this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 3.00 — three british tourists, including a child, have died after their vehicle crashed while crossing a bridge in southern iceland. four others are critically injured. an increase in hospital parking charges — new data suggests four in ten nhs hospitals in england put up their fees in the last year. my friend's mum is dying. i've been in to drop some stuff off. and it's just cost me three quid. 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 as much as possible of the instruments we currently have, or something very similar, as quickly as possible in order to be able to keep our public safe. the price of a single—use carrier bag in england will double to ten pence in an effort to save plastic. the defence secretary voices grave concerns about the chinese firm huawei's involvement in upgrading the uk's mobile network. the search continues for the british cruise ship

entertainer who's missing after going overboard on christmas day. and in half an hour, as we look back at the bbc‘s 100 women season, we have a special interview with the united nations‘ deputy secretary general amina mohammed three british tourists, including a child, have died after their vehicle crashed while crossing a bridge in iceland. four other people in the four—wheel drive have been taken to hospital with critical injuries. the car crashed through a barrier on a single—lane bridge and fell eight metres onto a river bank. i've been speaking to adolf erlingsson, a tour operator, who was one of the first people at the scene. it happened in the south of iceland, along a main road.

it is by a river, about half an hour east of the town on the map. this is a one track bridge, and it crashed through the railings? yes, very strange, but the driver must have lost control of the car and went through the railings, and crashed down onto the bank, which is kind of sandy, there is no river, so it was not submerged in water or anything, just landed there on a sandy bottom and flipped over. it was totally destroyed. i don't know how soon after it happened you got there, but there was obviously some sort of rescue operation to get those out who had been injured.

just before i arrived at the scene, i was overtaken by a police car with flashing blue lights, high—speed, and there were two police cars when i got there. i got out of my van and went to see if i could help. there were just two police officers and me to begin with. we were trying to assess the situation, find out who was alive and who we could help, and so on, and try to get people out of the car. very difficult, and i appreciate you talking about it now, it only happened a few hours ago. how difficult was it to get the people out? how far down from the bridge was it where it came to rest? the fall from the bridge i'd estimate is something like five or

six metres. so about 15 or 20 feet. the car was a total wreck. when i got there, four people were out of the car, one of them deceased, and then there were three people trapped in the car. i think two of them were deceased, the driver was alive, and trapped more or less under the dashboard. i could not see his face, but we were trying to get the people out of the car and help them. it was a very difficult situation. we understand that we're talking about seven british people. were they able to talk? did you talk to any of them? yes, outside of the car, there was one adult and two children, semiconscious. i talked a little bit to the adult, and then i tried to talk a bit to the driver

and calm him down. as i say, he was trapped inside the car, i was trying to tell him to save his energy and try to be patient, we would try to get him out of there. and he gave you no indication as to what had happened, why the car had come off the road? no. is this a popular tourist area? oh, yes, this is the most popular tourist area. this road leads to, amongst other things, the glacial lagoon where i am right now. and my guess is they were on their way here. this is the most popular destination on the south coast, so probably they were on their way here. a horrible thing for you to see, and clearly you did everything you could for those that were still alive.

yes, of course. we just did what we could, and then more rescue people came, and when i had been there for about half an hour, there were enough rescue people and professionals there, so i left at that stage. but then they were starting to cut the car up and try to get the driver out. we had turned the car over a bit, soon after i arrived, we had a winch and we used it to sort of lift it up little bit to alleviate the pressure on the driver and try to get him out. and they were just continuing with that work when i left. and presumably an incident like

this, everyone in the area will be in shock. of course. on the road is now closed and has been since the accident, and will be presumably for accident, and will be presumably for a couple of hours more. i know they had two helicopters flying in to ta ke had two helicopters flying in to take people to hospital. the first news was that four people had died, but then they connected it to three, fortu nately. but then they connected it to three, fortunately. but yes, it was a horrible sight to come and see the wreckage and the people there. anybody is that we will bring you.

some are more breaking news from kent police, a woman has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of two young children. that is all we have had so far. a woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the deaths of two young children in margate. again, any more on that we will bring it straight to you. you are watching bbc news. 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. earlier i spoke to our news correspondent duncan kennedy. this is an incredibly divisive issue. this is the main hospital in guildford, where it will cost you in a minimum of £4 to park your car here.

