this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines... the immigration minister is in dover — as the home secretary cuts short a family holiday to deal with the rising number of migrants crossing the channel in small boats. he is on his way back and he will be at his he is on his way back and he will be at his desk he is on his way back and he will be at his desk on he is on his way back and he will be at his desk on monday he is on his way back and he will be at his desk on monday but he is on his way back and he will be at his desk on monday but yes, he is on his way back and he will be at his desk on monday but yes, he he is on his way back and he will be at his desk on monday but yes, he is taking control of the situation and i'm in regular contact with him and we had a conference calljust yesterday. at least 20 people were on board a minibus that overturned in the scottish borders — fourfire engines were sent to the scene. more than £100 million is to be spent chartering extra ferries to bring in vital supplies in the event of a no deal brexit. also in the next hour — more than 1,000 people are named in the new year honours list. they include the british divers who rescued a boys football team from a cave in thailand, twiggy, who is made a dame — and michael palin, who is knighted. i'm very surprised, because i've done a lot of things in my life, none of which i felt were totally worthy of such recognition. but maybe the cumulative effect is one of some kind of achievement. coming up at 1530,

a special edition of click — filmed live before an audience who were treated to the very latest in technology. the home secretary sajid javid is cutting short a family holiday to deal with the rising number of migrants attempting to cross the english channel in small boats. more than 200 people have arrived since the start of november. the immigration minister caroline nokes is currently visiting dover, following criticism of the government's response. the home secretary has now declared the situation a major incident. in the past hour, ms nokes explained what that meant in practical terms we have put in place a gold command

structure with a senior civil servant in charge and we will be able to bring together most of the different resources and parts of the home office and other partners that we need to tackle this. where is the home secretary, is he in charge of this? i can't comment on his whereabouts for security reasons but he is on his way back and he will be at his desk on monday, but yes, he has taken control of the situation and i'm in regular contact with him and i'm in regular contact with him and we had a conference call yesterday. all the activity that says this is a major incident, what will change here? we are constantly reviewing the resources we need and continuing the important work with the french and it is critical that we share information at the highest and most effective level because what we want is to make sure that people don't set sail across the channel making really perilous journeys at a treacherous time of the year. many people will say the

way to stop them is to take them back and the message will get through that you cannot use the british border force as a taxi service to get into the uk. it is critical that we react appropriately and judge each incident and it is imperative we abide by international conventions and deal with the problem is his most effective and it's important to remember that we are dealing with people's lives, people who have taken a terrible risk, but we are working with the french to find the most effective route for returns for those who it is appropriate for and it will be perfectly feasible that some people may be returned to country of origin depending on where they have come from. do you have concerns for peoples lives given that they are taking to the sea in very small boats? what is terrifying is the scale of the craft, far too small for the numbers of people on board,

with inappropriate life—saving equipment, so of course i'm very concerned about peoples lives and would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to those who have been involved in rescue efforts, the rnli, the border force, who are out there, but it is really important that we use intelligence led operations to stop these attempts at source. given your concern for peoples lives, shouldn't there be more border force vessels out there picking people up? that is being considered. it is appropriate to make sure we have the correct level of response out there, it is feasible that if we put additional craft they may act as a magnet, encouraging people to make a perilous crossing, but we want to work with the french so people are prevented from leaving beaches in northern france to make sure that we are providing joint operations in terms of intelligence and policing andindeed terms of intelligence and policing and indeed when people are out on

the water, making sure we assist the french response where that is appropriate and vice versa. either rescuing migrants is a magnet or it isn't, but we seem to be doing half thejob here. isn't, but we seem to be doing half the job here. shouldn't isn't, but we seem to be doing half thejob here. shouldn't we be doing thejob here. shouldn't we be doing the fulljob? we are doing the full job, there's an enormous operation to make sure that arrests are made in france, but also where people's lives are at stake we have adequate resources out there working in partnership with the coastguard and the border force and the rnli to make sure people are rescued where it becomes necessary but the real emphasis has to be on the source of the migration problem, working u pstrea m to tackle the migration problem, working upstream to tackle that and indeed to crack these organised crime gangs who are trading in people's misery. what happens to the people when they are brought ashore? they work with

uk vi where asylum claims are made and fingerprints are taken, and the border force are doing a very good job in warming people up, some people have been pre—hypothermic, so it's about a welcome operation but also a process so it's about a welcome operation but also a process so if people have claimed asylum elsewhere before they arrived here, and then they go into the asylum process, making sure they are dispersed and treated appropriately. are the french doing enough? i've been working very closely with french counterparts and had telephone correspondence and letters before christmas and the home secretary is working with his french equivalent and our border force have been working with their french counterparts so the operation between us and the french has been very effective and is ongoing, the french have made arrests and i are working very hard on the organised crime front and they have acted as a deterrent in the theft of fishing vessels but it is important that we

