this is bbc news i'm carol walker. the headlines at 8pm. the army has deployed specialist equipment to gatwick airport as the travel chaos, caused by drone activity, looks set to continue into tomorrow — the government is easing night—flying restrictions at other airports to help people get away. this is a commercial sized drone that is clearly being operated deliberately in a way that every time gatwick airport tries to reopen the runway, the drones reappear. so this is quite clearly a deliberate act. a sharp rise in the number homeless people dying in england and wales up by a quarter in the last five years. how hackers are stealing arsenal data from people playing fortnight will stop. and in half an hour, i will be looking back and at a momentous year for science when astronomers sent a probe to touch the sun. while back on earth, scientists warned that it would be now

or never to save the planet. let's review 2018, the year in science with me, pallab ghosh. the christmas getaway at gatwick airport has descended into chaos for tens of thousands of passengers — and tonight european air traffic control said the airport will be closed until at least tomorrow morning. flights have been grounded since a drone was spotted flying over the runway. there have been repeated sightings during the day. the government will temporarly relax restrictions on overnight flights at other london airports to help ease the congestion and the army is using specialist equipment to help police search for whoever is flying the drones. the police say it's not

terror related but is a deliberate act of disruption. the knock on effect of the delays could last several days. duncan kennedy reports from gatwick. .. these are unprecedented scenes at a major british airport. thousands of people grounded because of a drone. some people have been waiting up to 20 hours for flights to take off. holidays and travel plans ruined. helen and phil from croydon were supposed to be going to lanzarote on their honeymoon. a trip they've now abandoned. so this drone incident will be the end of your honeymoon? pretty much looks like it. at least we've got each other. gatwick‘s destination board was peppered with cancellation signs. accused of passengers waiting to depart stretch

for more than 100m hurdles the concourse. some people did make it onto the aeroplanes, only to be told they were not taking off. we advise against it, and you have our apologies... nicola and her partnerfrom london, spent eight hours on a plane with their 15—month—old daughter before being told it was cancelled. we didn't even get out the playing, they didn't letters out, we were stuck on the plane for eight hours. with their baby? with their baby and now we don't have any luggage and it has all our christmas presents in. we have heard stories of misery all day long here at gatwick. by the end of the day, 800 flights will have been cancelled or delayed, involving 100,000 passengers. police spent all day searching for the drone and its operator. this is a team of armed officers were seen near the perimeterfence. it's not clear if officers have

been given orders to shoot up the drone. we have filmed these police spotters on a roof, among dozens trying to locate the drone. each time we believe we get close to the operator, the drone disappears. when we look to reopen the airfield, the drone reappears. it is a deliberate act to disrupt gatwick airport. no british airport has seen a drone related shutdown like this. it began last night when the airport close. ——closed. but sam the runway reopened, only to be closed again 45 minutes later. there was another drone sighting at 7am this morning and one more around midday. my focus is on the passengers trying to provide them with as much welfare as we can, given the situation and working with the police to bring the drone down and get gatwick airport back open again so people can carry on with their christmas travel plans. glasgow was among other airports caught up in the spill—over effects of the gatwick chaos.

liverpool saw similar disruption with luton and southampton also having to step in. foreign flights, including those from paris were not spared. with many british travellers are trying to get home. now i know what was going on, everyone was very grumpy, hotand hungry and not knowing how they are getting home. 0riginally we didn't know what happened. tonight, the government announced the military would be stepping in to help the police at gatwick. sussex police have requested assistance and support from the armed forces and we will be deploying the armed forces to give them the help they need to be able to deal with the situation of the drones. at gatwick, the misery has continued all day for families like this family from kent. it was meant to be a surprise pre—christmas flight to lapland.

