this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 12: the immigration minister is to visit dover later amid mounting concern about the number of migrants crossing the channel in small boats. more than £100 million is to be spent chartering extra ferries to bring in vital supplies in the event of a no deal brexit. named in the new year honours list — the british divers who rescued a boys‘ football team from a cave in thailand. also on the list, alistair cook, twiggy is made a dame, and michael palin is knighted. i'm very surprised because i've done a lot of things in my life, none of which i felt would be worthy of such recognition, but maybe the cumulative effect is one of some kind of achievement. also coming up this hour: an army officer has become the first british person to complete a solo trek across antarctica. it took captain louis rudd 56 days, and he's only the second person to cross the continent unaided. and coming up at 12:30, a special edition of click, filmed live before an audience who were treated to the very

latest in technology. hello. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. the immigration minister, caroline nokes, is to visit dover today, amid mounting criticism of the way the government is handling the surge in migrants crossing the channel in small boats. more than 200 people have arrived since the start of november leading the home secretary to declare a major incident. simonjones reports. almost two months after migrants started arriving in numbers, the home secretary has declared the situation a major incident. two more boats carrying 12 people were intercepted yesterday. the immigration minister caroline nokes has been dispatched to dover. there she will meet border force officers, as well as the town's mp. he says that for too long

the home office has not been taking the issue seriously enough and wants additional border force cutters in the channel. i think it is fairly clear that one is simply not enough and i think we need to ask questions — what are the two patrol craft doing in the mediterranean? would they be better placed in the english channel? so i will hopefully get to meet the immigration minister to talk to her about whether we are getting the balance right. but the home secretary has deferred an immediate decision on that. he has asked the border force to consider whether additional vessels in the channel could encourage more people to make the crossing, because they could be seen as rescue rather than patrol boats. he is set to talk to his french counterpart this weekend, but both will know that tackling the people traffickers behind the upsurge in crossings will not be quick or easy. simon jones, bbc news. our correspondent caroline davies is in dover. what is caroline nokes, the

immigration minister, going to be visiting? well, immigration minister, going to be visiting 7 well, she's immigration minister, going to be visiting? well, she's expected to be speaking to border force officials as well as potentially meeting with the local mp. now, he has been quite outspoken about this particular issue, saying that he doesn't believe that the government is taking it seriously enough. has also been discussion, as we heard, about the fact of increasing the number of border force cutters out in dover. in terms of this particular issue, the government is coming under pressure to show that they are taking control of the matter. we know that up until now there have been over 60 people over christmas who have been intercepted trying to get to the quay across the english channel. the reasons behind it— well, it is not entirely clear. some people have suggested that it is to do with brexit and that some people smugglers have suggested to their potential clients that they need to now the four uk borders are closed

off. that has generally been regarded as a bit of a selling tactic. 0ther regarded as a bit of a selling tactic. other people have argued that actually a hard brexit could increase the number of illegal migrants coming to the uk. potentially this is coming from one french mp suggesting that if there we re french mp suggesting that if there were increased queues at customs then people would find it easier to be able to sneak on board lorries coming to the uk. 0ne be able to sneak on board lorries coming to the uk. one of the other reasons that people have suggested is that if you look behind me, it is relatively calm, and it has been not as cold as you might expect for december saw the conditions have been not too bad. however, this does not mean that it isn't a dangerous journey to make. this is one of the busiest shipping routes in the world, and anyone who is taking this pa rt world, and anyone who is taking this part is potentially risking their own lives. that is presumably the most disturbing risk that some of the migrants drown, and bagley that hasn't happened, but presumably that hasn't happened, but presumably that has to be a concern for the authorities. but when the home secretary declares this a kind of major incidents, a situation that has to be addressed, in concrete terms and in terms of additional resources , terms and in terms of additional resources, what is he going to be able to provide the border force

with to help impede the journey of these migrants? well, so farfrom these migrants? well, so farfrom the home office, we have been given that we haven't been given direct information about what has been decided. we know it they are looking at whether or not to increase the number of boa rdercross cutters at whether or not to increase the number of boardercross cutters and they are considering whether that will actually improve the ability to patrol our weather people might see this as another way of being rescued. the other alternative we know is that they have commissioned a commander to take control of this situation and oversee it and sajid javid will be getting regular updates. we also understand that since this has been declared a major incident that he has had a briefing with high—level officials from border force and immigration and from the national crime agency. he is expected to be speaking to his french counterpart this weekend. be interesting to see what comes out of that phone conversation. thank you very much. the government's spending

