this is bbc news. i'm martine croxhall. the headlines at 11: in iceland, three british tourists, including a child, have died after their vehicle crashed while crossing a bridge. four others have been 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. i think the system is very complicated and people are ill. you do not come here through choice. britain's most senior police officer says a ‘no—deal‘ brexit would potentially put the public at risk. a growing number of local councils have been buying shopping centres to try to revitalise their towns. at 11:30pm, we'll be taking a look at the papers with our reviewers anna isaac, the telegraph's economics correspondent, and benedicte paviot, france 24's uk correspondent. good evening and welcome to bbc

news. in iceland, three british tourists, including a child, have died after their vehicle crashed while crossing a bridge. four other passengers were critically hurt in the accident. according to local media, the crash happened on a bridge in a popular tourist area in the south—east of the island, as our correspondent ben ando reports. the two families were in a toyota land cruiser, which crashed through railings and fell around 20 feet onto a dry riverbed below. first on the scene were the police and a local tour guide, who did all he could to help. i tried to talk a little bit to the driver to calm him down. he was trapped inside the car. i was trying to tell him to save his energy and try to be patient, we will try to get him out of there. it was a very difficult situation.

two adults and the child died ar the scene, before others, including two children aged seven and nine, were airlifted to hospital in critical condition. it was immediately clear that this was a very serious accident. a car had careered off the bridge so immediately all available responders and resources were immobilised. it is understood that those involved come from two families and are british citizens of indian origin. for survivors, two men and two children are being treated in hospital and spoke to doctors and nurses there. the bridges are singletrack and is on the south—east section ice and's national ring road, in an area known for its spectacular waterfalls, volcanoes and glaciers. tonight,

investigations into the crash continue. one theory is that the car skidded after slipping on ice over the railing of the steel bridge. the cost of parking is rising at many of england's hospitals. this more than a third of nhs hospitals have increased their prices, with some patients and staff now paying double. some trusts have defended the higher charges, insisting that some of the extra money is spent on patient care. parking charges are being abolished in welsh hospitals and in most of scotland, but they still remain in england and northern ireland — as our correspondent duncan kennedy reports. hospital car parks — where the debate over the nhs goes from inside to outside. this is the royal surrey county hospital in guildford. and just try bringing up the subject of parking fees to visitors... what do you think of the parking charges here? well, i think they're expensive, but like everywhere else we have to pay it, don't you? i think the system is very complicated and people

are ill. you don't come here through choice. you know this is the most expensive hospital there is in terms of parking? yes. typical surrey, isn't it, really? is hospital says it raises nearly £1 million from parking fees, and that helps pay for a0 nurses. but whilst this hospital is one of those that didn't raise its prices this year, it will still cost you a minimum of £4 to park here, making it the most expensive in england. overall, hospitals raised a total of £226 million in parking fees this year. and you can see why, from today's figures, gathered by the press association from 124 nhs trusts across england. 43% of them admitted prices have gone up over the past year for visitors or staff, or both. the airedale nhs foundation trust in west yorkshire, for example,

saw the cost of a 24—hour stay more than double to £8. no wonder it provokes this kind of response. i think it's atrocious. i've been in to... my friend's mum's dying, i've been in to drop some stuff off, and it's just cost me three quid. it does work out expensive, because it could be £10 per day. are carparking charges fair? no, i don't think they are. they should be free because the people turning up to these car parks aren't necessarily those that can afford it. in its response, the department of health said today that it's very clear that patients, their families, and hard—working staff should not be subject to unfair parking charges. but nhs providers, which speaks for hospitals, insisted those charges were being kept to a minimum, and they had to pay to maintain car parks. but many say if wales and parts of scotland can abandon their fees,

so can england and northern ireland. they say hospitals should be places to generate better health, not wealth. duncan kennedy, bbc news. 23 migrants have been detained in kent, after crossing the english channel in small boats. nine of them were found on a beach in folkestone, six at dover, and then eight were rescued off the coast nearby. the french authorities say they intercepted another group of 11 migrants, trying to reach the uk in an inflatable boat. ministers described the number of incidents in recent days as "deeply concerning". our correspondent simon jones is here. he has been following this story. four incidents today that we know of. yeah, the first happened just after midnight, a group of nine migrants found on the beach at folkestone. among them were three children, then this morning to small boats were spotted coming into dover. one of those boats managed to reach the shore of its own accord that the border force were waiting

for that boat, another boat was intercepted a couple of miles october and on those boats were 1a migrants, or men in that case, all saying they were from me wrong. it also overnight, you had a rescue by the french authorities the channel, this was another small rescue boats containing 11 migrants trying to get to the uk. —— iran. they were taken back to france and nine of those we re back to france and nine of those were suffering from hypothermia, which gives you an idea of how cold and dangerous it can be trying to get across the channel, which is of course the busy shipping lane in the world. why are we seeing a spike in numbers now? i think there are two reasons. although it is cold, the weather is pretty calm and benign, particularly for this time of year. there is the opportunity with the sea being calmed for people to make this attempts, the other theory being brexit, and people smugglers overin being brexit, and people smugglers over in calais as saying the