the children was untold until today. of course, it has all been cancelled. it would have been a really nice experience, but someone has had to go and spoil it for everyone. britain's second airport has been the target of this incident for 2h hours. a major, internationalflying hub brought to a standstill by a device no bigger than a dustbin lid. the transport secretary chris grayling has lifted restrictions on overnight flights in and out of london's airports in response to gatwick‘s closure. we're looking at a regular conversation with allies. 0ne we're looking at a regular conversation with allies. one of the things we are going to be doing is temporarily lift a bit night flight restrictions for the airports. so more place to get in and out of the country. that way to sort peoples

christmas is out. making sure that passengers can get out. making sure that passengers can get out. let's get an update on the situation from gatwick with the independent‘s travel editor, simon calder, who has spent the day at the airport. enqueue forjoining us. we have been hearing about the scale of the disruption —— thank you forjoining us. it seems like there may not be any flights leaving until tomorrow morning. that is not exactly a surprise. around about five o'clock today they said they will not run any flights at all today. the idea is that they want to get other ducks ina is that they want to get other ducks in a row. so hopefully all their flights to mark to go ahead. it is not going to be that easy. things are going to get worse before they get better because tomorrow, just about the busiest day of the year, of the winter, that mitty —— many of

britain's top airports do not have seat anywhere so the hundred thousand people is so that were disrupted, that has been happening since the last 12 hours by the way, are going to find that they are not going to be able to get anywhere. the people that were cancelled today, they go back to the queue effectively because if flights to resume tomorrow, there is something like normality, then there are the people who were booked on travel for friday will take priority over everybody else. they messy. a very grim scene. thank you very much. thank you very much. let's speak now to professor noel sharkey, emeritus professor of artificial intelligence and robotics at sheffield university, who has written a new report on the impact of drones. thank you very much indeed for

talking to us. people will be astonished that apparently one drum has continued to cost so much disruption for so long. —— drone, for so many flights. explain what is happening. i am quite astonished myself. it is because the drone is up myself. it is because the drone is up with the planes and the police cannot fight with that. the last say it must be but then not within one km ofair it must be but then not within one km of air pets, although pilots complained it should be five km because a plane landing will be bennies the 400 ceiling that use supposed to fly at. i am astonished because i cannot believe we are so ill—prepared for this, this seems so obvious to me. it seems obvious ten yea rs obvious to me. it seems obvious ten years ago. i am not a futurist, it is just clear that these devices can be followed by anyone anywhere and

we should have had preparations to bring them down. what gets me is that please have been floundering with this for two days now while people are waiting and they have not done a thing. what have —— what if this was a terrorist attack? which happens a lot with ices or whatever you want to call it. this shows a real vulnerability for our airports. i not ways of tracing the drones who is find them so the police could have been able to take out the drones, take out the people who are responsible for this? yes, and they should be able to do that. i do not understand why we do not have the technology, because no one has been thinking about it. people have been thinking about it. people have been thinking about it. people have been thinking about the economy and 42 billion drones will be about 22 billion drones will be about 22 billion and 2030, we see that debacle with the president well. but

the thing is, back as far as 2013, an amateur hacker worked out a way, hack into it, take control of it, and bring it down, the dutch police are using birds of prey and if you watch it, it is brilliant, it is on youtube. and you can see how it grabs one of these and then they ta ke grabs one of these and then they take it away. we have not been looking at any of these methods for saying going up for a drive past for a drone and dropping an answer on it. do you think that as a result of this incident, airports like gatwick airway will have to step up their protection against drones? is it possible for them to do that? yes it is. ijust spoke possible for them to do that? yes it is. i just spoke with some possible for them to do that? yes it is. ijust spoke with some of possible for them to do that? yes it is. i just spoke with some of the methods. bake about how much is spent on holding up lines of people we re spent on holding up lines of people were reading them about explosives

in their pockets and you have to get through all of this intense security and did be a great big hole in our security with somebody can fly in and you can land that they so when police arrived and it did that to need them. —— detonate them. it is just a bean bag or‘s belief, i'm quite annoyed by it. as i am sure as many of those passengers strapped at gatwick airway tonight. thank you so much indeed forjoining us. there's a dramatic rise in the number of homeless people who have died in england and wales over the past 5 years. the office for national statistics estimates that almost 600 homeless people died in england and wales in the last 12 months alone. that's nearly a quarter more than five years ago. london and north—west england have the highest proportion of deaths.