more than £100 million to charter extra ferries to ensure the delivery of essential supplies, in the event of a no—deal brexit. the plans would allow for almost 4,000 lorries a week to take goods to ports like dover, plymouth, poole, and portsmouth. the department for transport says the arrangements are an important part of its preparations — but insists the government still wants to strike a deal with brussels. a littler earlier, i spoke to our business correspondentjoe miller, who's in portsmouth. i started by asking him what exactly these ferries — if they are required — will be used for. well, they will be used for the sort of thing the government has been warning would happen in the case of a nautical brexit, and that is the delay of critical goods like medicines and supplies that will be delayed at portsmouth because of additional customs checks and the idea is that up to 4000 lorries a week will be diverted from dover, which is obviously the busiest port, two ports like portsmouth here, plymouth and others and they will ta ke plymouth and others and they will take the weight of dover and

folkestone, which are the shortest crossings, and the hope is that it will mitigate some of the delays and some of the real disruption that can happen on the road down to the coast by adding all of that extra capacity. as you say, extra capacity and hope to mitigate some of the effects. presumably, those additional checks are in place, they will be a place at the other ports to, and presumably there is still a risk of quite significant delays for some goods, and particularly in those places where the journey will actually be longer than it is on the channel ports. yes, absolutely. 0ver here, the crossing takes about six hours, a much longerjourney than the crossing at dover. and business organisations, shipping business organisations, shipping business organisations, have been saying that while this is welcome and while it will take some of the strain of doverin will take some of the strain of dover in the event of an ordeal brexit, it is by no means enough

that, as you say, there will still be delayed if there are traditional customs checks, and that means delays here as well at portsmouth at plymouth. it is reallyjust spreading the load. at the department for transport has been under pressure for a long time to do something about this and would contingency plans in place and it quietly has done so now. it didn't really wa nt a ny quietly has done so now. it didn't really want any of us to find out about this. it published the papers about this. it published the papers about these contracts late on christmas eve. it is only because a data firm alerted us to it that we know about it. but the department is saying this is part of art no deal contingency planning. we have something in place and there will be more to come. a woman has appeared in court accused of murdering her twins. the children who were almost two years old were pronounced dead after they were discovered at a home in castle drive, margate, in the early hours of thursday morning. samantha ford, who is 37 years old, appeared at canterbury magistrates‘ court charged with murdering jake and chloe ford. she was remanded in custody until monday, when she will appear at maidstone crown court.

more than 1,000 people have been recognised in the new year honours list, including some of the emergency workers who responded to the terror attacks in manchester and london in 2017. also honoured were the british divers who helped rescue a team of young footballers from a cave in thailand. leading figures from the worlds of showbusiness, sport and fashion are on the list. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has more details. you want me to what? you want me to go round the world? michael palin says he's immensely grateful to receive a knighthood for services to travel, culture, and geography. i'm very surprised. because i've done lots of things in my life, none of which i felt totally worthy of such recognition. but maybe the cumulative effect is one of some kind of achievement. newsreel: the world's top fashion cover girl was taking the german city by storm. leading fashion figure lesley lawson, better known as twiggy, has been honoured for her work in the arts, charity and fashion. this honour is huge for me.

i didn't expect it. it was completely out of the blue, a shock. but the nicest shock in the world. who wouldn't want to be dame twiggy? how many of of you? 13. 13? brilliant. british divers involved in this year's thai cave rescue have received awards for their bravery and expertise. some of our team received letters a little while ago. we were asked if we would be prepared to accept some awards, which we very graciously said thank you, thank you for. it's nice for the team to be recognised. must be the happiest englishman in the british isles tonight. in the world of sport, england rugby figure bill beaumont has received a knighthood. a knighthood, too, for recordbreaking batsman alistair cooke. following the world cup, england football manager gareth southgate becomes an 0be. captain harry kane, an mbe. and made an 0be, welsh tour de france winner geraint thomas. in the world of entertainment,

