good afternoon. the family of the man who was fatally stabbed on a train yesterday say he was an honourable man who would always help people in trouble. lee pomeroy, who was 51, was attacked in front of his teenage son just after they got on board a train in guildford in surrey. a man was arrested early this morning on suspicion of murder. a woman detained at the same time is being held on suspicion of assisting an offender. james waterhouse reports. the victims has been named as lee pomeroy, who lost his life the day before his 52nd birthday. his relatives have paid tribute, saying he was a loving husband and father and that he will be deeply missed by all of his family. a reassuring presence in an investigation that has shown no signs of stopping. through looking at cctv footage, police now have a clearer idea of what led to the attack, which officers say was an extraordinary level of violence. both menjoined

the train at guildford. more role straightaway, there has been some conversation between the two men. they have continue the conversation for 3—4 minutes, first in one carriage and then have moved to a second carriage. at some stage then, violence has insured, resulting in the tragic death of this man yesterday afternoon. the train had left gu ildford yesterday afternoon. the train had left guildford at lunchtime, bound for waterloo station. the men boarded the train at the first stop, london road station, just after 1pm. a few minutes later, at clandon, the next stop on the line to waterloo, the suspect got off the train and fled. the train went on to horsley station, where ambulance crews found the victim dead. the man was then arrested at 6am this morning at a house in farnham, along with a 27—year—old woman, on suspicion of helping an offender. it is between the stations and there that police are now trying to find the weapon used. the 14—year—old boy,

meanwhile, is receiving help from specialist officers. officers are keen to stress this is rare. one violent offence usually happens in every million passengerjourneys, they say, in england, scotland and wales. that, however, doesn't lessen the sense of shock that many will be feeling. well, it is here at horsley station where the alarm was first raised 2a hours ago. now, alongside those two arrests, we have learned more about the man who lost his life the day before his 52nd birthday. the family of lee pomeroy pay tribute, saying he took his son to a trip to london on his day out, it goes on to say that he would have his birthday today but did not get to see his presents. he was an honest, bright person who loved music, history and art and had a bachelor of science and maths. he was a devoted family man and did everything for his family. he was an honourable man and would always help someone honourable man and would always help

someone who is in trouble. they have 110w someone who is in trouble. they have now asked for privacy as they come to terms with their loss. james waterhouse in surrey, thank you. three men have been killed and four wounded in a shooting at a bowling alley in southern california. witnesses say shots were fired after a fight broke out at the gable house bowl complex in the coastal city of torrance late on friday night. police say no suspects have yet been identified. a 31—year—old man has been shot dead by armed police at an address in coventry. two more men were detained at the scene on burnaby road following what officers called an "intelligence—led operation". the man was shot at around 6.20 last night. the area remained cordoned off this morning. five teenagers have died in a fire at an escape room activity venue in poland. the girls, all 15 years old, had been celebrating a birthday party. escape rooms involve teams finding clues and solving puzzles in order to free themselves from a locked room. this report from monika plaha includes flashing images. what was meant to be a birthday celebration amongst friends turned into an evening of horror.

the emergency services were called to this escape room on friday evening after a fire broke out at around 5pm. five girls, all aged 15, locked in a room as part of the game, were all killed in the blaze. a 25—year—old man was seriously injured. the incident happened in poland's northern city of koszalin. its mayor has declared sunday as a day of mourning. officials say they are inspecting over 1,000 escape rooms across the country. translation: from tomorrow, all escape rooms, game centres and clubs will undergo fire safety inspections, with special attention paid to evacuation plans, escape routes in this type of location. there should be a moderator in each location able to unlock the rooms and let people out. we will check this and it will be strictly controlled. poland's president reacted to the news on twitter, writing it was a devastating tragedy that five joyful girls have had life torn away from them.

