this is bbc news, i'm joanna gosling. the headlines at 11... britain's most senior police officer says a no—deal brexit would potentially put the public at risk. we would hope that we will have is not as possible, the instruments recu rre ntly not as possible, the instruments recurrently have something very similaras recurrently have something very similar as quickly as possible in order to be able to keep our public safe. an increase in hospital parking charges — new data suggests four in ten nhs hospitals in england put up their fees in the last year. in an effort to reduce the use of plastic — the government says the price of a 5p carrier bag in england will double. black and minority workers in britain lose £3.2 billion a year in an ethnic pay gap — according to a new report a british cruise ship entertainer is missing after going overboard on christmas day. 2018 and the uk has seen months of

extreme weather. join us from cumbria in the next hour to cvs and it had all in the the rule year. double—mac —— in the the rural year. britain's most senior police officer, cressida dick, has said a no—deal brexit would potentially put the public at risk. speaking to the bbc‘s today programme on radio 4, the metropolitan police commissioner said the force, which is the country's largest and has responsibility for the national counter—terrorism unit, has been making contingency plans. we were very closely with our european colleagues through a variety of legal instruments at the moment. if we can out without

immediately obvious replacements for those instruments, that will undoubtedly mean the half to work incredibly hard on a bilateral basis of countries to try and get to a place some kind of way. talking to colleagues. are you doing a no deal safety net unit reported in the guardian? we set up an eu coordination unit, absolutely, which is to help local forces understand how to work most effectively throughout europe at we exit the european union under circumstances. we would hope that we will have about as much as possible the instruments we currently have or something very similar as quickly as possible in order to keep our country possible in order to keep our cou ntry safe possible in order to keep our country safe at the same course. the consequences of having those things as we will be less safe? it is that

we will have to replace them and if there was a no deal scenario, that would be difficult in the short—term, replace the things we currently have seen. we will do that as effectively as he can which will be more costly undoubtedly and slower as well but it will definitely put the public at risk. but i understand this is one of many things that those politicians who are deciding what to do next have to think about. you have time in the time remaining to do enough bilateral deals to make those replaces proper? we can talk about how they might happen but of course whilst so much is unknown, nothing can be put in place and it would be improper to do so but they can talk with our colleagues and i and my senior colleagues are doing that at all times. more than a third of nhs hospitals in england have raised

the cost of parking over the past year, with some patients and staff now paying double the price. several trusts have defended the higher costs, saying some or all of the money went back into patient care or maintaining car parks. car park charges have been abolished in wales and most of scotland, but still remain in england and northern ireland. our correspondentjohn donnison has been looking at the figures. paying to park at hospitals is a bugbear of both patients, visitors and staff. the press association gathered data from 124 nhs trusts across england. 43% of them admitted prices had gone up over the past year, for visitors or staff or both. the most expensive was royal surrey county hospital in guildford, charging £4 for a stay of just one hour. airedale nhs foundation trust in yorkshire saw the cost of a 2k hour stay more than double to £8. analysis of data published by nhs digital in october shows that nhs trusts made more than £226 million last year from parking including penalty fines. the royal college of nursing said its members were being overcharged for doing theirjobs.

a department of health spokesperson said the government had been very clear that patients, their families, and hard—working staff should not be subject to unfair parking charges. those charges have been abolished in wales and most of scotland. labour has pledged to get rid of them in england as well. john donnison, bbc news. the 5p cost for single—use plastic carrier bags in england will be doubled to 10p, and will extend to all shops, under plans set out by the environment secretary. the change is contained in a government consultation aimed at further reducing the plastic used by consumers and could come into effect in january 2020. smaller retailers, who are exempt from the current levy, supply an estimated 3.6 billion single—use bags annually. black and ethnic minority workers

are paid 3.2 billion pounds less than their white counterparts each year, according to the think tank the resolution foundation, which focuses on people on lower incomes. it analysed data from 100,000 people over ten years. the government says it's already consulting on plans to force companies to reveal their ethnicity pay gap. claire lomas has more details. this report puts the focus on the uk's 1.9 million black, indian and pakistani employees. it looks at two things, pay gaps and what it calls pay penalties. the former is when black and ethnic minority workers get paid less than their white, male counterparts because of things like being in lower skilled jobs or having a poorer quality education. the resolution foundation says even after taking all of those into account, black, indian, pakistani and bangladeshi workers still face shortfalls.