it's the first time the scale of deaths among the homeless have been revealed, more than 2,600 in england and wales over the last five years. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. we give thanks for all the lives of those named, and those whose names we do not know. at a recent vigil in manchester, a small group gathered to remember those who died in the city and elsewhere while homeless. hundreds of lives that ended early, talents wasted. stephan tomkins was a very bright young man who went to university and got a masters degree. daniel was a very talented footballer, went through manchester city's footballing academy. at this charity in stockport, they've long remembered those who died without a place to call home. drug addiction, alcohol misuse and suicide among the most common causes of death. this year i've been to five or six funerals, and i don't like to remember people by going to their funeral. it's obviously respectful to do that

but i'd like to remember people how they were before they died and the times we spent with them here. among the regular visitors to the charity is mark urmston. the last thing i said was i wished him dead, which i regret. he had an argument with his brother, luke, and was rough sleeping. the 31—year—old had a drug addiction to spice. two months ago he died. he was asleep in like an alleyway on a bench or something with a blanket. someone thought he was just sleeping but he was actually dead. rough sleeping is the most visible and dangerous form of homelessness. it has risen rapidly since 2010, often caused by rising rent or problems getting help with mental health or addiction support. men are most likely to die homeless, but women are just as frightened. we do not need night shelters, we need a hostel, a place where we can stop carrying when we put in the night shelters, in the morning you are told to go out. you have to walk in the cold.

and with your bags, and people stigmatise you as being homeless and you feel homeless. this is how they are trying to prevent rough sleepers in nottingham from dying. most mornings outreach workers and a qualified nurse will offer anything from bandages to taking blood samples. what sort of conditions do you come across typically? lots of chest infections, lots of respiratory problems, but there's also really chronic long—term health conditions that you see on the street. homeless people typically die in their early to mid 40s. chris has pancreatic cancer. do you worry about dying out here? yes, i do. i've got children and stuff and the thing is i haven't seen my parents for like 18 years. ministers say they are spending more than £1 billion tackling all forms of homelessness,

aiming to reduce a problem that blights nation. we are nowjoined by salvation army'sjohn clifton. he runs a winter night shelter for people who are homeless. thank you for coming in to talk to us. some of those figures are shocking. why do you think that has been an increase in the number of homeless people dying?m been an increase in the number of homeless people dying? it seems to me the number of people dying on the street is due to the fact that there are more people on the street that there have been and particularly the last five or eight years. as shalt set that was based in the southern church and elford, we are seeing an increasing amount of people who are needing to use the service. in alford alone, we have seen ten people died which is hard for us the process because they are our friends, people who stayed in the u psta i rs friends, people who stayed in the upstairs hall of our church, worship with us on a sunday, spent time with

us, to come to the conclusion and see that they died on a bed of concrete is difficult for us to process. these are all individuals who have fallen on hard times for different reasons, what do you think is the underlying cause of this increase in the number of people and homelessness? one of the days that is consistent is pretty much every person who experiences homelessness is the breakdown of their relationship. we expect this date to be able to set and are the community to set in with something like that happens, but it seems to me that these days the safety net that we expect to be better, to capture us, the holes in bell's nets are getting bigger and bigger and people like the salvation army and ourselves are doing our best to fill those gaps, but the gaps are so big now, shown by the number of people were dying, that we cannot meet every need but we are doing our best. so the

