this is bbc news. the headlines at nine. rescue workers continue the search for survivors of the tsunami in indonesia. more than 280 people are now known to have died. there are fears the death toll could rise, with warnings of more deadly waves triggered by volcanic eruptions. respect and understanding — the queen uses her christmas speech to deliver a message of goodwill to all. delays on the roads and disruption for rail passengers is expected as people head home for the festive period. chris evans bids a festive farewell to listeners as he hosts his final radio 2 breakfast show. and in half an hour i will be looking back on a momentous year for the royalfamily, looking back on a momentous year for the royal family, including looking back on a momentous year for the royalfamily, including a memorable royal wedding. that's review 2018: the royal year, with me, daniela relph. good morning and welcome to bbc

news. indonesia's disaster agency now say at least 281 people were killed, and more than 50 are still missing, following the volcanic eruption and tsunami that swept through sunda strait on saturday. thousands of people who live on the islands of java and sumatra have been forced to evacuate to higher ground as the tsunami hit coastal areas. in the last few hours, there have been more eruptions from the anak krakatau volcano, fuelling fears of another tsunami. caroline rigby reports. homeless, exhausted, frightened. like so many others in the region, trying to come to terms with this devastating tsunami. translation: i'm afraid. i'm really

afraid. i've not gone home in the la st two afraid. i've not gone home in the last two days. with the dawn of a new day in indonesia, the scale of the destruction becomes clearer. hundreds of buildings have been heavily damaged, many homes com pletely heavily damaged, many homes completely destroyed. 0fficials heavily damaged, many homes completely destroyed. officials in one of the worst affected areas say most of the victims were indonesian holiday—makers. among those who flocked to the region at this time of year. police have now begun the grim task of trying to identify the bodies. translation: the number of dead is increasing. we are still using facial identification while faces can still be recognised. hospital workers say they are struggling to cope with the huge numbers of injured people, and with many still missing, rescue workers have stepped up missing, rescue workers have stepped up their search for survivors. all too aware that the threat from the nearby anak kra katau too aware that the threat from the nearby anak krakatau volcano remains. spewing ash and smoke, it

continues to erupt, and with fears that could trigger further tsunamis, residents are being warned to stay away from the beaches. caroline rigby, bbc news. the bbc‘s indonesia editor rebecca henschke is in carita, a district of villages in the banten province that has been hit by the tsunami and sent us this update. villas like this one here in carita are built right on the ocean, and they didn't stand a chance. when the huge waves hit. this, the state of the swimming pool. it would have been packed at this time of year with holiday—makers for this season. 0ver with holiday—makers for this season. over here, rescue workers, the military, teams from the national disaster agency, are clearing up some of the rubble smashing through the concrete and the met there to clear it away to begin what will be a slow rebuilding process. 0ver clear it away to begin what will be a slow rebuilding process. over here you can see the remains of the villa

and cars that were parked here at the time smashed together. heavy building equipment has now arrived in the area to help people with the clearing up. phone and power lines are being restored today to this area as part of the recovery effort. the president visited and promised that this area will be rebuilt. people are being told to stay away from this area if they don't have to be here, but along the coast, people have come back to these ruins of buildings and homes so they can take with them anything of worth that is still in reasonable condition. rebecca henschke, bbc news, carita. we can now speak to kathy mueller, from the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies — she is in palu in indonesia this morning. good morning. what is the latest on

the rescue and relief operation? it's a big operation. there is a wide area of land that has been impacted by this tsunami, basically the entire west coast of java has been impacted. there are a lot of areas that have still not been reached. we have just areas that have still not been reached. we havejust heard areas that have still not been reached. we have just heard from our teams on the ground with the indonesian red cross that they have been alerted to a community of about 800 people who are stuck, and they have not received any kind of aid since the tsunami struck, so the teams are on their way now. they are bringing basic needs, things like bla nkets bringing basic needs, things like blankets and tarpaulins and clean water to be able to drink, along with some volunteers who are trained in first with some volunteers who are trained infirstaid with some volunteers who are trained in first aid to be able to treat anyone who is injured, so these are the sort of things that we are coming up against. it is a wide area that needs to be reached, and it's going to take some time before every area is touched. what of further

