this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 3pm: 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 with regards to what happened, it 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. the police watchdog begins an inquiry after a thirty—one year old man is shot dead by armed officers in coventry. 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 at half past three — click looks back at its highlights of 2018 — and looks ahead to what we might expect in the tech world this year. good afternoon.

the family of a 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. our reporterjames waterhouse is in farnham in surrey where the main suspect was arrested. you think it would otherwise be a

quite road. this is will bury road. there is a window on the ground floor with a pink curtain and it was there that officers arrived in force at around six o'clock this morning and some neighbours told us about what they heard. initially, ijust heard banging. it sounded like someone was heard banging. it sounded like someone was trying to figure door in. ijumped out of bed, but my ear to the door, but then i heard the police shouting the usual stuff, or your hands up, turn around, and all that sort of thing. it went quiet. a few minutes later, they brought him out, handcuffed, put him in a police wagon. armed police everywhere, lots more police turned up. and that was it. it started at ten to six. by about a quarter to seven, it was all over. you really get a sense of how quickly this police investigation has moved on. we're not far past

24—hour centres attack on the line and we had those two arrests and we have also learned about the gentleman who lost his life yesterday. today would have been his 52nd birthday. his family paid tribute. 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. earlier, i spoke to dr turner richard piperfrom the earlier, i spoke to dr turner richard piper from the charity alcohol change uk about the new measures. 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 who have mild dependency where 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 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 orfour 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 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 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. i was going to talk about the qualifications and credentials of these care teams. how much of the psychology of addiction is worked on by these teams and how important is that looked at? when you 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 refer 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 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. the independent 0ffice for police conduct has opened an investigation after a 31—year—old man was shot the independent 0ffice

for police conduct has 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, named locally as sean fitzgerald, was shot during a pre—planned operation and his next of kin has been informed. 0ur reporter katharine da costa joins me.. what more do we know? 0fficers raided an address in the residential street in the north of coventry around 6:20pm yesterday evening. 0ne coventry around 6:20pm yesterday evening. one man was shot and pronounced dead at the scene and to 26—year—old men are still in custody on suspicion in involvement in the production of cannabis. witnesses have described seeing a large number of police cars and emergency vehicles. residents were told to stay indoors as a section of the road was closed. the area affected

remains closed, affecting around 50 homes. this man, sean fitzgerald, what do we not about him? he has been named locally as a 31—year—old man. friends have prayed tribute to him, calling him a very good buy, another said he was one—of—a—kind who would be there for anyone. another said he was one—of—a—kind who would be there for anyonelj have only known him for a year. i feel heart are criminal, he had a heart of gold and would go out of his way for anybody. i don't know what to say. what happens next? well, the police watchdog, the independent police office for police conduct has begun an investigation. it said, our investigation is still in the... we'll leave it there for now. thank

you. 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 areas 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.

russia has dismissed suggestions that a former us marine accused of spying could be involved in a prisoner swap. paul whelan, an american who also has british nationality was detained in moscow last month. his family says he was simply visiting russia to attend a wedding. his lawyer had raised the possibility of a prisoner exchange but a russian minister said the arrest was very serious and talk of swapping him for a russian detainee was inappropriate. the headlines on bbc news: police name the man who was fatally stabbed on a train in surrey — as 51year—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. the police watchdog begins an inquiry after a 31—year—old man is shot dead by armed officers in coventry. in sport, no shocks just yet.

manchester united beat redding 2—1 to make it five winds in a role. burnley beat barnsley with a stoppage time penalty. you can follow all the fa cup scores on the bbc sport website. roger federer helped switzerland retain the cup when they beat germany 2—1. it is federer, third title in this cup. more sport in an hour's time. 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 says he is considering declaring a national emergency in order to build the wall — without congressional approval. joining us now is our north america correspondent, david willis. it is day 15 in the partial government shutdown here and president trump nominated his son—in—law president trump nominated his son—in—lanared kushner, president trump nominated his son—in—law jared kushner, the president trump nominated his son—in—lanared kushner, the vice president mike hands and the homeland security secretary kirsty nielsen to negotiate on his behalf and a few hours ago, the president tweeted saying, great support coming

from all side for border security including wall on our very dangerous southern border. he went on, the democrats could solve the shutdown problem in a very short period of time, all they have to do is approve real border security including a wall. and, of course, it is that structure along the us mexican border that lies at the heart of this. the president says such a structure is needed to keep out gangs and drugs and terrorist. the democrats argue that it is wasteful, ineffective, and un—american. and they also a queue president drop of holding federal employees, 800,000 of them, in total, hostage over his plans for the wall. what about this tour, this suggestion that he has brought up of declaring a national emergency? yes, it would be a controversial move where he to go in

that direction and almost certainly there will be some in his own party, in fact, who would be against it. and there would almost certainly be legal challenges to it as well. president trump said he is not planning to do it any time soon but he does make the point that it is a possible tea, it is something that he has up his sleeve, and such a move is really normally reserved for times of war. not getting out of political scrambles such as this so it would be a highly controversial move about the president has also said of course that this is an and has, a dispute that could go on for months, if not years. he has also said that it is an impasse. 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. 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. rya nair 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 1111 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. as the number of subscribers diminishes, they're going to have it encourages you to take the call

bundles. mountaineering experts say the risks of winter climbing should not be under—estimated following the deaths of tw— 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. 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 bluefin 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%. 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. there is lot of dry weather this weekend but through this evening and overnight, outbreaks of rain arriving to northern ireland, the western isles of scotland, it will slide eastwards and fizzle out. a lot of cloud but we could see a few brea ks lot of cloud but we could see a few breaks across southern england and where we do see them, temperatures

will get close to freezing, underneath it cloud cover holding up between one and five celsius. the odd spot of drizzle in northern england and wales tomorrow morning, it will ease away and mainly dry and cloudy, some bright and sunny spells, the best of these across northern scotland. feeling milder tomorrow high speed between seven and 10 celsius. in the north—west of the uk, deepening area of luke —— low—pressure, strong winds, bus of between 60 and 80 miles an hour on monday, across northern parts of scotland. elsewhere, try, turning cold again. goodbye. 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.