the hospital says it is not one that has raised its prices this year, it says its money goes to front line services like nursing. but many other hospitals have raised prices, in fact, four in ten of them in england. hospitals are saying they need the bulk of this money to pay for front line services, but many members of the public we have spoken to do not agree. hospital car parks, a place for health or wealth? that is the question posed by today's figures showing many hospitals have raised their prices over the last year. this one in guildford tops the list in england, one of dozens of hospitals who made a total of over £226 million from parking fees. the hospital here says the money goes to front—line care and maintenance for all of the car parks, but what about visitors? what do you think about the parking charges here? they are expensive, but like everywhere else, you have to pay it. the system is complicated and you don't come here through choice. you know this is the most expensive hospital that there is in terms of parking?

yes, typical surrey, really. the press association gathered data from 124 nhs trusts across england. 43% of hospitals admitted prices have gone up over the past year for visitors or staff or both. the royal surrey county hospital is already charging for a stay of one hour, making it the most expensive in england. the airedale nhs foundation trust in west yorkshire saw the cost of a 24—hour stay more than double to £8, something locals have strong views about. i think it's atrocious. i have been in to... my friend's mum is dying, i have been in to drop some stuff off, and it's cost me three quid. it does work out expensive — it could be £10 per day. are the charges fair? i don't think so. they should be free, because people turning up

to the car parks cannot necessarily afford it. the department of health today said it is very clear that patients, their families and hard—working staff should not be subject to unfair parking charges. the charges have been abolished in most of wales and scotland but they remain in england bringing an additional pain that many people that come into hospital would rather do without. as i said, this hospital like many others did not raise prices this year. they say the fees they did raise paid for the equivalent of something like 40 full—time nurses. they also say they have to maintain the car parks, and that also costs money. but i think really, there are three main objections from the public on all of this. first of all, hospital car parking is expensive. secondly, the public simply do not have a choice,

if they are coming to make a visit, they have pretty much got to bring their car. and thirdly, there is this moral objection, the idea that you can link health and the paying for car parking. many people find that particularly objectionable, though as i say, many hospitals say at least most of the money goes to front line services. as i said at the top, it is a dilemma for the health service. duncan kennedy, thank you very much. britain's most senior police officer has said a no—deal brexit would be costly for her force and could potentially put the public at risk. the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick, said the scenario would be very difficult in the short term as changes are made to databases and the extradition process. we work very closely with our european colleagues through a variety of instruments, legal instruments, at the moment. if we come out without sort of immediately obvious replacements for those instruments, we will have to work incredibly hard on a bilateral basis with countries to try to get in place some kind of way of working together.

are you doing that already? we are already talking to colleagues. and is it right that you have a no deal safety net unit? we have set up an eu coordination unit, absolutely, the which is to help local forces to understand how to work most effectively across europe after we exit the eu, under whatever circumstances. of course, we would hope that we will have as much as possible of the instruments we currently have, or something very similar, as quickly as possible, in order to be able to keep our public safe, and at the same sort of cost. so you are saying the consequences of not the consequences of not having those things is that we will be less safe? the consequences are that we will have to replace, and if there was a no deal scenario, that would be very difficult to do in the short—term.

we will have to replace some of the things we currently use, in terms of access to databases, the way in which we can quickly arrest and extradite people, these kinds of things. we will have to replace as effectively as we can, which will undoubtedly be more costly, slower and potentially put the public at risk, no doubt about that. but i understand that this isjust one of many things that the politicians who are deciding what to do next have to think about. but do you have time in the time remaining to do enough bilateral deals, do you think, to make those you think, to make those replacements properly? we can talk about how they might happen, but whilst so much is unknown, unknown unknowns, nothing can be put in place and it would be improper to do so. but my senior colleagues across policing and i are doing that all the time. our home editor mark easton is here. common sense suggests that it is a nobody‘s interest here or in the eu

for these deals developer. absolutely, and the government's position has been for a long time that mutual interest is why we should think there is a deal, a deal that the policing minister said could be as good or even better after brexit than it is now. but as we face up to the realities of either the brexit deal or perhaps even no deal, there are real questions about how quickly we can get alternative measures in place. when you visit europol, you begin to see what a special position in the uk has had in that organisation over many years. shaping its priorities, shipping its attitudes, its protocols, and processes. we are perhaps the largest contributor to the eu poll data base. perhaps the largest contributor to the eu poll database. as well as using it on a regular basis as well. —— europol. police forces across the country say that access to the