the cause of the fire is not yet known but polish authorities say they will continue to investigate what caused this tragedy. monika plaha, bbc news. smokers and problem drinkers who are admitted to hospital in england will be given help to cut down or quit. the measures are part of a new long—term plan aimed at reducing demand on the health service. nhs england says problem drinkers and smokers cost the health service £6 billion every year. donald trump says that the partial shutdown of the us federal government, now entering its third week, could last months or even years. democrats are refusing to agree to the funding the president needs to fulfill his promise of building a wall on the border with mexico. officials from the white house and congress will meet again later in a further attempt to end the budget row. mountaineering experts say the risks of winter climbing should not be underestimated

following the deaths of two young climbers on ben nevis. a student from germany died on new year's day, while another young climber — 21—year—old patrick boothroyd from west yorkshire — died on the mountain in december. here's our scotland correspondent james shaw. ben nevis, the highest mountain in the british isles and, for that reason, extremely popular with walkers and climbers. but the paths across its north face can be dangerous. this is what's known as the ledge route. on new year's day, a student from bristol university fell 500 feet down the mountain from this path and was killed. her three companions were rescued by a coastguard helicopter. the actual helicopter managed to winch them off the crag from where they were and i was below the crag, which was carn dearg buttress, where, unfortunately, she'd fallen. it was the second death in recent weeks. patrick boothroyd, who was 21, died in december.

tens of thousands of people climb ben nevis every year. most use this path to the summit, which is relatively straightforward, but some, including the two students who died recently, attempt the rock faces and gullies on the northside, which, even in the best weather, are never free of risk. many new climbers use professional guides. this group is returning from the mountain after a training day. it's horrible to hear of accidents and fatalities in the mountains, especially because it's such a life—affirming thing to do. despite all of our best efforts, we can't control everything. it is a risky environment and sometimes things go wrong fairly randomly. experienced climbers know and accept the dangers of scaling britain's highest peak. those with less experience may not be so aware that this place can be beautiful and deadly. james shaw, bbc news, ben nevis. with all the sport now, here's john watson

at the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. it's fa cup third round weekend, a chance for lower—league sides to spring an upset as the premier league teams join the competition. 22 matches today, some of which are underway. and we've had the first use of var in this year's competition at old trafford, where manchester united were eventually awarded a penalty for this challenge against championship side reading. juan mata stepped up to make it 1—0 to ole gunnar solskjaer‘s side. west ham are in front against championship side bristol city. marko arnautovic heading in. after winning gold at last yea r‘s commonwealth games, england's netball team are hoping for an even better 2019 with all eyes firmly focused on the world cup which starts injuly. in the meantime, the superleague season begins today with all ten teams competing in birmingham. london pulse will be making their debut,

led by the england captain ama agberze. our reporter kate grey has been to meet them. for yea rs for years and years, we have wanted to achieve it. actually doing it was a shock to us. almost was slow motion. and then i think it wasjust almost was slow motion. and then i think it was just carnage and mayhem. ama agberze has had quite the year as england captain but has spent the majority of her netball career playing in the new zealand and australian netball league. they are professional and moving at the right direction in terms of where female sport needs to go, you can play netball, train in the day and on court, the intensity is crazy. now she is back in the uk and has joined a new team, london pulse, and has ambitions of replicating the

success from down under on home soil. we have lots of talented players, it is more about how we combine together. i think we are in a good place and the game will be interesting to see. london pulse will be the first london based team tojoina will be the first london based team tojoin a national will be the first london based team to join a national super league and it is thanks to their established youth setup they have been able to enter a senior team this season. their home matches will take place at the iconic copper box arena, with growing hopes their growing fan base will turn up and show their support. over the last sort of year we have seena over the last sort of year we have seen a research into netball in terms of the public psyche and, for me, it has been phenomenal to have the idea of london pulse. now we are here, we are so excited to have the season start. the super league runs from january to may and then attention turns to the netball world cup in liverpool injuly, where ama agberze and the team will be hoping to set pulses racing again. celtic warriors took on team bath in the first of the day's matches — the latter with one of the stars of the game, serena guthrie, in their ranks, having returned from a period playing abroad. team bath eventually won 58—41.

and ahead of the first grand slam of the year, the australian open, the defending champion, roger federer, has won the hopman cup alongside compatriot belinda bencic. the mixed team event saw switzerland take on germany in the final. it was a repeat of last year's final, which the swiss pair also won. the australian open begins in melbourne in nine days' time. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. you can see more on all of the stories on the bbc news channel throughout the afternoon. the next news is at 5:50pm on bbc one. have a good afternoon. hello.

