building much—needed new homes proving to be so cumbersome? sophie long has been to clacton in essex to try to find out. clacton—on—sea. like many towns across the country, they need to build hundreds of houses here to provide homes for those that don't have them — in a way that is sympathetic to those that do. well, this is a site that got planning permission two years ago for 300 homes, but as you can see, nothing is being built yet... one problem is that developers are not building on land where permission has been granted. the loophole they found here is that they can land bank, they can get permission on land with no intention of developing at any time soon, get

the permission, put it in the bank, go onto the next site, get permission for that one. the developers say they find that accusation staggering, that they would be building here now but this is a textbook example of local planning issues stopping housebuilders from building the homes that the country needs. "we have", they say, "been thwarted by over two years of council bureaucracy, very poor decision—making and planning red tape." building is happening, but not on the scale needed to solve the housing crisis. developers say they are not the ones dragging theirfeet. overall, the system is just too cumbersome, there are too many things that get put through the planning system that don't need to go through the planning system. that means that once you've got an initial consent, you still need to do a lot of work before you can get on site and start development. nearly everyone agrees there's a housing crisis and more homes need to be built. the question is how and where?

unblocking the problems in the planning process has now become a national priority. a couple of miles along the coast is jaywick sands. developers don't want to build here. it is the most deprived place in england. transport links are poor, and unemployment is high. but the need for new housing is clear. there's a lot of houses what's empty, what could be done up for people who ain't got housing and everything. the council says it's now taking the lead, and community activists are hopeful that change is ahead. we've been talking about this for about four or five years, but nothing has happened. my view is everybody should have a decent place to live in, you know, the social housing has got to happen, council housing is there as part of it, everybody wants that social housing, and starter housing, stuff like that. the problem is that local authorities and developers have different priorities. but the need to find common ground and get more new homes built quickly

now has a new sense of urgency. the headlines on bbc news: a suicide bombing in the afghan capital kabul has killed at least a0 people. so—called islamic state say they were behind the attack. weather experts say they're expecting further disruption in many parts of the uk because of ice and heavy snow tonight. detectives investigating the murder of a 22—year—old woman found dead in a north london park say she was stabbed and suffered a head injury. sport now, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre here's james. less than 15 minutes now until the resumption of play on the fourth day of the fourth ashes test in melbourne. alastair cook will return to the crease in melbourne on 2aa not out.

it's a double century that's given england the upper hand in the fourth ashes test, and a chance to restore some much needed pride. the tourists are a91—9. that's a first innings lead of 16a. there's still, though, plenty of work for england to do. it is all about, you know, trying to put ina it is all about, you know, trying to put in a good performance as a team. we have been banging on for three games, it was level, on the fourth day we struggled. it is the same with the other two test matches. it has been even stevens and australia has been even stevens and australia has taken it away from us. we have another opportunity tomorrow to come back with a good lead and try to put some pressure on the australian batters. arsenal have won 3—2 away at crystal palace in this evening's premier league match. arsenal dominated for large periods of the match, and always looked the likely winners, but once again their defence creaked when under pressure. jim lumsden watched the match. as manchester city speed towards the title there appeared two courses

left, getting into europe and not getting relegated. as usual, arsenal are in contention for the former. palace prize from the bottom of the table by roy hodgson. for the best pa rt table by roy hodgson. for the best part of the first half the gunners patiently passed the ball around and they will push ahead. they have been making a habit of coming from behind to win. early in the second half, as the arsenal defence stood, townsend stood back. arsene wenger‘s side was not used to losing, having only done so once in the last six. alexis sanchez regained the lead for his side. the third was even easier, a delightful pass from jack wilshire. james tomkins pulled one back. arsenal got the points and palace is a rocky resurgence which will be further tested on sunday by manchester city. crystal palace have made some results at home in the final