migrants that you need to get across 110w migrants that you need to get across now because after britain leaves the eu, then the borders could be even more secure and it could be more difficult to get across, so they are saying that decent weather and with brexit coming up, now is the best time to do it. and you mentioned iran as well, there seem to have been a lot of people trying to get here from iran, something to do with the decision by serbia? yeah, we know that over the pass lack two months, more than 200 migrants have managed to reach the uk and small boats in the vast majority of those that claim to be from iran. the thinking behind that is there was recently a new scheme which allowed people from iran to travel to serbia visa—free people from iran to travel to serbia visa —free and the people from iran to travel to serbia visa—free and the idea that was to boost tourism and trade between the two countries, but it has turned out that a lot of people who ended up in serbia then did not return to the rahman, and it is thought that many of those have been made the journey from serbia over the northern france with the aim of getting over to the uk. --

with the aim of getting over to the uk. —— iran. anotherfactor in this potentially why people are saying they are from iran is it is the policy of the home office at the moment not to deport people back to iran, it is not considered to be safe. so someone gets over here and can safe. so someone gets over here and ca n prove safe. so someone gets over here and can prove they are indeed from iran, then they will not be deported back there. simon jones, 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 security of the public at risk. the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick, said the no—deal scenario would be very difficult in the short term, as changes were made to databases and the extradition process. our home editor mark easton has the story. brexit means britain loses its seat in the boardroom at europol, and with it, unfettered access to shared intelligence databases, the european arrest warrant, and eu extradition agreements. the national crime agency has expressed its concern at the security implications, and now, the country's most senior police officer has warned that were the uk to leave without a deal, public safety could be comprised. we will have to replace some

of the things we currently use in terms of access to databases and the way in which we can quickly arrest and extradite people, these kinds of things, we'll have to replace as effectively as we can. that will be more costly, undoubtedly slower, undoubtedly, and potentially, yes, put the public at risk. the government has long argued that mutual interest is likely to mean collaboration on security after brexit is as good or better than now. the prime minister has said she wouldn't countenance a deal that compromised the safety of british citizens. we will not let that happen. we will together protect and project our values in the world and we will keep our people safe, now and in the years to come. but the met commissioner says police are concerned that even with a deal, security arrangements may not work as seamlessly as now. an eu co—ordination unit has been set up here at scotland yard to help establish arrangements with each eu nation on issues such

as access to intelligence data bases, arrest warrants and extradition arrangements. there's concern that even with a deal, it will be incredibly hard to match existing levels of co—operation in the short term. the uk is currently one of the biggest contributors to europol intelligence and has shaped the priorities of the organisation. police are working to ensure the security advantages that has brought will survive after brexit. mark easton, bbc news. around 500 staff have been made redundant at a waste disposal company based in north lanarkshire, caught up in a row over the stockpiling of nhs waste. healthcare environmental services, which stopped trading today, always denied allowing human body parts to build up at its sites. the firm lost nhs contracts after a criminal inquiry was launched. it blamed "unfair government pressure" for the redundancies. police are investigating after a double decker bus crashed

into a house in south london. the bus, travelling between morden and brixton, destroyed a fence and hit the building on streatham vale late last night. three people have been treated for minor injuries. police say no—one has been arrested, but they're continuing to investigate the circumstances behind the crash. police are investigating the cause of a gas explosion at andover in hampshire, in which a 48—year—old man was killed. it happened in the early hours of this morning. one house was completely destroyed and another badly damaged. steve humphrey reports. the power of the explosion completely destroyed the house at the end of this terrace. and it severely damaged the property next door. debris was scattered over a large area, some of it left dangling in a tree. william cooper was among those

who had a lucky escape. there was a kitchen on the corner, the blast went out on the road. if there was another way around, it could be a different story and i could be not standing here talking to you today. william and five members of his family were right next to the scene of the devastation. it really feels like it should not happen here. it has happened and we are trying to come to terms to it really. it's still trying to sink in. you cannot accept it in broad daylight and it is a completely different scene. it is pretty shocking, to be fair. rescue says that the body was found in a wreckage that was destroyed in the blast. following the search, all of the occupants have been accounted for. i feel very sorry for the people. very sorry. i heard a bag.