presenter chris packham when it comes to creatures like otters... in the world of entertainment, presenter chris packham becomes a cbe for his work in nature conservation. while westworld actress thandie newton becomes an 0be for her film and charity work. as does downton abbey star jim carter, for services to drama. as in previous years, the majority of honours have gone to people who aren't in the public eye and who never expected this kind of recognition. andrea aviet has been recognised for her work campaigning against domestic abuse. it will always be that till the day i die, i'm going to continue with this cause. but, definitely, getting an award like this means the world to me, because, you know, itjust shows others. she's just one of the many people being honoured for exceptional work that's made a real difference. lizo mzimba, bbc news. new images of the volcano

which erupted last week triggering a tsunami in indonesia show the event was so powerful that it destroyed two thirds of its height and volume. more than 400 people were killed when giant waves crashed into coastal towns on the islands of sumatra and java and more than 150 are still missing. jonathan amos reports. there is little doubt now that the cause of the tsunami was a sudden catastrophic failure of the western flank of anak krakatau. europe's sentinel and terrasar radar satellites have been able to pierce the ash and cloud in the area to allow researchers to see what remains of the volcanic cone, and make some initial measurements — and the data is sobering. what was once a volcano reaching 340 metres high is now little more than 100 metres tall.

something in the order of 160 million cubic metres of rock and ash have gone, says indonesia's centre of volcanology and geological hazard mitigation. not all of this would have entered the sunda strait in one go, but it certainly explains the volume of sea water that must have been displaced to generate so destructive a set of waves at nearby coasts. jonathan amos, bbc news. early this morning, a powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck off the southern philippines — prompting a new tsunami alert. the quake hit about two hundred kilometres east off davoh city on mindanao island at a depth of about 60 kilometres. the pacific tsunami warning centre says tsunami waves are possible along the coasts of the philippines and indonesia. egypt says it has launched operations in giza and north sinai killing 40 terrorists. the raids come a day after a roadside bomb attack on a tourist bus on its way to the pyramids near cairo. three vietnamese tourists and a local tour guide were killed in the explosion.

there were no immediate reports of any group saying it was behind the bombing. laura westbrook reports. this is the aftermath of the explosion. the force of the blast shattered windows, leaving just a blackened shell. the bus, carrying mostly vietnamese tourists, had been travelling to the pyramids in giza. investigators at the scene said an improvised explosive device was hidden beside a wall, and went off as the bus drove past. prime minister mostafa madbouly visited the injured in hospital. translation: we're in touch with the vietnamese authorities. we offer our deepest condolences to those who lost their lives in this incident. he also told local media the bus deviated from the planned route, approved by security forces. the pyramids of giza are egypt's most famous landmark, with buses filled with tourists travelling there from cairo every day. tourism is a lifeline for egypt and only recently started to recover.

this latest attack will have many on edge as the country prepares for more christmas celebrations next month. laura westbrook, bbc news. it's been confirmed that administrators have been brought in to run the music retailer hmv, which has collapsed after suffering poor sales. the store's owners say high business rates and changes in consumer behaviour are to blame. the retailer employs more than 2000 staff across the uk. administrators from kpmg say they'll try to keep all 125 stores open while they're looking for a buyer. the headlines on bbc news: the immigration minister is to visit dover later amid mounting concern about the number of migrants crossing the channel in small boats. more than £100 million is to be spent chartering extra ferries to bring in vital supplies in the event of a no deal brexit.

named in the new year honours list — the british divers who rescued a boys' football team from a cave in thailand. also on the list, alistair cook, twiggy is made a dame, and michael palin is knighted. an army officer has become the first british person to trek solo unaided across antarctica. captain lou rudd finished his mammoth 925—mile journey yesterday after 56 days. he's only the second person in history to complete the expedition without any assistance. he undertook the challenge in memory of fellow explorer and close friend henry worsley, who died from exhaustion just 30 miles short of completing the record solo crossing in 2016. speaking to me a little earlier captain rudd said he was surpried how quickly he completed the challange. i've actually managed to complete it quite a bit faster than i expected.