their research found the worst affected group was black male graduates who were being paid an average of £3.90 less per hour than their white peers. among female graduates, black women faced the biggest gap, £1.62 an hour less than their white colleagues. pakistani and bangladeshi men were the worst hit among non—graduates, earning on average £1.91 per hour less. the think tank wants the government to build on the gender pay gaps it's already made firms publish earlier this year by doing the same with pay according to ethnic background. at the moment only 3% of employers voluntarily publish their ethnic pay gaps. itn, one of the companies that did so, found that its black and white ethnic minority employees are paid 21% less per hour than white co—workers. ministers say they are consulting employers on this very idea. claire lomas, bbc news. a search is taking place for a british cruise ship entertainer, who went overboard in the caribbean on christmas day. the us coastguard was alerted after 20—year—old arron huff failed

to turn up for his shift on "harmony of the seas" where he'd been performing in a musical. monika plaha reports. it's one of the world's largest cruise ships, longer than the eiffel tower, with the ability to carry 8000 passengers. one of them was 20—year—old dance and musical theatre graduate arron hough, who was working on board the harmony of the seas before he went missing on christmas day. injuly, arron‘s talent agency tweeted that he would be joining the cast of grease: the musical. harmony of the seas is currently sailing on a seven night itinerary, which departed from florida last sunday. the ship was 267 miles north—west of aguadilla, puerto rico, at the time arron went overboard and is due to call at haiti before returning back to florida. a spokesperson for the ship's operator, the royal caribbean, said that after a review of the ship's camera footage arron

was seen entering an area on deck five at around 4am and wasn't seen again. they say their team is providing support for arron‘s family and friends through this difficult time. the harmony of the seas will complete its scheduled itinerary as the us coastguard continues to lead the search. the foreign office say they are providing assistance to arron‘s family. monika plaha, bbc news. a man has died following an explosion at a house in hampshire. the emergency services were called to the property in andover in the early hours of this morning. a number of neighbouring properties have been evacuated. an investigation into the cause of the blast is under way. as far as we know there was an explosion at a roundabout to 30 am this morning. the sad news of the body of a man has been recovered from the wreckage and at the moment

binding isa from the wreckage and at the moment binding is a very big emergency services presence. we've seen a fire services presence. we've seen a fire services area ladder, a lot of people here from the gas distribution company s gn. there is a smell of gas here at the moment but you can see just behind my shoulder the entire end of a three story terraced properties here has been completely destroyed. we have just been round the other side and there is a rather strange sight of a bath hanging out at the side of a property with no wall there. we know a lot of the neighbouring properties have been evacuated, small clusters of neighbours speaking to emergency services this morning and a joint investigation under way between the police and the fire service. everyone wanting to know exactly what has caused this tragedy coming as it does between christmas and new year. a lot of unanswered questions

at the moment but what we do know is that has been an bug a major explosion here and investigation is ongoing. nine migrants have been found on the shore in folkestone — after crossing the channel in a small boat overnight. the bbc understands another four migrants have been picked up by the border force this morning from a small boat off the coast of dover. there's been a sharp rise in the number of migrants trying to cross from france since october. police are investigating after a double decker bus crashed into a house in south london. the 118 bus travelling between morden and brixton collided into the building on streatham vale late last night. three people have been treated for minor injuries. police say no—one has been arrested, but roads in the area remain closed as they investigate the circumstances behind the crash. all flights near the volcano, that triggered the tsunami in indonesia last week, have been rerouted, as it continues to spew lava. authorities in indonesia have raised the alert level at mount anak krakatoa, after a series of further eruptions. the tsunami on saturday hit the islands of sumatra and java, killing at least 430 people. hundreds more remain missing.

