this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak, the headlines at 2pm: police name the man who was fatally stabbed on a train in surrey as 51—year—old lee pomeroy. a man's been arrested in connection with the murder. in relation to what we know so far in relation to what happened, it was not random, in terms that there was not random, in terms that there was no contact between the two people before the incident. we know that they were talking together. that is all we know at this moment in time. smokers and problem drinkers admitted to hospital in england will get help to quit or cut down to reduce demands on the health service. (00v) five fifteen—year—old girls have been killed after a fire broke out in an escape room in northern poland. ryanair is voted the worst short—haul airline for the sixth year in a row in a survey by the consumer group which. and coming up in half an hour — leicester's riaz khan talks about caring for his elderly parents in who's looking after mum and dad? good afternoon.

the family of 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 soon after they boarded 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. our correspondent, james waterhouse, reports. the victim 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 or less straightaway, there has been some conversation between the two men. they have continued the conversation for 3—4 minutes, first in one carriage and then have moved to a second carriage. at some stage then, violence has ensued, resulting in the tragic death of this man 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. the independent office for police conduct has opened an investigation after a 31—year—old man was shot dead by armed officers in coventry last night. west midlands police said two other men were arrested at the scene on burnaby road in the north of the city. police also say the man was shot during a pre—planned operation,

and his next of kin has been informed. 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. i'm joined now via webcam by dr richard piper, ceo of alcohol change uk, a leading uk alcohol charity. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. first off, your reaction to this announcement. first of all, we will welcome the announcement the investment in the alcohol care teams. they have been shown to work and the fact that we will see them in up to 50 hospitals is a really good thing. the announcement also includes rolling bows out to all

hospitals within five years. we would like to see that accelerated. alcohol care teams can work with people with alcohol poisoning, with people with alcohol poisoning, with people who have mild dependency weighed you can nip it in the bud, also with those who have chronic conditions as a result of drinking too much, such as cancers or liver disease. liver disease is the fastest growing cause of death in the uk though this is welcome. inevitably, we would like to see a slightly quicker roll—out to all hospitals and i suppose there is one big thing missing from all this which is the investment in alcohol treatment services. this is outside the hospital, in the community, where any of us, you or i, may have a mild dependency or a bit of a bad habit with alcohol, we used to be able to get help with those things but unfortunately those services are committed by local authorities and they have been suffering from cuts in recent years. the more people are

ending up, unfortunately, in hospital. so it is fantastic to have the support in hospital and we need the support in hospital and we need the government to step up and help local authorities put in place alcohol treatment in the community as well and that will start to be a much better package for problem drinkers. this is part of a £20 billion package directed at the nhs, you talk about alcohol care teams, what do they cost? the cost of an alcohol care team varies. you can have a team of three or four or sometimes slightly larger, it depends on the size of the hospital. they are really quite cost—effective posts. they are alcohol specialist can work with colleagues, for example in eight and eat, with collea g u es example in eight and eat, with colleagues in live up wards, and they will be able to identify people in hospital as a result of physical injury because of drink. asking

someone injury because of drink. asking someone whether they are drinking and how much they need support or help, many people turn around bed thinking habit on their own, dry january for example, that we run, is an opportunity to do that and thousands of people just sort themselves out and actually with a little nudge in the right direction, alcohol care teams can offer that support. they also help people with serious dependency issues and i think they can refer on to treatment as well, which is great. think they can refer on to treatment as well, which is greatlj think they can refer on to treatment as well, which is great. i was going to talk about the qualifications and potentials of these care teams. how much of the psychology of addiction is worked on by these teams and how important is that the cat? when you are dealing with alcohol issues, you are dealing with alcohol issues, you are not just are dealing with alcohol issues, you are notjust dealing with physical symptoms, you are also dealing with psychological issues. psychological training will almost certainly be