tsunami warnings. how do they hamper what you are trying to do? we go about our work. we do have obviously an obligation and a duty to make sure that the people who have survived this tsunami are well looked after, and that their basic needs, the immediate needs, are met. we also have to make sure that if there is a chance that anybody is underneath that rubble and can be saved, that we are doing our utmost to reach them and bring them to safety as quickly as possible. of course, we always have it in the back of our minds. we are quite aware of the different warnings that have gone out. we know that there are high wave warnings for at least the next couple of days. our crews are very much cognisant of that, and the indonesian red cross has been doing quite a good job in terms of training its own responders. just a couple of months ago in this exact area where the tsunami struck, the indonesian red cross was conducting

simulation exercises where they were going through what happens before a tsunami, during and after. and not only doing simulations but also getting into the communities themselves and raising awareness about tsunamis, so that the communities are also better prepared. these trained volunteers are now responding on the ground to help people cope in the aftermath of this disaster. you talked a moment ago about the possibility of people still being trapped under the rubble. so for you this is still very much potentially a rescue operation? of course. we have heard from other disasters in the past, miracles where people have survived weeks in the rubble of an earthquake ora tsunamifor weeks in the rubble of an earthquake or a tsunami for that matter. people can survive quite a long time without food. as long as they have water, they have a better chance of surviving, and it is the rainy season surviving, and it is the rainy season so there is always a possibility that if someone is trapped, the rain is trickling through and they are able to take

the rain drops of water that are coming through, and then of course we do have the teams, and we are not alone, we are working alongside the government's responders to try and reach anyone who may still be trapped. thank you very much for coming on. the queen will urge people to treat each other with respect, during her annual christmas message which will be broadcast tomorrow. the comments, which have been released by buckingham palace, are likely to be seen as an attempt by the monarch to calm the debate over brexit. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. throughout her reign, the queen has always been notably cautious whenever it has come to making a comment which could be construed as an observation about the political debate. but with the nation divided over brexit, it would be strange if the head of state, in her one personal message of the year, did not make some attempt to address people's concerns. her christmas message was recorded earlier this month at buckingham palace, when the brexit debate in parliament was at its height. in the broadcast, she will say this. the context of those

remarks isn't clear from what buckingham palace has released. it may be doubted whether the queen has said anything explicit about brexit. but it's clear that the palace is hoping these few words, and a reference to the need for the christmas spirit of goodwill to be heeded, will be construed as an attempt by the monarch to soothe the brexit debate. theresa may has written a letter, published in the daily express, urging people to put aside their differences over leaving the eu, and to focus instead on what they can achieve together. in a separate christmas message to british servicemen and women, the prime minister praises the work done after the novichok attack in salisbury and their role in fighting international terrorism. in his christmas message, the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, praises the compassion of those who help the homeless and refugees. drivers are being warned

of delays on the roads today as half of all motorists are expected to make christmas journeys. meanwhile thousands of rail passengers travelling over the christmas period will face disruption because of planned engineering work. navteljohal is at london euston with the latest. what the picture as we speak? well, julian, throughout the morning we have seen used in getting steadily busy. there are a number of passengers now behind me. this is where you would come if you wanted to get the west coast main line up to get the west coast main line up to birmingham, manchester or scotland, but there will be a reduced service running here today, no trains tomorrow or boxing day. so if you wanted to go from here to manchester, your last option is 7:45pm. if you missed that, it is a two under half day wait until your next one. this is still better than the situation at london paddington

where there will be no trains going from there today, tomorrow or boxing day, bad news for great western ra hway day, bad news for great western rahway passengers trying to get to south wales or the south west. there is no gap to express, that is due to major improvement work. but one of the worst affected lines has to be east anglia into london liverpool street. there are no trains running on that line until the 2nd of january, so if you are coming in from colchester, norwich or ipswich you face a long journey, around an hour or so longer, then you would normally expect, plus there is that term that nobody likes, rail replacement bus service, that will be running as part of thatjourney as well. so why is all of this work happening? 330 engineering works in total, also including work on east midlands trains line services, liverpool lime street has a reduced service, and also disruption on