this morning, the country's disaster management agency said a three mile exclusion zone had been imposed. our indonesia editor rebecca henschke reports from jakarta. authorities are watching this volcano very closely because they believe underwater volcanic activity, a landslide at anak krakatau, which sits in the sunda strait, caused that deadly tsunami which killed more than 400 people. the volcano is still erupting, sending clouds of ash metres into the air. they are particularly monitoring the tremors. because of that, they have raised it to the second highest level. they have also expanded the exclusion zone to five kilometres. helicopters are evacuating communities in islands outside of that exclusion zone and also telling people on land on both sides of the strait in sumatra and java to stay well away from the beach due to fears that perhaps there could be another tsunami as this volcanic activity appears to be increasing. they have also directed all flights to avoid this area. of course volcanic ash is very dangerous for aeroplanes.

and this is a busy flight path between the two main islands of indonesia, so planes are being told to stay well away from this area. relief effort is now getting into some of the communities onjava closest to the volcano. the areat of sunda was cut off because of damage done to bridges and roads and aid is now getting into that community there which was very badly hit by the tsunami. there has been bad weather and a lot of rain in the area making it even more difficult for those who have lost their homes and are now living in evacuation centres, in mosques and town halls. other people are having to leave from these islands that are dotted in the sunda strait, and also there is concern about animals as well. this is a world heritage area, at the bottom of java, the only place in the world

where you will find the last remaining java rhinos. rangers there are also worried about them. rebecca henschke reporting. at least 20 people have been hurt in italy where an earthquake has hit the area around mount etna in sicily. several buildings were damaged by the quake, which measured a four—point—eight magnitude, and struck in the early hours of the morning. it was the most powerful since the volcano erupted on monday. the defence secretary, gavin williamson, has said he has "grave concerns" about the chinese technology firm h—waa—way, being involved in upgrading the uk's mobile network. —— huawei being involved in upgrading

the uk's mobile network. australia, new zealand and the us have all restricted the use of huawei technology in new 5g networks because of security fears. mr williamson told the times newspaper it was something the government would have to look at "very closely". president trump and the first lady have arrived back in the us after their unannounced christmas visit to troops in iraq air force one landed in the last hour in maryland. it was the president's first visit to the region — where he defended his decision to withdraw us forces from syria and confirmed that he has no plans to pull out of iraq. the trip came days after defence secretaryjim mattis quit over divisions about strategy in the region. the headlines on bbc news... britain's most senior police officer says a no—deal brexit would potentially put the public at risk. new data suggests four in ten nhs hospitals in england have increased parking charges in the last year. in an effort to reduce the use of plastic, the government says the price of a single use carrier bag in england will double from sp to 10p. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly.

good morning. hello. well, this morning we're reflecting on a bit of a shift in the premier league. another big win for liverpool over newcastle and that defeat for manchester city to leicester, means jurgen klopp's men stretch their lead at the top by six points while it's tottenham who move into second as pep guardiola's side drop to third. austin halewood rounds up the best of the action. and there goes the final whistle. a christmas to forget for pep guardiola. some had begun to think it was impossible, but the second defeat for manchester city in five days has thrown the premier league wide open. the champions had plenty of chances at leicester, but there can often be magic in the air at the king power. it's come out as far as ricardo, and what a hit! a goal that dropped city down to third, and with liverpool still undefeated, a turning point in the season? we played man city still in... what is it? eight days, a week?

so, if i will be at man city, i would think it was only four. so that means absolutely nothing. so liverpool aren't getting ahead of themselves, but when your defenders start doing this, things are going pretty well. a missile from dejan lovren lifting liverpool even further above manchester city. a four—goal demolition of newcastle means they are now firmly the team to beat, seven points ahead of the champions. but a new contender is emerging down south, tottenham thrashing bournemouth 5—0. 11 goals in just four days for spurs, another ruthless display taking them into second. while talk of the top four may still be premature, smiles were finally back at old trafford. ole gunnar solskjaer managing his first home game, and just seven days into the job, the turnaround has been nothing short of remarkable. and then pogba! already the celebrations becoming familiar, his side playing with the talent they had all along.

