this is bbc news. i'm carol walker. the headlines at 7pm. police name 51—year—old lee pomeroy as the man was fatally stabbed on a train in surrey yesterday. a man has been arrested connection with the murder. in relation to what we know so far regarding what has happened, it is not read them in terms of there was not read them in terms of there was no object between these two people before the incident. we know that they were talking together. that's all that we know about at this moment in time. the police watchdog begins an inquiry — after a 31—year—old man is shot dead by armed officers in coventry. amid the government shutdown, president trump threatens declaring a national emergency, in order to build a border wall without congressional approval. coming up in half an hour sports they will have the latest on the fa cup third round weekend. delete one strugglers have caused the biggest upset so far. nothing out per merely cardiff with a 1—0 win. —— knocking

out premier league cardiff. good evening. the family of a man who was yesterday fatally stabbed on a train, say he was honourable, and would always help others in trouble. lee pomeroy, who was 51, was attacked in front of his teenage son, just after they boarded a train in guildford in surrey. a man is being questioned following his arrest this morning on suspicion of murder and a woman detained at the same time, is being held on suspicion of assisting an offender. our correspondent chi chi izundu

has the details... today should have been lee pomeroy‘s 52nd birthday. but instead his family are mourning his sudden death, witnessed by his 14—year—old son. in a statement they said... this morning in a dawn raid at this property in farnham, police arrested a man on suspicion of murder, and a woman on suspicion of assisting an offender. officers are still looking for the murder weapon. i heard the police shouting the usual stuff, you know, "put your hands up, turn around," all that sort of thing. and then it went quiet. and then they lead her out first, put her in a police wagon over there. and a few minutes later, they brought him out, handcuffed, put him in a police wagon here. there was armed police. lots more police turned up. and that was it. police stress that a violent incident like this is rare. but nonetheless, have increased their presence at the station

to reassure commuters. it was yesterday at around 1pm that lee and his son got on the train at the london road station in guilford, towards waterloo. today police describe the confrontation with a 35—year—old. both menjoined the train at guilford. more or less straightaway, there has been some conversation between the two men. they have continued that conversation for about 3—4 minutes. first in one carriage and then have moved through to the second carriage. at some stage then, violence has then ensued, resulting in this tragic death of the man yesterday afternoon. specialist officers are supporting lee's 14—year—old son. but add those who witnessed what police describe as an incredibly frightening incidents may also need help. police and forensic teams have been in and out of the plants behind me. pay particular attention to the one

just behind that police van. they have removed a blue car from the property. in the same hour and they confirmed the age of the man arrested on suspicion of murder as 35. police say their investigation has got to this point so quickly, thanks to cctv and eyewitness statements. but they are urging anyone that was on the train yesterday at around ipm, yesterday afternoon, to come forward to them, evenif afternoon, to come forward to them, even if they didn't actually see the incident. chi chi izundu. the police watchdog is investigating an incident in coventry in which armed officers shot dead a man as they tried to carry out an arrest warrant. he's been named locally as sean fitzgerald, who was 31. friends said he had presented no danger to the police. two men were detained in the operation on suspicion of drugs offences. audrey dias reports. investigations have continued throughout the day on this busy residential street where last night a man was shot dead by armed officers.

local residents reported hearing a number of gunshots. west midlands police say it was an intelligence led operation. as a result of at least two more people have been detained. the incident has been referred to the independent office of police conduct — who will examine footage from body camps worn by officers involved in the operation. outside the courdon floral tributes have been made from the dead man who's been named locally as 31—year—old sean fitzgerald. his friends say he was having his hair cut in a house when the raid happened. he was the nicest guy ever. he was ready to help anybody. and to be honest with you, he hasn't got much family at all. we're his family, you know, we need to getjustice for my friend. the incident has shocked those living on burnaby road. i've lived there for 21 years, i've never seen anything like this, that bad in this city. it's frightening when you're living somewhere you always think oh, it's never going to happen where i live. when he does, it is a bit of a shock. the independent office for police conduct investigators

have been in coventry all day taking statements from the officers involved, and overseeing forensic examinations at the scene. they've also appealed for witnesses to come forward. audrey dias, bbc midlands today, coventry. 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'. 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. one of the bosses of a ferry

firm awarded a government contract to ferry lorries across the channel in the event of a no—deal brexit has insisted the company will be able to make four round—trips a day between ramsgate and ostend. seaborne has never previously operated a shipping service. jean—michel copyans told a french newspaper that the company would have been launched without the 14 million pound award. more now with our business correspondentjoe miller (tx sot) seaborne freight had been awarded this £14 million government contract without having sailed a ferry or a vessel before. the compa ny‘s directors and their executives have provided very few details to us about their plans for ramsgate port and have refused on—camera interviews. but now as you say, jean—michel copyans, who is one of the ceos, has given this interview to a small french calle—based new site — and in that he gives some more details, although not too many, about the plans for the ramsgate to ostend in belgian route.