virgin trains in north wales as well, so the picture is pretty widespread across the country. thank you very much. let's compare that with the roads. pete williams — rac breakdown spokespersonjoins us from our studio in bristol. how the roads looking? it is certainly hotting up. many people seem to have got on the roads quite early. places like london, the m25, are incredibly busy, but up in the north, leeds and bradford, the temperature has plummeted, and we are seeing high volumes of traffic and quite a few people running into trouble. but overall, we are expecting around 2.5 million additional vehicles on the road today as people make those important leisure trips to see loved ones for christmas. does it help that christmas. does it help that christmas eve falls on monday this year? i think it has. we anticipated over 20 million leisure trips as people headed off for the festivities, and that has spread

right from last wednesday, thursday was very busy, friday incredibly busy, but it has spread that volume of traffic, which is obviously mixing with all the normal commuting traffic and all those last—minute shoppers causing local congestion problems around shopping centres. you are the breakdown spokesperson, soi you are the breakdown spokesperson, so i ought to call upon the particular expertise. if somebody does run into trouble, what is the best advice? we are advising people to carry out really simple checks on their vehicle, have a look at your oil, coolant, your tyres, the pressure and the tread depth, to make sure you have got good quality screen wash that will work down to quite low temperatures, maybe —15 degrees. but also packs of extra essentials. most people are travelling with lots of clothes, but have some warm clothes, some boots or stout shoes in case you have to get out of your vehicle, and make sure your mobile phone is fully charged. we are busy, but we've got

additional patrols out on the road to help our members in case they run into trouble. thank you very much indeed, pete williams in bristol. sussex police has defended its handling of what appear to have been drones flying over gatwick last week, which brought the airport to a standstill. it says the information which led to the arrest of two people, who were later released, came from an independent source and that other lines of inquiry are being pursued. andy moore sent this update from gatwick, where police say they've found a damaged drone. the working assumption is that this may well be the drone that was seen by so many people over gatwick. so there is a forensic examination of that drone. that means checking it forfingerprints or dna. a parallel digital investigation — is there any electronic evidence of when and where it was flown? and meanwhile, the couple from crawley, nearby crawley, who were arrested, they have been released without charge. police say they are no longer being treated as suspects. the airport here has been working at full tilt, almost as normal, trying to catch up on that backlog of flights from

a couple of days ago. police say they are interviewing 67 people who said they saw that drone. that includes police officers, ground staff here at gatwick, members of the public. they say that, despite that weight of evidence, they have to keep an open mind. they say there is a possibility, just a possibility, that there may not have been any drones over gatwick in the first place. the headlines on bbc news: rescue workers continue the search for survivors of the tsunami in indonesia , more than 280 people are now known to have died. respect and understanding — the queen uses her christmas speech to deliver a message of goodwill to all. delays on the roads and disruption for rail passengers is expected as people head home for the festive period. christians and tourists from around

the world are gathering in the biblical town of bethlehem to celebrate and remember the meaning of christmas. let's go live to outside the church of nativity — which is traditionally thought to be the birthplace ofjesus christ. 0ur middle east correspondent, yolande knell is there. give us a sense of the numbers and what is expected to happen. numbers arejust what is expected to happen. numbers are just starting to build what is expected to happen. numbers arejust starting to build up now. you have got a good mixture of local palestinians and also foreign visitors here as the christmas carols bigender play. we have had already palestinians scout bands marching by. they are getting ready for the big procession injust a short time from now. that is when church leaders will arrive from jerusalem into bethlehem, and the scouts will escort them into manger

square, they will be met here by local dignitaries. that is all ahead of midnight mass, which happens later. according to the palestinian tourist industry, this has been a really great year for tourism. there have been a record number of visitors coming to bethlehem. 0ften hear tourism is very badly affected by the ongoing conflict. when i was here just last year, president trump had announced that he was recognising jerusalem as the is really capital, —— the israeli capital, and that angered the palestinians who want jerusalem capital, and that angered the palestinians who wantjerusalem is the capital of their promised state, that led to an rest, so a lot of parties one year ago were cancelled. this year the message that is coming from the palestinian president and other officials right down to people on the street is that this must be a