continue thejoint vessels but it is important that we continue the joint working —— they are working very hard. does brexit have any bearing on this? we are trying to set up a new relationship with the french. this is a global migration crisis and we have got to look at it through that lens, but clearly brexit is on the horizon. it is important that we continue joint working so part of this is making sure that we have good groundings with our french counterparts so after brexit those relationships and intelligence sharing can continue. the immigration minister caroline nokes there in dover. a minibus believed to have more than 20 people on board has overturned on a road in the scottish borders. emergency services are at the scene of the accident on the a6089 between carfraemill and gordon, near lauder. the road is closed in both directions. police scotland said no other vehicles were involved in the incident, which was reported just before 11 o'clock this morning. there was no immediate information on casualties.

the department for transport has spent more than £100 million on extra capacity on ferries, to ensure the delivery of critical goods in the event of a no—deal brexit. the ships have been chartered to ease congestion at dover, and allow more lorries through other ports. the department for transport described the move as "a small but importa nt" element of its no—deal planning. one of the ferry companies affected, brittany, explained that it's already discussed the need for increased crossings in the event of a no—deal brexit. we will increase the number of sailing per week per by 19 on the so—called western channel. and that means services out of portsmouth, poole and plymouth. and in that way, we will increase freight capacity by 50% on those routes. we do have the capacity to do this. what we need to do is to increase the number of rotations, so that's the number of there and back crossings each day, on certain routes. so portsmouth le havre,

poole cherbourg, and plymouth roscoff. we have had to start making plans, we will have to train staff, we will have to change contracts that we already have in place for refuelling, and we'll have to pay additional port dues. so already there's a lot of work and costs taking place. let's get more on this from henry newman, the director of open europe — a think—tank focusing on the relationship between the uk and the eu after brexit. he was also previously the former special adviser to michael gove. £100 million on ferries. rather last—minute? £100 million on ferries. rather last-minute? the government is doing the right thing. there was criticism they weren't doing enough to prepare for no deal publicly but actually we are now for no deal publicly but actually we a re now less for no deal publicly but actually we are now less than three months from leaving the eu, at the end of march, so leaving the eu, at the end of march, so the government has to put these plans in place to make sure they can minimise any possible disruption at the borders but they can't control what happens on the other side of the channel in france. they are

preparing to increase supply in alternative routes beside the main dover to calais route. is this a sign that we are heading more likely toa sign that we are heading more likely to a no—deal brexit? sign that we are heading more likely to a no-deal brexit? there is one deal on the table and that is the prime minister's deal. mps from all parties do not like this deal. they say they are going to say no when they get a meaningful vote. they may say no initially and then the government might try to reintroduce this, but nobody else has a deal on the table, only the prime minister. her deal is not perfect, but if you are facing down a timetable where we will leave the eu, and mps voted for that. the gina miller case went to the supreme court and the government had to seek the authorisation of mps before they could trigger article 50, they did that, and that put us ona 50, they did that, and that put us on a course to leave the eu. mps are

110w on a course to leave the eu. mps are now saying, why are you preparing for no deal? because mps instructed the government to pull the exit cord. it is leverage? they have time on their site, as we get closer to the exit date, the fact they are the ones with the plan, the deal they have negotiated with brussels, that will become more clear, so mps who say, i will vote against this plan, what they are saying to me in private, actually, i may have to swallow my concerns and basically ta ke swallow my concerns and basically take the only safe option. we could spend all of this interview talking about the likelihood of getting the deal through but we are here to talk about the very contingency plan. there has been criticism of this. vince cable says it is complete madness and ironic that most of the money is going to european companies. but we are trying to get out of the eu. the liberal democrats

are complaining about whatever the government is doing but if the government is doing but if the government was not preparing to resolve some of the problems in case of no deal people would be criticising them, so they are damned if they do and damned if they don't. they have got to rely on the other parties to get any business through the commons and if the liberal democrats are worried about leaving without a deal they can vote for the deal and then we can leave with a deal and then we can leave with a deal and then they won't need to use these additional ferry routes. those who voted remain were accused of creating fear, that some of the contingency plans were a fiction, and that they would not be necessary , and that they would not be necessary, that trade would continue sea mlessly necessary, that trade would continue seamlessly without friction, but clearly that is not going to happen if we are having to spend this money on ferries. what other contingency plans need to be put in place?‘ on ferries. what other contingency plans need to be put in place? a few things, trade could continue if we leave without any disruption, if we