i thought it was my mum letting the dog out, and then i found out it happened. a joint police and fire investigation into the cause is under way. the headlines on bbc news: in iceland, three british tourists, including a child, have died after their vehicle crashed while crossing a bridge. four others have benn critically injured. new data suggests four in ten nhs hospitals in england have increased parking charges in the last year. britain's most senior police officer says a ‘no—deal‘ brexit would potentially put the public at risk. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's tulson tollett. good evening. just the one game in the premier league today to round off the christmas fixtures. felipe anderson starred as west ham united moved up three places to ninth — coming from behind to win 2—1 at southampton. watching the drama unfold was austin halewood. while the battle for the title may

be fought further north, at the season's upwey point there is renewed optimism on the south coast. after just one renewed optimism on the south coast. afterjust one win from their first 16, southampton have won their last two. the austrian bringing precision and pace back into the side. clear from the start. but with four wins already this month, chances for west ham were always going to come, they just had to take them. lucas perez the man who should have done better. but the opportunities were coming. and after the break southampton found themselves in a position to good to waste. nathan redmond played onside, the ball eventually finding its way in. and after waiting 50 minutes, st mary some were treated to another. this one much better, just not the one they wanted. felipe anderson with a rocket from outside the box. if you thought that was

good, his second was bad either. an eighth goal of the season for the brazilian, west ham's most expensive player showing his worth. for southampton, a reminder that not all problems are solved overnight. while the hammers break into the top ten. austin hailwood, bbc news. i think that tonight we played a very good game. from the beginning we set a high pace. we did not allow southampton to reach our box. most of the game they play the opposite side. unfortunately, we started one goal down, but we drew as soon as we could. and then we completed the second. the way we lost was a little bit too easy. we didn't play such a good game today, i think. the players are on the high level now, this evening. i think we had the chance to win.

that is disappointing, because we did not make a good game, although we could win. if you play like we did today you don't deserve to. arsenal manager unai emery has been charged by the fa for kicking a bottle that hit a fan during their 1—1 draw at brighton on boxing day. the fa say the incident amounts to improper conduct. the bottle struck a brighton supporter towards the end of the match and the spaniard went to apologise immediately and then again at full—time. earlier today, before he was charged, emery explained what happened. i kicked the bottle in frustration, but not for the supporter. i kicked for me and it is going in the support up. and i say to them at my apologies. not a communication. my apologies. not a communication. my apologies. but i kicked the bottle because it is near me, but not with this intention. serena williams lost to her sister venus on her return to the court in abu dhabi earlier today.

the former world number one was playing herfirst competitive match since she lost a controversial us open final to japan's naomi osaka in september. the exhibition match is part of the 37—year—old's build—up for the australian open, where she'll try to equal margaret court's tally of 2a grand slam singles titles. it went the way of her elder sibling though as venus won on a super tie—break taking the match 4-6, 6-3,10-8. in the last few moments, michael van gerwen has progressed through to the quarter—finals of the pdc world darts championship. he beat adrian lewis by four sets to one at alexandra palace. also through to the last eight is gary anderson, who came through a final set decider against chris dobey. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website, including day 3 of the third test between australia and india in melbourne, which is due to get under way in the coming minutes, with the hosts eight without loss in their opening innings — trailing by 435 runs.

there is your next seven or eight hours sorted. i shall be glued. thank you very much. the search for a 20—year—old british cruise ship entertainer, who went overboard in the caribbean on christmas day, has been suspended. the us coastguard searched for 83 hours, after being alerted when arron huff didn't turn up for his shift on "harmony of the seas". royal caribbean, which operates the ship, said it is supporting mr hough's family. the 5p fee for plastic carrier bags in england will be doubled to 10p and extended to all shops under plans set out by the environment secretary. the plans are included in a government consultation aimed at making bigger reductions in the use of plastic by consumers and could come into effect in january 2020. schools are also being urged to end the consumption of single—use plastics. the alert level for indonesia's anak krakatau volcano has been raised to the second—highest level after a series of eruptions.

all flights around the volcano have been rerouted and a 3—mile exclusion zone has also been imposed. last saturday, the volcano triggered a tsunami which claimed the lives of more than 400 people. it's been a challenging year for the high street, prompting renewed concern about the future of many town centres, already struggling with decline. a growing number of local councils have been buying shopping centres to try to revitalise their towns. since 2016, 26 shopping centres have been bought by local authorities — at a total cost of more than £800 million, as our business correspondent emma simpson reports. wigan‘s galleries shopping centre, once worth £83 million in 2006. but it went for £8 million this year. sold to the local council. there are three shopping centres in shrewsbury worth £119 million pre—recession. they went for less than half that price — sold to shropshire council.

and here in bolton's crompton place, once valued at nearly £80 million, it went for £14 million in the summer, sold to the local authority. sounds like a knock—down price, but no—one else would have bought this right now, given the state that retail is in. it's huge, and slap bang in the middle of town, but this shopping centre has seen better days. there is a gradual decline that's taking place and clearly, as a council, we've taken the decision to do something about it. not half. the council has bought it as part of a big plan to regenerate bolton. do you think this is the best use of £14 million? this £14 million is a temporary investment, and we're very confident that we'll get the money back. this will be a game changer. it will be transformational. you might be wondering, where has the £14 million come from to buy this? well, it's not from council tax or existing projects which have been slashed.