time for celebration, with thousands of people expected to come, and they say it must be a happy christmas this year. those tourism numbers may surprise people. if people from abroad have wanted to go there, how difficult a process has it been for them? people who come in the main will be coming through israel's tel aviv airport, and they have been enjoying record tourism numbers there. they have opened up new air routes to different parts of the world. that is bringing an even greater variety of people, and most people who enter israel as tourists are christians, and many of them will inevitably want to come to bethlehem to visit the nativity church, even if they are coming just for a few hours for that visit. that has had such a knock—on effect here, ican has had such a knock—on effect here, i can tell you that what they are thinking about doing now is to introduce a new app for people to register and book a place inside the

nativity church so that they can go down to visit the grotto, that exact spot where it is believed thatjesus was born, because some people have been waiting literally four hours to go down there in recent times, because of the number of visitors being so high coming here. thank you very much, yolande knell, our middle east correspondent in bethlehem. the so—called "super saturday" before christmas saw an incremental boost in shoppers — according to the retail experts — but with just a few shopping hours left until christmas — is your fridge fully stocked or are you a last—minute dasher? sean farrington is in a supermarket in penarth. in the last—minute food shoppers are out in force here todayjust outside cardiff, but the big question for retailers the supermarkets across the is, is what happened on the high street over the last few days, where there has been disappointing numbers hitting the shops, going to feed through to our food shopping as well, or will that spending hold—up?

we can have a chat to a couple of people now about this. diane and tom are here. diane, you look at the number of people who are hitting the retail parks, the high street, around the country. how has it been in the last few days? better than it has been, footfall has definitely increased in the last week, and it peaked on saturday, which was a surprise because we would have expected it to peak on friday. clearly people were waiting until the last—minute try to pick up bargains, so it has got better but still lower than last year. is it just know every single year, or does this feel particularly worse?m just know every single year, or does this feel particularly worse? it is lower every single year because clearly footfall is dropping because of the presence of online, and we are spending more on line, although that still only represents 20% of our spending store. but the degree of drop we are seeing this year is much more severe than we saw last year. tom, when it comes to food prices, what has been pushing the

prices, what has been pushing the price of turkeys up? really it is the feed, the cost of the feed to feed the turkeys has gone up, because of the weather we have had in 2018. we had the beast from the east in the spring, so crops will slow growing, and then when they did start growing, they suffered the heatwave in the summer, so yields we re heatwave in the summer, so yields were down, so there is less food around to feed, so it has pushed the price up. have you seen consumers over the year, whether it is turkeys or other means, change their habits at all? i think in terms of lamb sales, people are looking to buy food that is more convenient, they don't want to buy a joint so much, they want to buy food that is easy to cook, quick when they come in from work, they don't want to spend there are half at the cooker, they wa nt there are half at the cooker, they want to put it in the oven and be donein want to put it in the oven and be done in half an hour and do something else. that is interesting about how people are shopping at what they are shopping. does that play through into the non—food shopping as well? absolutely, that

is why online has grown, the convenience of being able to sit at home and buy what you want to buy, but you don't get the experience of going into a store, and that is what shoppers are after, particularly at christmas. but they have to deliver what shoppers want in terms of experience. it is a big one for supermarkets today. we will find out over the next few weeks how well they have been doing. we know it has been tough on the high street, but still people out doing last—minute shopping. thank you very much. chris evans is bidding a festive farewell to listeners as he hosts his final radio 2 breakfast show this morning. he's stepping down after almost 9 years presenting europe's most popular radio show, and will be replaced by zoe ball in the new year. 0ur entertainment correspondent, colin paterson reports. after eight years, this is it. no more good morning chris club, kids get a fanfare, or who's on the phone? it is the last chris evans breakfast show on radio 2. at its peak, almost 10 million people tuned in every week,

after he defied predictions and actually managed to surpass sir terry wogan's audiences. in september he quit, saying he wanted a new challenge, in a career which has included the big breakfast, tfi friday, and top gear, if only for one series. the bbc director general said he believed chris evans's departure was influenced by the bbc being forced to publish stars' salaries. last year he was the top of that list, earning more than £2 million. this is not the end of him on the bbc. last week, it was confirmed on the one show that he will be signing up to be a contestant on next year's strictly come dancing. i've said yes, i've said yes. my wife would like to go every week. this means that when he appears on it takes two, chris evans will be interviewed by the person taking overfrom him on radio 2, zoe ball — an appointment he gave his blessing.