leave without any disruption, if we leave on the current deal, because that would give us the transition period. it will be mainly on goods going into the eu but if you cannot get our goods into france or belgium, things back up and you get the knee jerk congestion on the board and that is a real risk and a big problem and that is why the government is trying to take these steps —— on the border. this would not be insurmountable but it would mean for several months there was severe disruption on the borders. lot of people who do or don't want to leave, how alarms will they be? —— alarmed. that this is the kind of money needed. it is not a huge amount of money, even though it is important, but it is not a huge amount in the scheme of things. it isa amount in the scheme of things. it is a weak‘s contribution to the eu, but people who voted to leave did

recognise that this would mean some disruption —— it is a weak‘s contribution. i don't think anybody really wa nts contribution. i don't think anybody really wants to see a serious disruption which is why everybody should think very carefully about what the best option is in this scenario. three choices, leave without a deal which would risk the disruption, or we leave with the prime minister's deal which is a safe path, or we don't leave at all in which case we have to have a general election or a second referendum and all the complexities... many people recognise that is far from the easy path. there are three options and none are that easy but often that's the way it is in politics. henry newman, thanks for joining the way it is in politics. henry newman, thanks forjoining us. the headlines on bbc news... the immigration minister is in dover as the home secretary cuts short a family holiday to deal with the rising number of migrants crossing the channel in small boats. at least 20 people were on board

a minibus that overturned in the scottish borders. fourfire engines were sent to the scene more than £100 million is to be spent chartering extra ferries to bring in vital supplies in the event of a no deal brexit. and in sport... rangers get their first league victory over celtic in six years, beating them 1—0 at ibrox. jurgen klopp's liverpool aim to extend their lead at the top of the premier league as they prepare for arsenal this evening. and the former england cricket captain andrew strauss has paid tribute to his wife ruth, who has died at the age of 46. she had been receiving treatment for a rare form of lung cancer, but died in her native melbourne overnight. we will have more on those stories later this afternoon. more than 1,000 people, including the monty python star, michael palin, the model twiggy and the england football captain harry kane, have been recognised in the new year honours list. as well as high profile figures, hundreds of ordinary people have

been recognised for their public service and bravery, including one of the british divers who helped rescue a group of thai schoolboys trapped in flooded caves. lizo mzimba has the details. michael palin says he is immensely grateful to receive a knighthood for services to travel, culture and geography. i've done lots of things in my life, none of which i felt were totally worthy of such recognition. but maybe the cumulative effect is one of some kind of achievement. the world's top fashion cover girl... leading fashion figure lesley lawson, better known as twiggy, has been honoured for her work in the arts, charity and fashion. 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! 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 for. it's nice for the team to be recognised. following the world cup, england football manager gareth southgate becomes an 0be. captain harry kane, an mbe. he paid tribute to his team—mates. i am extremely thankful for all my team—mates, all my coaches in the england team, the tottenham team. without them i wouldn't be scoring the goals and wouldn't be getting these type of accolades. so, yes, very proud and very thankful to them. 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 campaigns against domestic abuse. until 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, it just shows others.

britain's longest serving lollipop lady, beryl quantrill from cleethorpes, has also been honoured with a british empire medal. it was on my birthday when i got the letter. i was over the moon! and i couldn't wait to tell my son when he came in. i never thought i'd get an award. anything. i just thought they were going to say goodbye to me, and that was it. she's been helping children cross for more than 50 years, just one of the often unsung heroes being honoured. lizo mzimba, bbc news. the chief constable of sussex police has apologised to a couple who were arrested then released, following the recent chaos at gatwick airport, caused by drone sightings. giles york defended his force's handling of the incident. he insisted there had been a drone, after a senior officer suggested the reported sightings might not have been credible. a woman has appeared in court accused of murdering her toddler twins. the children, who were almost two

years old, were pronounced dead after they were discovered at their home in margate, early on thursday morning. samantha ford who is 37 years old, appeared at canterbury magistrates‘ court, charged with murdering jake and chloe ford. she's been remanded in custody until monday. the egyptian authorities say they've killed a0 people they describe as terrorists in giza and north sinai. the raids come a day after an attack on a tourist bus on its way to the pyramids, in which three vietnamese people and their tour guide were killed. 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 say 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. an army officer has become the first briton to trek unaided across antarctica. it took captain lou rudd 56 days to cover the 925 miles. he was inspired to attempt the adventure after the death of his friend and colleague, henry worsely, along the same route.