you're watching the bbc news channel. let's get more now on the news that all smokers and heavy drinkers admitted to hospital in england are to be offered help to quit, as part of efforts to reduce demand on the health service. earlier i spoke to deborah arnott — chief executive of action on smoking and health, a health charity which works to eliminate the harm caused by tobacco. i asked her how this approach differs from previous attempts to curb smoking. it is dedicated services to sick smokers in the nhs and historically there are community services provided by the public health budget, through local authorities, which unfortunately have had their budgets cut in recent years. actually this is meeting smokers at a point where they're most likely to change their behaviour — when they have been diagnosed with something and doctors can say to them, "if you quit smoking, this will help improve your health." help improve, but of course can't reverse the damage. i suppose people might think isn't it better to put the money into preventing? you need both.

i will give you a good example, it will reduce bed pressure in the nhs, because smokers are five times more likely to get flu, which is a major cause of winter bed pressure and there is a pilot going on in manchester where they estimate they will save 10 million and 30,000 beds for the nhs. so it is cost saving, not cost causing. and for example, you know, lung cancer, which is a terrible thing to be diagnosed with, something like 30% of people diagnosed with lung cancer are still smoking. if they quit smoking at that point, they can nearly double their life expectancy and improve their quality of life. so it not only helps prevent disease, it also helps recovery. you talked about the cost benefit, i suppose the difficulty as always is, particularly in the pressures that the nhs is under at the moment, notwithstanding the additional funding that it received, sort of emergency funding from the chancellor, is that it has to find the money up front and get the savings a few years down the line. that is always the difficult thing to convince people of, to invest money for a service up front to get savings that may come, we think they will come, but we can't be sure right now. a recent report by

the royal college of physicians, hiding in plain sight, which is what this is based on in part, shows that the savings are in here, the savings on reduced admissions to hospital and reduced readmissions and shortening of length of stay actually happen in year one. so it is cost saving, not cost causingsing even in year one. that is why the nhs is including this in the long—term plan. what is happening, i know this is specifically about england. is there practice elsewhere in the uk that we are learning from, or is it practice abroad that we are learning from, 01’ is this kind of a fresh innovation just from england? major learnings from something called the ottawa model, which is what is being rolled out in greater manchester, and that's been in place for a number of years and has been properly evaluated and that's why we know that this is an initiative which can reduce pressure on the nhs and have an immediate impact. it is a difficult message to get across to smokers sometimes to make a direct correlation between what they do,

often on a daily basis, and the damage it does to them maybe some years down the line. do you get a sense now that there is a generational change in attitudes towards that among smokers, that people, that younger smokers are more health conscious than perhaps their older brethren? i think younger people are more health conscious, not the ones that take up smoking. but far fewer take up smoking, because of comprehensive strategy that many governments of different political complexions, because this is not partly political, have put in place since the late 1990s. but people are still smoking and the technology has innovated, now they're vaping rather thanjust smoking, i mean presumely that is an area where we don't yet know entirely what the health consequences may be. no, but the recent campaign from public health england shows clearly the difference between the impact of smoking on your lungs and the impact of vaping and it is worth looking that up online. because the tar you get into your lungs from the amount of smoke from one month is disgusting and you get nothing

like that from vaping. but to go back to your point, i think we need to keep the comprehensive pressure, because it's much easier not to start smoking than to quit. but we also need to help existing smokers to quit. you know, if you're a smoker and you have an operation, your average length of stay in hospital is much longer, wound recovery is less well for some operations like back operations it is actually contra—indicated, they won't have the operation, because it's unlikely to succeed. so smokers need to realise it is not just about what will happen in the future, it is about what will happen now. research by the telecoms regulator, ofcom, shows the amount of time people spend using a landline has halved over the past five years. the use of mobile data has rocketed during the same period to almost two gigabytes per person per month. earlier i spoke to andrew fergusson, a consumer telecoms expert at the news website think broadband and asked him if he was surprised by the figures. i think it is going to accelerate more, because we have a generation