i think she's a fantastic pick, the best person for the job. and chris will be going head—to—head with zoe when he starts his new virgin radio breakfast show on the 21st of january. i have that heady cocktail of excitement and sadness. definitely up for strictly? yes, yes. and with moira stuartjoining classic fm, sara cox on drivetime, and lauren laverne starting on 6music breakfast, the new year really does herald a new era in radio. colin paterson, bbc news. chris evans, who is broadcasting until 9.30 this morning, has been thanking the programme's listeners and producers over the years. so, alli so, all i really want to say is thank you. thank you for everything. thank you to the bbc for supporting me and interestingly with one of their precious microphones for the last 13 years, but allowing me to grow every minute of every day i have been on the air, whether it be live from glastonbury as we

mentioned before, live from the beaches of northern france for the commemoration of the normandy landings, or having a blast in the middle of one of our regular friday shows, the mayhem with all the usual attendant nonsense that they involve, the mature and magnificent guest, all that amazing music, right here in sir terry ‘s all studio, studio six c here at woburn house in london. thanks to everyone who has assisted in the show, in the production of the show, and the content production of the show, and the co nte nt i production of the show, and the content i have been gifted in the last eight years. chris evans saying thank you and farewell on capital radio 2. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king if you are travelling or heading out and about, it will be mostly dry. there is also some lingering fog. high pressure is the reason for the settled weather, but within that you

notice we have this weather front which is quite weak but bringing some outbreaks of rain and drizzle towards south west wales and the south—west of england. lingering fog across northern ireland, parts of north—west england, maybe even the midlands as well, but for the midlands, east anglia, up into the north of england, scotland and much of northern ireland it will be brighter this afternoon. temperatures generally 3—6 degrees, but quite mild the south west, temperatures at 11 or 12 degrees. through this evening, fog forming fairly quickly across east anglia, lincolnshire and up towards eastern parts of yorkshire. with clearer skies in the north—east, there will be some frost around through tonight, but you notice that behind this warm front it is milder across northern ireland, wales on the south—west. that takes us into christmas day. there will be some patchy frost in the north and east, fog around as well, but for most of us fog around as well, but for most of us it is dry, with some patchy drizzle across western areas. that

is where we will have the thickest cloud, west of scotland, northern ireland, west wales south west. a few brighter spells developing in the south—east and the north—east of scotland, the vast majority of us, though, having a dry day on christmas day, and temperatures getting up to about six to 11 or 12 degrees, so certainly no snow. going into boxing day, high—pressure still with us, the weather front skirting around, that will bring some thicker cloud, outbreaks of rain in the north—west of scotland on boxing day, and elsewhere another dry one, so if you are travelling or going for a christmas walk, it will be fine, a lot of cloud, some sunshine across southern areas of england during the afternoon, and those temperatures again up to around 11 or even 12 celsius. for the rest of the week, high—pressure sticking around, so it is mostly fine, patchy frost, getting a bit fog during the mornings. some sunshine, particularly across scotland over the end of the week, and for many of

us the end of the week, and for many of us it is quite cloudy, and temperatures around 7—9 celsius. hgppy temperatures around 7—9 celsius. happy christmas. hello, this is bbc news with julian worricker. the headlines... rescue teams are trying to reach remote parts of the indonesian coast, where it's feared there are more victims of a deadly tsunami. officials say more than 280 people have died. there are warnings that eruptions at the volcanic island of anak krakatoa could trigger further deadly waves. the queen will use her christmas message to urge people to treat one another with respect — even if they harbour strongly opposing views. delays on the roads and disruption for rail passengers is expected as people head home for the festive period. chris evans bids a festive farewell to listeners as he hosts his final radio 2 breakfast show. now on bbc news, from harry and meghan's wedding to prince charles' 70th birthday,

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