minutes. overall we were comfortable at 3-1, minutes. overall we were comfortable at 3—1, but not at all at 3—2. i believe overall we played a good game. we scored goals again today. but a bit nervous in the end. i thought we were every bit as dangerous and have as many chances as they had, perhaps more. but we we re as they had, perhaps more. but we were not clinical enough, unfortunately, to take this chance of coming accept that we have lost again tonight against a very good team, it seemed that every 90 minutes probably deserved to win the game. phil ‘the power‘ taylor has breezed into the quarter—finals of the pdc world championship with a a—0 victory over keegan brown. the 16—time world champion is playing in his farewell event and made light work of the 201a world youth champion, dispatching him with a 106 check out to the approval of the ally pally crowd. he will play former champion gary anderson in the last eight. tayla avoided being on the wrong

side of an upset. the fifth seed, from austria, he has been knocked out. he was beaten by the world youth champion from belgium. he was in brilliant form. he plays rock cross in the last eight. the bbc understands that a heavyweight unification fight between anthony joshua and joseph parker is close to being confirmed. joshua is seeking to add the wbo crown to his other titles. the main stumbling block until now has been how the revenue will be split. parker was demanding a0%, they comprise appears to have been reached and will see the new zealander take between 30% and 35%. and that is the sport for now. thank you very much. let us look at the front pages of the morning newspapers. the times reports that the best—paid family doctors can earn up to £700,000 a year.

the telegraph reports that the minister for the constitution has accused jeremy corbyn of trying to rig the next election by planning to block proposed reforms to constituency boundaries. the i leads with a suggestion that drunk revellers should be treated in ‘drunk tanks' rather than our hospitals. the guardian leads with an mp's warning that social media giants could face sanctions if they continue to stonewall parliament over russian interference in the brexit vote. the daily mail's front page covers a study suggesting britain has a growing problem with addiction to prescription drugs. the financial times says worldwide merger and acquisitions surpassed $3 trillion this year. the mirror is launching a campaign to end charges in hospital carparks. and the sun reports that uk supermarkets will start selling bacon that doesn't have harmful added nitrates. nhs hospitals in england made a

record in the last financial year. the figures, obtained through a freedom of information request, showed more than half of hospital trusts also charged for at least some of their disabled bays. our correspondent phil mackie has the story. a hospital visit can be upsetting, even traumatic, and that's before you pay for your parking ticket. nhs hospitals in england made over £17a million in fees last year. that's a rise of 6% on the year before. and nearly £1 million came from fines, which was an increase of 32%. the hospital trust which make the most money was the heart of england, which runs three hospitals in sutton coldfield, solihull, and here in birmingham. last year its income from car parking was £a.8 million. it's shocking actually, because i come quite a lot with my son and the amount we have to pay, it's really bad. i don't mind paying a small fee but i've had occasions where i've spent £20 in one day. it's the hassle of visiting hospital on a regular basis, it's just another hassle.

no—one from the heart of england trust was available today but they have given a statement saying they know that parking costs can be a financial burden to patients and visitors. they say that fees have come down in the past year and the money they make is reinvested in, among other things, utility bills and the maintenance of car parks. fees have already been largely abolished in scotland and wales and campaigners think it is time they were listed elsewhere, too. you might have to make 50 trips to hospital if you are receiving cancer treatment. sometimes you need to be there all day which means you might have to pay £25 or £30 just to cover the cost of your chemotherapy on that particular day. so it has a really big effect on people. today's figures will only raise pressure to cap or end charges in the future. the uk is on course for its greenest year ever in electricity generation, according to figures from national grid. thirteen 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. the number of alleged sexual assaults committed by taxi or private hire drivers has risen by a fifth in three years. according to the guardian, at least 337 assaults were reported between april 2016 and march 2017 in england and wales — up from 282 in 201a to 15. the figures were obtained from 23 police forces. the gmb union is calling for a national database to stop drivers who are banned in one area getting a licence elsewhere. we know there are definitive issues where people may work for one local authority, they lose their licence,