councils can access cheap loans, and over the last few years they've been pouring money into commercial property to generate an income to help fund services. there are better ways to make money then buying shops. here in camberley, the council not only bought this mall, but also the house of fraser building right next to it, not long before the retailer collapsed. they could have bought it for a lot less now. there is risk attached to local authorities intervening, and if they're simply doing it to try and make a quick profit, then that's the wrong motivation, but if it's being done in order to regenerate the towns, then that absolutely is the right thing. because no—one else is going to do it. the private sector can't take that long—term view, it's not viable. it used to be so easy attracting people into our town centres. it's a real problem today, though. but bolton council's bold purchase is kick—starting crucial private

investment to help make this place fit for the future. emma simpson, bbc news, bolton. olivia colman, dominic west, and lily collins — just some of the big name actors starring in the bbc‘s new adaptation of les mis, but not one of them is singing from the rooftops about it. the 6—part drama leaves the songs from the musical to one side, as john maguire has been finding out. action. taking les miserables from the page, and there are almost 1,500 of them, to the screen requires a huge number of people. it starts with the writer. andrew davies's 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 some

of these great big books now. so, on set, 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's 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. so 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 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. so you are the most famous movie make—up artist in the world. why? because of that picture with aidan turner. oh, that one? i always get cut out of that one, don't i? we use facial hair to denote class distinction. beards we used for more beggars. it's the icing on the cake with the costumes. that is something 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. and we'll be taking another in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers,

benedicte paviot, the uk correspondent for france 24, and president of the foreign press association, and anna isaac, who's economics correspondent at the telegraph. the review‘s coming upjust after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for the weather with phil avery. hello. thanks for joining hello. thanks forjoining me. it is that time again where we try to get you through the next few days with quite a deal of certainty on this occasion, it is the new year that is causing us occasion, it is the new year that is causing us concern occasion, it is the new year that is causing us concern at the moment. thursday brought quite a variety of conditions across the british isles. it was right to the far north—east and in the south—west, but parts of the south—west, the fog lingered for the south—west, the fog lingered for the greater part of the day, did nothing for visibility or the temperatures. in the next few days there will be further episodes of somewhat foggy conditions, cloud around, on the mild side and pretty settled. for that we have do thank the presence of the jet stream being well away to the north of british isles. almost, but not quite. even

on this scale, this is the type for friday, the high pressure is close by two central and southern parts, looking further north it is not quite doing enough to keep the frontal systems at bay. friday sta rts frontal systems at bay. friday starts celi bate frontal systems at bay. friday starts celibate across the far north. that moves away. brighter skies behind. more sunshine for the northern half of the british isles. temperatures really not too bad for the time of year. again, the high pressure does not do enough to keep the front that they, as these weather fronts spring again the prospect of some rain for some part of saturday across the top of the british isles began —— front again. it averages are well above what we would expect for the time of year. here we go again from saturday into sunday, there is the high pressure over northern france. they weak weather front just brushes over northern france. they weak weather frontjust brushes across the northern portions of scotland. some rainband, probably one of those days. once the front is away some

sunshine, particularway days. once the front is away some sunshine, particular way from the exposed western coast. the east faring best for the sunshine. all of us faring best for the sunshine. all of us enjoying temperatures in double figures. from sunday on into monday, the year is nearly done with us. isobars squeezing up across northern portions of the country. further south, pretty steady. the odd mist and fog patch where the skies may have cliett for a time overnight. be aware of that if you are travelling first thing. temperatures may be back a degree or two. still above the average of 5—8d across the british isles. if you are stepping up british isles. if you are stepping up to see the new year in, new year's eve, looks to be dry, settled, light winds. forthe year's eve, looks to be dry, settled, light winds. for the time of year, settled, light winds. for the time of yea r, pretty settled, light winds. for the time of year, pretty mild, even if you are staying up to the midnight hour. here we are, into the new year, the high pressure is now being joined by one forming over iceland. in between we do have a weather feature, but the most associated with that is being wrung out like an old towel,

such that it is essentially a band of cloud, but the greater part of the british isles because the presence of high pressure sees fine, settled fair, cloudy at times. there will be sunshine, not too much breeze, you will feel every bit of those temperatures at nine, ten, 11. this is where the uncertainty begins. it could be that we keep the jet stream firing away towards the north of the british isles, but if that whole pattern were to drift towards the continent we might end up towards the continent we might end up with something more vigorous. this portion of the front may well be pushing its way towards us, such that with the attendant low pressures it could turn more u nsettled, pressures it could turn more unsettled, wesser, windier, still mild with