of teenagers who are moving into their own own homes and they will accelerate this more as they move into the work place and become decision—makers. into the work place and become decision-makers. if anyone this is a problem for bt, which inherited this from the post office when it was first privatised, have they found a way of dealing with this do you think in terms of their business model? in terms of business model, there has been a slow shift happening and it is very much a case of line rental is the thing that eve ryo ne of line rental is the thing that everyone hates to pay for, but we have to for the broadband. there has been a move already towards not actually talking about line rental and just the combined price of rental and broadband. so people are starting to forget it. it is changing, one of the problems is the costs of making a call if you make a

call from a land line is increasing and that is something ofcom will have to watch for to make sure those who are reliant on their landlines don't get price—gouged. who are reliant on their landlines don't get price-gouged. as the number of subscribers diminishes, they're going to have to still be generating the same amount of revenue and the obvious way is to put up the prices for the people left? yes we are seeing that, people complaining about call connection charges. it is can 90 pence for a ten second call. the idea is it encourages you to take the call bundles and they have a guaranteed revenue stream. it feels like a lifetime ago, but can i remember going into a telephone box which had phone directories in it, so you could actually look up numbers. those things have gone, the phone

directory that came the other day was a couple of inches thick, what about the economics for people who are in this industry now, because presumably the more calls that people are making over apps like what's app or skype or doing it through other technology, that again the fewer people who will able to make money from this. this is the problem. skype and other apps, so much what you can do is free and there is a question mark and how they will make money. generally that is through advertising. but there has been a backlash in the last year about all the tracking of people and so the advertising industry, that may go through a point where it has to back off a bit and may affect what is free and you may find some apps to get the best calls, they may wa nt apps to get the best calls, they may want to start charging. there is things that will change. we don't quite know what will happen. there isa quite know what will happen. there is a lot of business models around for the app industry, where they're

losing lots of money and they're hoping to make a lot of money later. so the question is will later be 20 yea rs so the question is will later be 20 years or 15 months' time? ryanair is by far europe's largest low—cost airline. but the consumer group which? said it was by far the worst rated short—haul airline in an annual survey. ryanair has been voted the worst short—haul airline for the sixth year running, in a survey by the consumer group which. the airline had to cancel scores of flights last summer because of a series of strikes. ryanair has called the research ‘irrelevant‘ because it says it's carrying more passengers than ever. here's our transport correspondent tom burridge. ryanair is by far europe's largest low—cost airline. but the consumer group which? said it was by far the worst rated short—haul airline in an annual survey. asked nearly 8,000 of its members about recent experiences on 19 different airlines. which? said rya nair‘s overall score was dismal, with the airline was my reputation declining significantly over the past year. 2018 wasn't a good year for ryanair. multiple strikes by its staff across europe men huge disruption

for hundreds of thousands of passengers over the summer. the airlines werejudged on criteria such as boarding, seating, customer service and value for money. thomas cook and wizz air also came out badly. easyjet was somewhere in the middle. and jet2 near the top. ryanair described in the ratings as irrelevant. it said it is now carried 1111 million passengers each year. an increase of 78% injust six years. donald trump says that the partial us government shutdown — now entering its third week — could last months or even years. democrats are refusing to agree to the funding the president needs to build a wall along the border with mexico. officials from the white house and congress will meet again this afternoon in a further attempt to end the budget row. staying in the us, a bid to smear the youngest woman elected to the us congress has backfired. a video of alexandria ocasio—cortez dancing while she was a student

at boston university was shared just a day before the 29—year—old was officially sworn in to congress. but, instead of discrediting her, many people instead have celebrated her dance moves. laura westbrook reports. this is the video of a girl dancing, but it is just who is dancing that's got people talking. alexandra cortez is the youngest woman ever elected to the us congress. this footage from 2010 is from when she and other stu d e nts from 2010 is from when she and other students at boston university tried to recreate a scene from the movie the breakfast club. it was posted to try to discredit her the day before she was sworn into office. but the tactic back—fired. many instead took to social media to praise her. molly