various databases country say that access to the various data bases of country say that access to the various databases of all kinds is absolutely key in being able to track criminals across borders throughout the european union, and then as the commissioner was saying, to arrest them under the european arrest warrant, and then to extradite them. and equally quivered from those from other parts of your appeared to be extradited to europe. so absolutely, the government believes it is inevitably‘s interest. indeed, the prime minister lastjune interest. indeed, the prime minister last june when interest. indeed, the prime minister lastjune when and had dinner with eu leaders and told them, you must not put the safety and security of your citizens at risk. let's get a deal together. of course, we have not got a deal, a full deal yet, we have the withdrawal agreement, but actually quite how the security side of things will work thereafter, the detail on that is still to be decided. whilst one can understand why negotiations on trade and political institutions, there will be an element of trade—off with that, but again, going back to the earlier point, in terms of security, it isa earlier point, in terms of security, it is a separate thing, isn't it?

earlier point, in terms of security, it is a separate thing, isn't mm is and it isn't. there are issues with the europol databases, and it varies, there are different access arrangements, but you can get sort of third country access. but that requires agreement from all the others, that your standards are good enough, that you are a fully trusted organisation. they are not going to argue against that when we have just left. well, it may not be that the argue against it, but i think the difficulty is that it is more about speed and complexity. so whereas now we have basically unfettered access to these databases, we need to use it, we can just use it. to these databases, we need to use it, we canjust use it. the national crime agency sitting in their offices can literally just crime agency sitting in their offices can literallyjust press a button and look at fingerprints from around europe, and so on. when we leave, then we will almost certainly have to have some sort of system, and these i am sure will improve,

but initially, it might be very difficult to get exactly the same level of sea mless difficult to get exactly the same level of seamless access as we have now, to make sure that all the different countries involved are uk with what we are doing. so there are questions, i think, with what we are doing. so there are questions, ithink, in with what we are doing. so there are questions, i think, in the short—term, of just making questions, i think, in the short—term, ofjust making sure that on day one, we still have full access to all the information, full access to all the information, full access to all the information, full access to the various protocols and procedures. then i think there are also questions for the medium and long term about, in order to access those kind of things, we basically have to align ourselves with the europol the rules and regulations, and eu rules and regulations, which of course gets us into the tricky brexit debate on whether we are effectively a real figure, brexit debate on whether we are effectively a realfigure, and brexit debate on whether we are effectively a real figure, and we have to just accept what we are given. i think the uk would say that oui’ given. i think the uk would say that our standards on these things are as high if not higher than the european union, so it should not be an issue. but when the lot at the table, when

they are not in the room, it will be a little bit harder, and i think that the thing that worries the police, even in the event of a deal, it worries the police. the idea of a no deal, crashing out without citing any of this out, that terrifies them. thank you very much, mark. the headlines on bbc news — three british tourists, including a child,have died after their vehicle crashed while crossing a bridge in southern iceland. four others are critically injured. an increase in hospital parking charges — new data suggests four in ten nhs hospitals in england put up their fees in the last year. britain's most senior police officer says a no—deal brexit would potentially put the public at risk. time now for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. the mayor of milan — giuseppe sala — has apologised

to inter milan defender kalidou koulibaly after alleged racists chating was aimed at the senegalese defender in yesterday's loss at the san siro against inter milan. that comes after napoli head coach carlo ancelotti has revealed they tried to have the game suspended. the former chelsea manager says they asked three times for the game to be stopped due to the abuse aimed at koulibaly, who was sent off with nine minutes to go. he said the 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 everybody is involved, the federation, referees. we would like to know how many times we will have to know how many times we will have to complain before a match is halted, and next time if they did not answer is, we will stop the match ourselves. this happened on the same day that his former club chelsea again saw alleged anti—semitic abuse aimed at their london rivals, tottenham hotspur.