i set off with 75 days of food and equipment for the crossing, but managed to make it across in 56, so i'm elated. what was the hardest part? the early phase, actually. the beginning of the journey. part? the early phase, actually. the beginning of thejourney. i part? the early phase, actually. the beginning of the journey. i was dragging my sledge behind me and it had ever thing i needed in it to survive for the two—month crossing. it was about 140 kilograms. i experienced really soft snow at the beginning and is progress was really slow and it was at that time i was thinking that actually probably i wasn't going to make it and the journey was just impossible. it was really difficult going. how did you keep your morale up? thinking a lot about... i mean, iwas doing keep your morale up? thinking a lot about... i mean, i was doing this foran about... i mean, i was doing this for an army charity and fundraising

for an army charity and fundraising for them, so i was doing it for a great cause, but also i was carrying henry worsley‘s family crest flag and his wife joanna henry worsley‘s family crest flag and his wifejoanna very kindly gave that to me which he was also carrying, and i really wanted to make sure this time that the flag made it all the way across and completed the crossing. it is an added poignancy to be able to commemorate yourfriend added poignancy to be able to commemorate your friend in this way, but were you worried at all about the risk to your own life? yes, i mean, it is obviously a task and an extremely hostile environment. you have that awareness in the back of your mind that one small mistake can have grave consequences down here. but i've got a lot of experience down here. i trekked to the south pole with henry in 2011 and i was confident that i had the skills and experience to complete the trip.

those who have had the fortune to visit antarctica describe it as a truly magical place, but also quite a frightening one for you on your own. what sort of contacted you have with the outside world doing the journey? very limited communication. there was a company that obviously flew me in and dropped me off at the start point. they were monitoring my progress with a tracking beacon. and satellite phone calls throughout. and i managed to phone home probably once every couple of weeks and managed to speak to the family on christmas day as well, so that was great at keeping morale up. there's a warning that women are bearing the brunt ofjob losses because of automation. the charity the rsa found women had lost almost 400,000 jobs in the public sector, banking and retail since 2011, while the best paid

newjobs are going to men. anisa kadri has more. technology has been replacing somejobs for years. but as robots get increasingly clever, new research suggests women are being impacted more. jobs that involve repetitive movements in retail and other sectors are more likely to become automated. machines can help employees with their work. but they can also take jobs from people. the royal society for the encouragement of arts, manufactures and commerce say its findings show that women are being affected. some of the areas that are being most affected by technology — administration, clericalwork and retail work, these are areas where there is a lot of women's employment, so women are being adversely affected. the bad news, really, is that the good jobs that are being created, the high—status and high—paid jobs in technology, are predominantly going to men. so going forward, as technology accelerates, we need to think about how to ensure there are new opportunities for those women being displaced,

but we also have to change the culture in technology so that more women are employed in that sector. according to its research, some of the fastest shrinking professions are retail cashiers, teaching assistants and hairdressers. meanwhile, the fastest—growing jobs over the same period include software developers and hr managers. the rsa says the growing tech industry is known to be male—dominated, but the charity says there is still time to tackle any problems so that people, regardless of gender or age, can share in the spoils of new technology. virgin trains is deploying staff wearing pink hi—viz vests who are trained in conflict resolution to deal with football fans using its services. the scheme has been trialled since the start of the season, and is now being rolled out

on a more permanent basis. the company says it chose pink because it's known to have a calming effect on crowds. royal mail has apologised after a stamp design it planned to issue, commemorating the d—day landings in france 75 years ago showed the wrong image. the design in fact showed us troops landing in what was dutch new guinea, today's indonesia, thousands of kilometres from france. the stamp was supposed to show the normandy landings and was due to be released as part of a ‘best of british' collection. with 2019 just around the corner, it's set to be a challenging and unpredicable year in the world of business. with brexit looming, there are real fears over no deal. there's also no clear outlook on the high street. but with record numbers of us in work, it's not all bad news. our business editor simon jack looks ahead. business is going to start 2019 where it left off in 2018, under dark brexit clouds of uncertainty. and you'll see in the first three months those businesses that haven't got ready for it beginning to think what they thought was unthinkable, that we might leave with no deal. so

a crash course in customs, vat, cash flow, infantry, that kind of stuff is going to keep businesses very busyin is going to keep businesses very busy in the first three months of the year. we may have to ask the eu for a bit more time, which will give some breathing space, and extend the period of uncertainty where businesses invest less. businesses also care about what their customers are doing. and we're finishing 2018 with consumer confidence at a five—year low. now, that in the way isa five—year low. now, that in the way is a bit ofa five—year low. now, that in the way is a bit of a surprise because the good news is that an employment is very low and wages are going up faster than inflation. so on paper, we re faster than inflation. so on paper, were all getting a bit better off every day, and that is good news for business. 2019 is shaping up perhaps to be the most challenging and unpredictable year to run a business in living memory, and there will be some very tense moments in the weeks and months ahead. but if we focus on and months ahead. but if we focus on a bit of good news, the most important economic fact perhaps in anyone's life is whether they have a job or not. record numbers of us do.