ringwald tweeted, you're in the club. others asked for dancing lessons. russell crowe even tweeted his admiration. she is part of a new wave of faces in the most diverse co ng ress wave of faces in the most diverse congress in history. but the 29—year—old in particular has been the subject of intense scrutiny online, with critics calling her out or what she wears to trying discredit her financial struggles. what this highlights is just how divided the political landscape in america is. the congress woman responded to the controversy with another video. as congress enters a new era, this new law—maker isn't afraid for her critics to show she dances to a different tune. the ukraine's orthodox church has

been formally recognised by the world head of orthodox christians at a ceremony in istanbul. the decision has sparked fury in russia. until now, the two churches have been linked, a relationship which stretches back centuries. our correspondent in the ukranian capital, kiev, jonah fisher, has been explaining the background to the split. the ukrainian orthodox church here is very important. it is the main religion here and most of ukraine follows the religion to some extent or the other. this morning, wall to wall on television is the ceremony from istanbul where the man who heads the global orthodox community will be signing official recognition for ukraine to have its own

independent branch of the orthodox church and that means that it will be separate from russia for the first time for hundreds of years. the fact that ukraine's president has gone to istanbul to witness this ceremony is a mark of how important people are making this moment. for them, this is, for many people, they are talking about this being a final moment of independent. ukraine has been independent for 27 years, but still had this link and many people here are regarding this as a moment that was a long time coming, but will finally break that last link with russia and with moscow. a lot of this is about the politics and relations between the two countries, the president of ukraine is in the middle of a presidential campaign, one can see the political appeal. but what is the practical cause of this, why have the two churches been driven apart in this way? well, i think there are a couple of aspects

to this. firstly, the country to country relations between russia and ukraine, which it goes out saying are awful. russia seized crimea from ukraine and there is a conflict in eastern ukraine, where russia is funding rebels. there was a feeling it was not tenable to have this link whereby moscow controlled all of these parishes inside ukraine and i think there is also a realisation that partly because of that conflict the mood has changed here in ukraine and whereas people before perhaps tolerated that continuing link to moscow through the russian orthodox church, there is a sense that that has now changed and people were ready to have a separate church and what we seeing in istanbul is that church, the ukrainian orthodox church, the ukrainian orthodox church, being given international

recognition as being separate from russia. ajapanese restaurant owner has paid a record 3.1 million dollars for a single pacific blue fin tuna fish. the new record was set at the first tuna auction of 2019 at tokyo's toyosu fish market. from tokyo rupert wingfield hayes reports. many traders were expecting a new record to be set at this year's opening tuna auction and they were not disappointed. the price paid for this 278 kilo prize by kiyoshi kimura was far higher than his own previous record. he is known as japan's tuna king and the price he pays at the annual new year's auction bears only a vague relation to the actual price of tuna. on a normal day a similar sized fish would sell for around £45,000. today's record is in part about status and it creates a lot of

publicity for mr kimura and his sushi empire, but it is also a reflection of the scarcity of large blue fin tuna. they are officially listed as an endangered species. last year catches off the coast ofjapan were significantly down and since the middle of last year, prices in tokyo have climbed by more than a0%. dashcam footage sent to police has led to hundreds of motorists being fined and prosecuted in welsh courts over the last year. let's take a look. as well as dangerous driving and using a phone behind the wheel, two drivers were caught with dogs on their laps. kidding and ending up the wrong way

around. —— skidding. operation snap was rolled out across wales to process footage as police try to tackle "bad driving". more than 2,300 dashcam films were sent in and action was taken in more than 650 cases. the police has said the public response had been exceptional. depending on the seriousness of the motoring offence, drivers have been fined, sent on awareness courses or prosecuted in court. in china, the city of harbin is kicking off its annual winter festival with the world famous ice sculptures. ice and snow carvers have unveiled their masterpieces, which are made from big chunks of ice dragged out of the nearby river, carved, brushed and lit up. harbin's temperatures can fall to minus 25 degrees celsius but despite the cold, the winter festival is a huge tourist attraction — more than a million people visited last year. now it's the twelfth day of christmas and if you were wondering

what to do with your lefover christmas tree — here's an idea. in the us state of maine, these goats are being treated to cast—off christmas trees. smiling hill farm took in 650 trees last year and is treating its hungry herd of goats to the same festive feast this year.