government has announced this new strategy, £100 million to try to tackle homelessness, the government pledged to try to eradicate the problem by 2027. do you think that the government that's what the government is doing is enough? £100 million might sound like a lot, but when you spread it across a number of local authorities, it it goes really quickly. you just got no chance of stopping the bleeding is like putting a band—aid on it. money is good, it is a start, but it is not enough. just very briefly, what would you say to people who do see someone homeless on the streets and are very concerned about them? what do you advise them to do? there is a number called street link, an organisation in initiative where you can callan organisation in initiative where you can call an outreach worker to find that person, there is an app that

people can download which sends all that information off and if people can have a look online that that has the best place to start. thank you for joining the best place to start. thank you forjoining us. sport now...and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's azi farni. arsenal say they have identified an image of the person who threw a bottle at dele alli in tottenham's league cup quarter—final win at the emirates last night. the gunners say they're embarrased by the incident and are now working with the metroplitan police to apprehend the culprit. they go on to say they "are not responsible for the actions of one individual, but send our apologies to dele alli and everyone at tottenham hotspur for this incident." the spurs boss mauricio pochettino had this to say about dele's reaction to it, earlier this afternoon... it is so clear, he is so clear, with the process like us, we are growing

and learning, they feel his situation that when i think that, i hate this action, i know they're going to take the responsibility and fix the problem, but of course, he is fantastic. fix the problem, but of course, he is fantastic. meanwhile, arsenal and spurs have been fined 45 thousand and 50 thousand pounds respectively after both clubs admitted an fa charge of failing to control their players. they clashed during arsenal's 4—2 premier league victory over spurs earlier this month. afterjose mourinho's sacking earlier this week... 0le gunnar solskjaer has taken training at manchester united today in his first day at work as their interim manager. the former club hero has been appointed until the end of the season and met executive vice—chairman ed woodward shortly after his arrival. he also held a team meeting with the players before beginning training. formula 3 driver sophia floersch says she didn't realise just how bad her 170 mile an hour crash was at

the macau grand prix until she saw it back. the 18 year old suffered a fractured spine when her carflew through the air before smashing into a fence last month. the german has told us she is still hoping to become the first female formula 1 world champion. i remember everything from the crash. it felt different for me because i did not, it was happening so fast, so it does not look right at all. it was horrible. i had broken bones, one part of the bone went where the nerds go, it is a miracle. that is why i am happy that iam miracle. that is why i am happy that i am normal. miracle. that is why i am happy that iam normal. for miracle. that is why i am happy that i am normal. for me, miracle. that is why i am happy that iam normal. for me, it miracle. that is why i am happy that i am normal. for me, it isjust to be happy and to continue to see positive. england's bronte law set a new record for

the lalla aicha tour school with a 26—under total for five rounds in marrakesh. bronte, who isjust 23, set another new ladies european tour record with nine consecutive birdies in round three and secured a one—shot victory. sweden's linnea strom was second after a final round of 66. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. the video game fortnite has recently launched its seventh season and now boasts more than 200 million players. but a bbc investigation has found hackers exploiting that popularity by selling details of players' private accounts in a thriving online marketplace. hackers as young as 14 are able to earn thousands of pounds a week, and the uk's national crime agency is asking the maker of fortnite to do more to stop it. 0ur cyber security reporter joe tidy has more. since fortnite exploded onto the gaming scene, its estimated to have made more than £1 billion.

most of that has come from in—app purchases, as players scramble to update their free accounts with the latest accessories. and that's what makes these accounts both valuable and a target for hackers. they're stealing them in huge numbers and selling them online to an ever—growing and hungry marketplace, and all over social media victims are venting their frustration. this british hacker was 14 when he got into it. he started off after being hacked himself. he says he is mainly a middleman now, selling on cracked accounts. he knows he's breaking the law and says he wants to stop soon. this is how it works. crackers buy huge lists of usernames and passwords that have been stolen from previous data breaches. they use a tool to import them

into the fortnite login in bulk. when they get inside an account, they take it over. at this cyber security competition, young hackers are encouraged to put their skills to the test. 0rganisers say getting talented youngsters on a positive path is proving difficult. it's the ones that are carrying on that haven't been identified who are perhaps not given this opportunity, who are lured and tempted by a quick buck and get taken down this path. how good are you at fortnite? this prolific cracker agreed to talk. ah, that good. but only if we met in—game. ah, that good. he told me he knows what he's doing is illegal and even admits to using his skills to carry out more serious cybercrime. there's a whole thing around no skins, they call it.