wages are going up faster than inflation. so we start from a position of strength for what promises to be a very interesting year. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello, there. we've got some rather lively winds with us through the afternoon but the rain associated with the same weather front is starting to ease away and, actually, for the rest of 2018, for most of us, it looks dry and mild. most of the rain and any stronger winds will be in the north. this is the area of low pressure that's given us today's rain and you can see the windy weather, those tightly—packed isobars really just for parts of north—east england and the midlands, that's where the winds will be strongest for the next few hours. but they will blow some holes in the cloud. we've got the remnants of a weather front lingering in the south. so it's a brightening picture across scotland after the morning's wind and rain. we've got some sunshine to come, particularly shelter from that north—westerly wind but the winds are still quite gusty as you can see around about early afternoon. similarly so across parts of yorkshire, northern england, down into the midlands and east anglia. tempering the feel of the day a bit

but with all that cloud of the south and the wind off the atlantic, it is really very mild for the time of year. however, it will turn quite chilly in eastern areas as we go through the last part of the afternoon and by that stage, we are also seeing the whites of the eyes of the next weather front coming in. so eights and nines tempered a little, as i say, by the strength of the wind which is going to ease quite quickly through this evening and under the starry skies, further east, we will see a touch of ground frost which could hang around east anglia where we could have some mist and fog but for most of us by morning, the onset of more cloud, the next weatherfront, the patchy rain will lift those temperatures, as you can see, towards morning. for most, it's very mild except again across east anglia where we have some mist and fog across low levels. for most of us, the fog's over the hills, the rain's clearing away and again the westerly breeze, although not as strong as today, will blow that weather systems out of the way but bring with it still a lot of cloud so even though it dries up, it won't necessarily dry up that much. the best of the sunshine will be eastern parts. the east of the hills, that is. it's still mild, though, 10—12dc.

very similar story monday, we pick up more wind again. back to gales in the north on monday and potentially some rain in the north and west but otherwise, for most of us, it's a fine and dry end to 2018 and that should linger through the evening for the celebrations as we take on the new year. in fact, overnight, there could just be a little bit of patchy mist and fog once again but going into 2019, the area of high pressure with us shifts further west which allows a change in wind direction, a much colder arctic air, a northerly wind comes our way. bye— bye. hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines. the immigration minister is to visit dover later amid mounting concern about the number of migrants crossing the channel in small boats. more than £100 million is to be spent chartering extra ferries to bring in vital supplies in the event of a no—deal brexit. named in the new year honours list — the british divers who rescued a boys football team from a cave in thailand. also on the list, alistair cook, twiggy is made a dame and michael palin is knighted.

i'm very surprised because i've done a lot of things in my life, none of which i felt would be worthy of such recognition, but maybe the cumulative effect is one of some kind of achievement. an army officer has become the first briton to complete a solo trek across antarctica. it took captain louis rudd 56 days to cross the continent sport and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello. a host of sporting names have been honoured in the queen's new years list, leading the way is alastair cook. the former england captain's been knighted. he's the first cricketer to be given the honour in more than a decade, after a record—breaking career that culminated in a century in his final test this summer. also knighted is the former england rugby captain, bill beaumont. it's a great honour to have, you know. and when i look at the sport

knights, they are at the guys that you absolutely respect and also the danes involved in sport as well. and when i embarked on my rugby career locally year at my rugby club, who would have thought in 50 years from when i first started playing down there that year i would be in the recipient of a knighthood ? honours too for the manager and captain who played such a key part in a memorable summer for england at the world cup. gareth southgate has been given an 0be, whilst harry kane gets an mbe. it is quite surreal, really. it has been four or five years since i have broken into the spurs team, and it is another thing that i am extremely proud of, to have that honour.

it has been a great year for club and country. it is hard to put into words, really. it's a big day in scotland — rangers host celtic, kicking off in just a few minutes time. and it's an old firm derby that's taking on added significance given how tight things are at the top of the premiership. celtic just 3 points ahead of rangers going into this one. we just have to approach the game,