we have heard anecdotal evidence of people moving from birmingham over to wolverhampton, as an example. it is not right in any situation. i talked about the public transport figures, i think they were 650 up to. i want to add one other small point. i do not want to get away from these figures. on a regular daily basis, private hire and taxi drivers were assaulted verbally and physically throughout the united kingdom. it is rare that they were reported or taken by the police as well. the immense power of social media was once again in evidence this christmas time, when a welder from south—west london left his christmas wage packet in a local pub — the alexandra in wimbledon. more than a million people responded to an online appeal and identified mariusz so that the pay packet could be returned yesterday, six days after he lost it. our correspondent chi chi izundu takes up the story. this is the story of a welder,

a pub, and lost wage packet. last thursday, after a few hundred people had been here at the alexandra pub celebrating their christmas parties, at the end of the night a small brown envelopes stuffed with cash was spotted on the floor. the only reason i realised it was a wage packet was because i used to get paid in a similar packet when i first came to the country. all they had was the name mariusz and £600. the landlord and his wife posted a picture on social media which is reposted by authorjk rowling and then hundreds of thousands around the world joined in the search. we did not find him straightaway and a couple of celebrities retweeted it and it went bonkers. my phone was like a fridge buzzing! we were getting messages from all over the world, so much interest trying to find this guy, people contacting asking if we found them? from canada and america and australia, everywhere.

and then what happened? lo and behold, yesterday, he walked in the door and said hello, i'm mariusz and i believe you've got my money! it was like the biggest anti—climax in history, he just wandered in! he said, i think you've got my money. mariusz explained he took out his phone to take pictures of his christmas party and that is probably when his wage slip fell from his pocket and under this chair, and he did not notice until about a day later. he had not seen the social media posts, it was his son who alerted him to them and he may have kept the loss quiet from his wife to have, as he called it, a stress—free christmas! he came in yesterday and got it. in a show of gratitude, he gave nobby a generous tip. 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. keep on going. you will get there in the end. now it's time for the weather. i should be standing to attention if iamon i should be standing to attention if i am on duty. there you are. it has been a half decent date across parts of the british isles. it looked that glorious around the huddersfield area. however, and there has to be a bus, we are a bit concerned, to say the very least. the met office as an amber warning about for the amount of snow that will fall in that neck of snow that will fall in that neck of the words, as we push moisture from the atlantic into an already called atmosphere. i am about to show you how cold it will go. the

headlines saying —13, that is over the snowfields, not downtown glasgow, lying across the british isles. —a in glasgow. cold enough for snow. that will be the issue. even ahead of is no bands we will see a significant problem with ice on untreated services. on low levels we will start accumulating this note just in time for the morning commute —— the snow. there are a loss of warnings around this neck of the woods. very much across the high ground of northern england you could be looking at 15 centimetres of snow, before it works its way off into the north sea. further south, transient snow for a time. the concern in the south will be the moisture rawling on cold surfaces. ice could be a problem. there is movement. by about lunchtime many areas in the south will be into sunny spells and showers with some issues further north, still because

the wraparound of this top end of the wraparound of this top end of the weather fronts comes into the north of england, southern scotland, to reinforce the snow into the afternoon. a lot of ice bath in the south, friday into saturday, the run is the south—west. forget about the cold weather. the issue in the southern parts of britain is gone with regard to wintry weather. it is 12- 13 with regard to wintry weather. it is 12— 13 degrees. the northern portion of this weather front does reinforce the snowfall, particularly on the higher ground. there might be somewhat wintering is to lower levels. look at the averages. well up, especially across southern britain. we keep that going for new year's eve. that is sunday. new year's eve. that is sunday. new year's eve. that is sunday. new year's eve. it is a mixture of sunny spells and a showers. come the evening, we keep hold of the showers. the breeze noticeable. further south 5—8, adding the strength of the wind. you will need

layers and something to keep you going through to the midnight