there in every alcohol care team but they will also have the ability to referred to specialist psychological services. those of us who develop a drinking problem, dependency, a psychological dependency and drink, and there are many, many, 600,000 people required treatment at the moment in the uk, unfortunately only 100,000 are getting back. but alcohol care teams can refer onto those services for people to receive in—depth support outside the hospital and can provide wraparound ca re hospital and can provide wraparound care as well, support them to get the right phone number and turn up at the right address at the right time, those sorts of things can be invaluable to vulnerable people. thank you very much. thousands of people in southern thailand are emerging from shelter after the region's worst storm in 30 years passed into the andaman sea. many thousands are still without power and holiday makers hoping to leave the tourist hotspots are being warned of long delays, due to a backlog of flights.

nick marsh has more. as the rain subsides, the clean—up begins. it's calm now in southern thailand, but this place bore the brunt of the region's worst tropical storm for three decades. it's thought at least two people were killed by storm pabuk, with homes wrecked and hundreds of thousands left without power. many, though, are simply grateful it wasn't worse. translation: the roofs and some rooms were gone. the house is filled with mud. coming back from town, i was thinking the house is completely wrecked. then i saw some roofs were still there. i was relieved. further north, the main tourist islands of koh samui and koh phangan were spared the worst of the wind and the rain. flights and ferry services there are starting to resume — but only very slowly. thousands of holiday—makers who had been placed in storm shelters overnight have now got the all—clear to leave by the authorities. translation: the waves in the sea

are no longer that high now, and tourists are returning to their hotels. we are all doing our best to cope with the situation. so far, there have been no major problems and no reports of casualties. it's highly unusual for thailand to face a storm of such ferocity at this time of year. it's not clear why storm pabuk struck when it did. but given its potential power, it's clear that things could have been a lot worse. nick marsh, bbc news. five teenage girls have died in a fire at an escape room venue in poland. the girls, all 15 years old, had been celebrating a birthday party. escape games involve players finding clues and solving puzzles to make their way out of a locked room. this report, from monika plaha, has 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 1000 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. our correspondent adam easton is in warsaw for us now. add, there is now some speculation as to the cause. what is the latest? yes, there has been speculation about perhaps an exploding gas canister, although fire services have ruled that out. we have so far is the spokesman for the polish fire service in that area has said that essentially this room was not fit for purpose. this was a very small room, just over seven metres square, and it had five schoolgirls trapped inside. there were also candles found inside this room, and he said that this room basically had no evacuation route. there was no

escape route from this room in the case of emergency as happened. he also pointed out that in the venue itself, the heating devices were placed to close to flammable materials. this is just placed to close to flammable materials. this isjust the preliminary findings at this stage. we still do know exactly what caused the fire. as you mentioned before, fire services across the country are now checking the more than 1000 estimated escape room venues to check that they actually meet the requirements. i understand there have been issues with trying to gain access to this room by the fire services. is there any safety regulation in place for what seems to be highly popular games for teenagers in poland? this business is -- teenagers in poland? this business is —— businesses like escaped rooms have to register those businesses and they have to meet building regulations to operate such an event

as an escape room. there are also fire regulations that need to be met, although it is not clear whether they actually need to have a fire permit, and that is something that obviously the fire service authorities will be looking into, maybe to try to see whether the regulations need tough running up to make sure this kind of tragedy doesn't happen again. 0k, we'll leave it there for now, thank you. police in california say three people have been shot dead at a bowling alley near los angeles. detectives say they're working to identify those involved in the shooting in which four other people were injured. the torrance police department said the investigation was ongoing and urged people to avoid the area. some local reports suggest a fight broke out in the bowling alley before the shooting. 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 fulfill his promise

of building a wall on 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. mr trump has said that he is considering declaring a national emergency in order to build the wall without congressional approval. ryan heath, political editor at politico, doesn't think this is a credible option. it's a bit of a gamble now, if you're a federal worker — it could be used as a band aid solution to get some construction going down at the southern border with mexico. the department of defence does own a significant amount of land, over 100 miles of that 2,000 mile border, and of course he could reappropriate or attempt to reappropriate some department of defence spending to begin some military construction which is viable under this sort of national emergency or war—time situation. however, at the end of the day, congress has to approve all spending. and congress has clearly said it's not going to approve this sort of spending.