the national crime agency says authorities around the world are watching them and this is a serious offence. for instance, just the compromise of a fortnite account could come under section one of the computer misuse act which is up to two years in prison. the nca wants games makers to do more to inform their communities that their activity is illegal. epic, the company behind fortnite, hasn't commented on our investigation but the game maker says it's working to improve security. it also encourages and rewards players who take steps to increase account protection. with the new season of the game freshly launched, even more players will be signing up, and the hackers will continue to make a killing. we are nowjoined by technology website kotaku uk's news editor: laura dale. thank you very much for talking to

us. it seems that these are young players of this game who have found a way of actually hacking the details of other players and defrauding them of money. indeed. this is a situation you are going to see more and more as time goes on. children are growing up more and more tech savvy, and we have seen cou ntless more tech savvy, and we have seen countless times people's personal information get leaks countless times people's personal information get lea ks by countless times people's personal information get leaks by websites, like facebook with their 50 million accou nts like facebook with their 50 million accounts details were released earlier this year, while this information is out there, it is going to be tempting for children who do not have a source of income and if they have the technical know—how to do so. and if they have the technical know-how to do so. shut and the fortnite website be doing more to crack down on this? i do not think the makers of fortnite is a problem.

this epic was able to crack down or stop the accounts, those people will use the list of stolen passwords and find a different target to go to. the big issue, is people using their passwords on multiple accounts with the same e—mail, and people not setting up to the angst of identification of two biggest ways to protecting get things online. if you do not protect, if you do not switch or passwords between the websites, if you do not add an extra layer of security, these people are going to continue to hack your account, it will not be fortnight, it will be some other way. so what can people do when they feel like their account has been hacked or if they feel like their accounts have been hacked by other players? the problem is once you've built like your account has been hacked, or what your account has been hacked, there is little you can do. you can

usually give your phone number to a website and if someone attempts to log into your account, you will get texted a code and with that code that only exist on your phone, no one can get into your account. what thatis one can get into your account. what that is a great way to stop people from getting in and the first place, the thing is if you do not set up that second layer of security and they hack into your account, they will give the website their phone numberand at will give the website their phone number and at that point, there is nothing you can do because they got that second layer of security on your account. you cannot get back into access. what's the national crime agency are onto this. this is going to be a big worry —— crime agency are onto this. this is going to be a big worry -- the national crime agency is on to this comment this is going to be a big worry for parents with their children and worrying about the enjoyment of the game.|j children and worrying about the enjoyment of the game. i think the thing that parents need to know is no matter how little or how much

they know about technology, if you are putting money into any product or technology, that has value and people will go for it. the only place that i just think you need people will go for it. the only place that ijust think you need to talk to your children and were to use information across different websites. if your child does not have a phone, use your phone so you can get the confirmation to your phone. make sure you insist to your children, digital good to have value and you need to go out of your way to protect them because there are people out there who get access to your online valuables. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. we have seen widespread showers today. though showers will be replaced by general brain. you can see the look of cloud that's racing

across the atlantic. this is going to bring a change to wetter weather and overnight. given that the weather has been very wet. this could bring some low clouds, and moving into northern england and northern ireland as well. there'll be some clue spells and some patch of frost on the countryside to wake up of frost on the countryside to wake up with on friday. friday, this area will clear out very quickly, bright quys will clear out very quickly, bright guys follow what southern wales. there'll be lots of cloud hanging around northern england and northern ireland, perhaps northern scotland bringing in some showers. top temperatures up to 14 degrees, to which is close to normal across the