their manager maurizio sarri says stupid people are to blame. i want to speak first bid with my club. secondly, i do not want to generalise. because 499 cases —— for 99%, our fans generalise. because 499 cases —— for 99%, ourfans are generalise. because 499 cases —— for 99%, our fans are good, they are wonderful. then inevitability, there are some stupid people, and so altogether we have to fight against the stupid people, but not against the stupid people, but not against the chelsea fans. india hold the upper hand heading into day 3 of the second test against australia in melbourne after a 170—run stand between cheteshwar pujara and captain virat kohli. the tourists resumed day 2 on 215—2, while pujara hit 106, while kohli added 82 to maintain their control of the match. however, the australians fought back to take 5 wickets after lunch before

india declared on 443—7. australia faced 6 overs before the close and made 8 runs without loss. the series is currently tied at 1—1. it is still game, if battled really well and back up and bowl, we put india under some pressure, i think all three results are still on the table. india, australia, and a draw. we are confident we can come back big and put india under pressure again. trent boult‘s stunning burst of 6 wickets in 15 balls helped new zealand dismiss sri lanka for 104 on day 2 of their second test in christchurch. he ripped through sri lanka's batting order inside 40 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. tonight, southampton up against west ham, southampton looking for the third win in a row under new manager ralph hasenhuttl. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. the defence secretary has reportedly said he has "very deep concerns" about the chinese firm huawei's involvement in upgrading the uk's mobile network. australia, new zealand and the us have restricted use of huawei technology in 5g mobile networks, and gavin williamson said the uk would look at their example. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan marcus explained the fears about the company. their dominant role in the telecom indications market means there could be back doors, ways in which chinese

espionage agencies could basically siphon off or harvest huge amount of data. that is the principal concern, not just words, it is also actions, companies such as bt earlier this month, pulling a lot of huawei equipment from a planned emergency communications network for the police and other emergency services. as you mentioned, other countries have concerns, too. and if you look at this in the round, there is an element, china's dominance in the international telecommunications market, it has very advanced technology, it is part and parcel of china's rise to global prominence. china is a country with which the world is going to have to contend, notjust in marketplaces, but in strategic issues as well. and i hate to bring in brexit, but it is a factor there, too, britain alone trying to do trade deals with china, but also trying to keep some of its technology at arm's reach. it is going to be a very difficult

and problematic thing. a man has been killed following an explosion which destroyed a house in hampshire. the blast happened in the early hours of this morning in andover, police and firefighters said. rescuers are continuing to search the area, and a number of neighbouring properties have been evacuated. gas engineers are working with the emergency services to try to identify the cause. 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 hough 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. 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. earlier i spoke to our business correspondent theo leggett, and began by asking how effective the 5p charges have been. the charges were not popular but have proved effective. the government says that 15 billion plastic bags have been taken out of circulation as a result. and looking just at the big supermarkets, they say the number of bags they have been handing out has gone down by 85%. so it has made a substantial impact. and now the government says it wants to go a step further. this may be partly because there is a lot more awareness of how much harm plastics do to the environment as a result of programmes like blue planet ii, for example. but there is an increase

of awareness, so now the government wants to increase the charge to 10p, and also expanded to cover small retailers, because in england, small retailers do not have to implement that charge at the moment, which means that 3.6 billion bags are being handed out by small retailers alone. so these proposals would cover that as well. hello. whilst for many it has been another dry, cloudy sort of day, i have to say there have been some real exceptions in the weather crown, some real sparkling jewels coming in, both from scotland and indeed down towards the south—western quarter of the british isles. the subtle spell thanks to that high pressure, doing its stuff for much of the british isles, although overnight, the subtle spell will be somewhat interrupted as this new weather front comes from the atlantic, spreading cloud and rain to the west of scotland into northern ireland, maybe into the far north of england. further south, just watch out for some quite dense fog patches particularly south of the m4

corridor, where if your skies stay clear, it will end up being quite a chilly night as well. what news of friday? well, eventually, we will push that weather front right across the top two thirds of the british isles. following on behind, i think a better chance compared to thursday of seeing some decent sunny spells. still a lot of cloud around, the fog will eventually left for most areas, and then it will be dry again. temperatures 9 to about 12 celsius. bye— bye. hello, this is bbc news with simon mccoy. the headlines: three british tourists, including a child, have died after their vehicle crashed while crossing a bridge in iceland. four others are critically injured.