so you can see immediately that this would end up in court. and it could actually build the case for trump's impeachment if he insists to spend money that congress has not approved. police name the man who was fatally stabbed as 51—year—old lee pomeroy. a man's been arrested in connection with the murder. smokers and problem drinkers admitted to hospital in england will get help to quit or cut down — to reduce demands on the health service five fifteen—year—old girls have been killed after a fire broke out in an escape room in northern poland. 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. 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. which?asked nearly 8000 of its members about recent experiences on 19 different airlines. which said ryanair‘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 1m million passengers each year. an increase of 78% injust six years. 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. andrew fergusson is a consumer telecoms expert at the news website think broadband. speaking a little earlier he said he wasn't surprised by the figures. 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 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.

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. mountaineering experts say the risks of winter climbing should not be underestimated, following the deaths of two young climbers on ben nevis in recent weeks. 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. 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 at some of those pictures. operation snap was rolled out across wales to process footage being offered to police to combat bad driving. more than 2,300 videos were sent in with police calling the public response exceptional. action was taken in more than 630 cases. a japanese 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 by kiyoshi kimura for his 278 kilo prize 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 pacific bluefin 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%. 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 christmas tree, here's an idea. in the us state of maine, these goats are being treated to a banquet made up of the cast—off 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. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. it is rather grey, extensive laut cover a cross it is rather grey, extensive laut cover across much of the uk but it is quiet and mainly dry. but through

this evening and overnight, we will see outbreaks of rain. much of the rain will fizzle out. a few breaks in the cloud across southern england and whether cloud as break for any length of time, temperatures will get down to freezing but otherwise, underneath the cloud, holding up to between one and five celsius. there will be some bright sunny spells coming through, but across northern scotla nd coming through, but across northern scotland and temperatures up a notch tomorrow, maybe as high as nine or 10 celsius. in the north—west of the uk, a deepening area of low pressure, outbreaks of rain and strong winds in scotland and northern ireland as we go into monday. further south, northern ireland as we go into monday. furthersouth, mainly dry but we could see severe gales across the north and scotland on monday. hello — this is bbc news, with lu kwesa burak. the headlines: police have released the name of the man who was fatally stabbed

on a train in surrey yesterday. the family of 51—year—old lee pomeroy say it was a "pointless attack." a man's been arrested in connection with the murder. smokers and problem drinkers admitted to hospital in england will get help to quit or cut down — to try to reduce demands on the health service. five 15—year—old girls have been killed after a fire broke out in an escape room in northern poland. the government has ordered checks at other venues across the country. ryanair has been voted the worst short—haul airline for the sixth year in a row in a survey by the consumer group which. rya nair has described the result as "irrelevant." now on bbc news — riaz khan explains why looking after his gravelly—ill father and bedridden mother under their roof is a family duty tightly bound to his culture. i was no model son.

growing up in leicester, i was a nightmare for my mum and dad. i was a football hooligan. but a lot has changed since then. i've turned things around. today, i'm an author. i'm a lecturer. they've even made my life into a play. check this out. and this is all down to my parents never giving up on me. but now, the roles are reversed. i find myself worrying about my elderly parents. as a british—asian, i believe it's my duty to look after them. and the care home is not an option. but it's hard work. no lie about it, every two weekends. i think you're getting dementia, as well. people underestimate the pressures

that are put on families to look after parents at home. it's really difficult, and you get arguments all the time. it's notjust my family. elderly care raises difficult questions for us all. the most important one — who's looking after mum and dad? the elderly care system aims to keep us in our homes for as long as possible, but as our population ages rapidly, the nhs and social services are struggling to keep us there. there you go, dad. there, that's it. even when there's a big family to help, caring for mum and dad