the father—of—three from hereford said it was tough — but he was in good health. captain rudd spoke to my colleague shaun ley and said he was surpried how quickly he completed the challenge. 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 thejourney. i was dragging my sledge behind me and it had everything i needed in it to survive for the two—month crossing. it was about 140 kilograms. i experienced really soft, deep snow at the beginning and 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, i'm an ambassador 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 that his wifejoanna very kindly gave 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's an 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? yeah, i mean, it is obviously an extremely hostile environment. you always 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 first 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 contact did you have with the outside world during 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. 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. this year recorded crime increased by 9% in england and wales, according to official figures, fuelled by rises in violent offences and robbery. in london, the number of killings has reached the highest for a decade. as we look to the year ahead, our home editor mark easton gives his analysis. people are becoming increasingly worried about rising crime, and particularly rising violent crime. an anxiety driven substantially, i think, by the large number of young men who have been stabbed to death here in the capital over the last couple of years.

so, what is the truth? what are the risks these days of being a victim of violence? there certainly has been an increase in recorded violence by the police recently. there are reasons for that. one of them is that the police got into trouble for not logging violent crime properly and they have improved their methods recently and that, we think, has seen an increase in some recorded violence. there's another reason which is that certain crimes, hate crimes, domestic violence, child sexual abuse, sexual crimes like rape and other assaults — police have been encouraging victims to come forward so actually the increased recordings of those crimes may be good news, it may be that more people are coming forward. there is a better way of measuring trends in violent crime and that is to ask people about their experiences of it. and the crime survey of england and wales has been doing that for decades. and what that shows is that violence really is very stable at the moment, and over the last few years, after a really significant fall

from where it was in the mid—90s. in fact, from 1995 to today, it's fallen by two thirds, a remarkable improvement. your chances of being a victim of violence are significantly lower. all that having been said, there are some violent crimes that do appear to be rising at the moment. although the numbers are mercifully small, there does appear to have been an increase in knife crime. although interestingly, there has been a fall in gun crime. there is another statistic, a worrying statistic where the numbers are rising, and that is the homicide rate, murder. and that's really a very good measure of what's happening in society and that does appear

to be creeping up again after decades of falls. and that is why over the coming year, police, politicians and others will be looking at ways to try and make us safer. perhaps seeing violent crime not so much as a criminaljustice matter, treating it like a disease, like an health matter, looking to prevent it before it can spread. but perhaps i should finish by saying this. looking at the statistics, it is likely that your chances of being a victim of violent crime in the coming year are as low almost as they have ever been. a small spanish town has once again become the scene of a giant food fight — part of an annual celebration that dates back to roman times — when social roles were reversed for a day. kathryn armstrong has more. all geared up and ready for battle. these men might look like extras on a set of a film but they're about to take part in an important tradition stretching back hundreds of years. and as far as traditions go, this is one of the messier ones. the battle of els enfarinats takes place every year in the small town of ibi in spain's alicante region as part of a religious festival. the main weapons of choice —

flour, eggs and fire extinguishers. during the mock skirmish, a coup is staged, and new ridiculous laws are declared, with fines for anyone who flouts them. thankfully, order is finally restored by the opposing side but not before a firework or two is thrown into the mix. at the end of the day, any money collected is donated to charity. but all that's left is to figure out how to wash all that egg and flour out. kathryn armstrong, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with mel coles. good afternoon. the mild but cloudy theme continues although we are seeing some subtle differences day by day. today we have some blustery winds and while there is a lot of cloud around, we are seeing some breaks allowing for brighter spells from time to time. as we head towards the end of 2018,

it looks as though it will be a mostly dry story. mild, too, temperatures above average for the time of year, but wet and windy at times, that's certainly been the case through parts of scotland down into the penines and the derbyshire peak district. gradually as we go through the day, those winds will ease down. there is some brightness around the further north and east you go, more cloud down towards the south—west where it is drizzly in places. double digits here, a little bit cooler the further north you go. into this evening, that rain works its way through northern ireland and works its way eastwards. parts of the south—east and east anglia may hang onto clear skies and here we could have a patchy frost first thing tomorrow morning, maybe some mist and fog. the cloud tending to bubble up as the night goes on, lifting those temperatures a little bit. it does mean we get off to another grey start on sunday. outbreaks of patchy rain gradually working their way eastwards, then it's a drying up story, the best of the breaks in the cloud favouring the eastern side of the country. temperatures widely back up into double figures. then we're up and running

into new year's eve, high pressure is still in charge, particularly the further south you go. further north, a bit more of a low—pressure influence and here we have blustery winds once again through monday with outbreaks of rain which could turn more persistent in the western half of scotland as the day goes on. away from that, a lot of fine dry weather to be had, light winds the further south you go, and some brightness to be had from time to time. temperatures above average for the time of year. if you have outdoor plans for new year's eve, a chance of some outbreaks of patchy rain through northern ireland and scotland, but away from that it's dry and cloudy, temperatures not falling too far at all so it shouldn't be too cold. for new year's day itself, high pressure is centred over the uk, we've got a more north—westerly feed, a cooler direction to be coming from so we will notice it will feel a little bit fresher