paul pogba apparently happy once again. finally, at old trafford, things could be starting to look up. austin halewood, bbc news. elsewhere everton thumped burnley 5—1 at turf moor. brighton and arsenal played out a one all draw and chelsea won 2—1 at watford to move two points clear of the gunners in fourth. the games at fulham and crystal palace both ended in draws. napoli head coach carlo ancelotti has revealed they tried to have their league game against inter milan suspended because of alleged racist chanting. the former chelsea manager says they asked three times for the game to be stopped at the san siro yesterday due to the abuse aimed at his defender kalidou koulibaly, who was sent off with nine minutes to go. he said the senegalese player was put on edge by the crowd's behaviour during their 1—0 defeat. translation: the state of mind of

one player was affected by racism and that is very bad. we are doing a campaign on this and i think eve ryo ne campaign on this and i think everyone is involved, the federation, referee. we would like to know how many times we have to complain before a match will be halted. next time, if they will not a nswer halted. next time, if they will not answer ours, we all stopped been out ourselves. —— we all stop mee ourselves. to cricket now. and india have the upper hand after the second day of their third test against australia in melbourne. a 170—run stand between cheteshwar pujara and captain virat kohli put the tourists into a dominant position, while rohit sharma made 63 as india declared on a43 for seven. the tourists then had six overs before stumps. australia's openers held on and they were eight without loss at the close. trent boults stunning burst of six wickets in 15 balls helped new zealand dismiss sri lanka for 104 on day 2 of their second test in chrischurch.

he ripped through sri lanks‘a batting order inside a0 minutes. at the close, new zealand were 231 for 2 in their second innings — a lead of 305 runs. that's all the sport for now. schools in england are being told to eliminate unnecessary plastic, with carrier bags, straws and food containers set to be replaced with sustainable alternatives.the education secretary, damian hinds has asked for increased communication between schools and suppliers about the plastic packaging of milk cartons and other day—to—day essentials. this is throwaway britain. 2018 has seen many people try to cut down on their use of plastics but will it continue next year? the education secretary has said he wants schools to try to stop using single—use plastics by 2022. that means cutting down on items

like plastic bags, straws, bottles and food packaging. it's been inspired by one primary school in devon who have swapped cling film for foil in their kitchens, have milk delivered in recyclable containers, and they've reduced the use of straws by using washable bea kers instead. each year, more than 8 million tons of plastic enter the sea. the majority of man—made plastics are not biodegradable, meaning they will not rot, and not all plastics can be recycled. but some academics have warned that we need to be careful about what we replace plastics with. glass or metal containers are heavier which means that more energy is needed to transport them and that can lead to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions. the new year may be a new start but the fight against how to clean up our planet continues. joanna jaworska, bbc news.

a us explorer has become the first man to cross antarctica alone and unassisted. 33—year—old colin o'brady finished a race across the ice in 53 days, beating british army captain louis rudd. kim gittleson has more. newsreel: antarctica is the new land of opportunity. go south, young man, go south. for over 100 years antarctica's inhospitable landscape has both repelled and attracted, luring adventurers who want to conquer the seemingly unconquerable. colin o'brady‘s antarcticjourney began on 3rd november, when he was dropped off by helicopter at the edge of the ronne ice shelf. it was the start of a nearly 900 mile or 1600 kilometre trek across the waste of the continent. his was a race against another adventurer, the british explorer louis rudd, who was embarking on the trek in honour of his friend, henry worsley, who died in his solo attempt in 2016. rudd and o'brady progressed through extreme conditions,

unaided by kites or by drops of food and fuel. to stay in touch, mr o'brady documented his journey on his instagram account, where he showed off the black tape he wore on his face to stave off frostbite, and the heavy sled filled with provisions that he dragged for 12 hours each day. in an incredible feat, mr o'brady completed the last 80 miles, or 130 kilometres, of his trek by travelling for 32 hours straight, arriving at the ross ice shelf and accomplishing what he said was an impossible first. kim gittleson, bbc news. a frenchman has set off to cross the atlantic in a barrel—shaped orange capsule, propelled only by ocean currents. jean—jacques savin, who's 71, left el hierro in spain's canary islands and hopes to reach the caribbean in as little as three months. he will drop markers along the way to help oceanographers study atlantic currents. we're spending more and more time

in front of our mobile devices. the exposure to bright screens can make our eyes tired and our vision blurry. but a series of eye exercises — also known as eye yoga — is thought to help relax and strengthen our digitally—strained eyes. but does it really work? sodaba haidaire has been to class in eye yoga to see for herself. you keep it closed until you... this is one of the many ideas again lessons being taught today. they generate energy and, i is to block the light getting through helps ease eyestra i n. the light getting through helps ease eyestrain. in between the eyebrows. —— eye yoga has existed for a century and is teaching in the same

way as on the forms of yoga. eye y°93 way as on the forms of yoga. eye yoga was studied in india. i've come to the class because, as a journalist, i spent hours in front ofa tv journalist, i spent hours in front of a tv screen and i want to know if eye yoga can help relax mate digitally tired eyes. some of my stu d e nts digitally tired eyes. some of my students suffer from problems that track some students suffer from problems, somejust track some students suffer from problems, some just want a break. track some students suffer from problems, somejust want a break. my vision is very clear and i have to practice, everything seems much more focused. it is notjust my eyes. the delay fun and relaxation in my upper shoulders which tend to be cancelled because i stand a lot of time... that made it half the world's population will need glasses 12050 because of screens. can eye yoga help improve vision brought your eye problems? it is more than anything focused issues, far—sighted, anything like this. these can be

corrected. according to regular science, once you get these kinds of issues, you cannot reverse them but in the eye yoga system, they say you can. some students say it helps improve eyesight but there was no scientific evidence to prove this so i'm going to see an eye expert to ask about eye yoga from a medical point of view. they cannot correct refractive errors, so the need of glasses for a distance of reading, there is no way you can anatomically change the shape or function of your ria by performing an exercise. change the shape or function of your ria by performing an exercisem eye yoga was an alternative to curing or correcting eye problems, i don't have to look elsewhere for a career but while eye yoga doesn't do that, it certainly helps. olivia colman, dominic west

and lily collins — just some of the big name actors starring in the bbc‘s new adaptation of les miserables. not one of them is singing in it. the six—part drama leaves the songs from the musical to one side and, as john maguire has been finding out, the series goes back to basics and explores the story of love and revolution. action. taking les miserables from the page, and there are almost 1500 of them, to the screen requires a huge number of people. it starts with the writer. andrew davies' cv includes house of cards, pride and prejudice and war and peace. now he's recreating les mis. i've kind of got a taste for these great big books now. so, on set in brussels, is he nervous about watching his words come to life? yes, you can get a bit anxious hoping that they'll get it right. in fact, you're really hoping they'll do more than that, that they'll do something better than you even imagined, and a lot of the time that is happening here. the clothes help to tell the story. it is a costume drama, after all, and i'm shown items that are created

new and then distressed to make them look old and worn by relentlessly tough lives. it needs hours. it really needs a long time to get this kind of texture into it. i think they've done an amazing job. it's beautiful. much of this new adaptation has been filmed in belgium. from high—society paris to toulon prison, the locations help to transport the audience to the france of two centuries ago. so with the story, the script, the actors, the director, and vitally the costumes all in place, it comes time to choose the locations. what about this place? an original napoleonic jail. it's atmospheric and it's certainly quite spooky. of course, hair and make—up play a tra nsformative role. not a bad match at all. there you go. that's transformed you straightaway into a dandy. it didn't take much, did it? here you go. we reckon you are the most famous

movie make—up artist in the world. why? because of that picture of you with aidan turner. that one? yeah, but i always get cut out of that, don't i? we've used facial hair quite a lot in this to show class distinction. beards are used more for beggars and the prisoners have often got lots of journeys. the icing on the cake is costume. i've just tacked that on but it's something like what you would get, like that. very dignified. so from the beards to the barricades, les miserables is set to blow you away. john maguire, bbc news, belgium. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. this morning has been fairly cloudy

with mist and fog around as well, there will still be a lot of cloud and real season brighter breaks across north—east schools, north east england and southern england. for the rest of us, still a lot of cloud of the times you will see glimmers of brightness and sunshine. temperatures machine and 9—11dc. through the evening and night, a fair bit of cloud around, then some fog patches and a weather front coming into the west will introduce thicker cloud and also some rain. no problems with frost, though, with temperatures like these. tomorrow i...we temperatures like these. tomorrow i... we start off with this weather front across scotland, not much more than a land of cloud by the odd bit of drizzle and it will brighten up across scotland, northern england and northern ireland. the temperature range roundabout 11—13dc search above