and he says there will be four return sailings a day in time for the brexit on the 29th of march and they're going to employ 200 people by then. and given that the recruitment page of the website hasn't yet gone live, that is quite an uphill battle. but he's also saying that he expects to ramp up activity so that there will be 400 staff by sometime in the summer and at least four vessels on that route. some indication of how big the operation would be. joe miller. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are joe twyman, who's the director of the polling organisation, deltapoll, and the author and journalist, yasmin alibhai—brown. donald trump says that the partial us

government shutdown — now entering its third week — could last months or even years. democrats are refusing to fund mr trump's wall along the border with mexico. officials from the white house and congress are meeting again now. mr trump says he is considering declaring a national emergency in order to build the wall — without congressional approval. our correspondent david willis is in washington. there are talks going on but both sides are sounding pretty intransigent. yes. that is certainly the impression. they met for a couple of hours this morning. senior democratic officials and senior government, senior white house officials including the vice president mike pence and the president's son—in—law president mike pence and the president's son—in—lanared kushner. we don't know however if they just left for lunch or whether thatisit they just left for lunch or whether that is it for the day. or whether they will be coming back. so it is difficult to see, despite whatever

happens today, that there will be some sort of breakthrough because these two sides are so far apart. president trump of course insisting that any solution to the government so that any solution to the government so don't be conditional on funding available for his pet project, the border wall. the democrats flatly refusing to have anything to do with that project, which was of course a signature campaign issue for donald trumpa signature campaign issue for donald trump a couple of years ago. they say that the wall will be in effect does and it would be effectively a waste of money. so we have a long way apart. president trump saying this morning that a lot of people do support the border wall. the only people who did not, he said, were "criminals, drug dealers and human traffickers does go. and he is talking about this idea of declaring a national emergency to somehow drive through the building of the

wall and get the funds that he needs. is that a realistic option? it would be a highly controversial move where he to go in that direction. it is a sort of move which i don't think would have the full support even of his own party. let alone the democrats. he will be using the sort of rules, if you like, that are normally implemented in times of war in order to basically get funds from the incident, the department of defence, to build about wall. —— funds from the pentagon. i think there will be a lot of legal challenges alone. hence there may be not the sort of strategy that president trump is really considering employing. it may have been floated more as a sort of threat, if you like, to be democrats than as a realistic proposition. the cuts it would be highly controversial. in the meantime that

partial shutdown continues. the president now saying he is to go on for months and even years. surely that will be also unprecedented. for months and even years. surely that will be also unprecedentedm would. the longest government shutdown on record, you have to go back to 1995—96. that was 21 days under bill clinton. given that congress does not resume until tuesday, there is unlikely to be any real breakthrough in this situation until wednesday next. that is 18 days. so we're getting closer and closer to the record that was set backin closer to the record that was set back in 1995—96. and i think of course as more paycheques are missed, the greater the pressure is going to build on the republicans and democrats to get this thing sorted. david willis, many thanks for the latest from washington. 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. mountaineering experts say the risks of winter climbing should not be under—estimated — following the deaths of 2 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. some breaking news from the metropolitan police who have been called to a stabbing in east london and leyton. we understand from the metropolitan police that a woman was found with stab injuries and two men with last loans. they have been taken to an east london hospital for treatment and the woman who is aged in her 30s is said to be in a critical condition. but the men's

injuries are not life—threatening. so that is police investigating a stabbing at leyton in east london, a woman in critical condition on hospital. more on that when we get it. the headlines on bbc news... 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. the police watchdog begins an inquiry — after a 31 year old man is shot dead by armed officers in coventry. amid the government shutdown, president trump threatens declaring a national emergency, in order to build a border wall without congressional approval. 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. 5 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. research by the telecoms regulator, ofcom — shows the amount of time people spend using a landline — has halved over the past 5 years. the use of mobile data has rocketed during the same period — to almost 2 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. 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. in the next decade. tebow complaining about car collection 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. andrew ferguson. dashcam footage sent to police has led to more than 600 drivers being fined and prosecuted across wales over the past year. police received more

than 2,000 films — and the incidents caught on camera include having pets on drivers‘ laps. a similar scheme is now being set up in england, as rebecca john reports. you were dangerous overtaking. a familiar theme in the footage being sent to police by drivers, cyclists, motorcyclists and pedestrians across wales. recorded on dashcams and mobile phones, more than 2300 films were sent to police over the last year. and action was taken in more than 650 cases. as well as dangerous driving and using a phone behind the wheel, two drivers were caught with dogs on their laps. it‘s working well and that it is letting us get more of what is out there. and resources that policing unit deal with many fatalities. i‘ve seen quite a few submissions come through to us that so easily resulted in one of those fatalities. operation snap was rolled out in 2017 after a successful pilot scheme in north wales. it aims to tackle bad driving and reduce the time it‘s previously taken to process the footage. we are very proud of the fact that now we‘ve got a few safe and secure

way the public can send us their footage, and that we are able to do it effectively. before operation snap was in place, there was a 28—point process for the police that meant they had to go through many steps in order to collect footage and bring it back to evidence and arrange interviews. by allowing the safety camera process, he has now got that down from about 16 hours of officer time to about half an hour to an hour and a half for more complex cases. so that is around 3000 officer hours saved across wales every month. depending on the seriousness of the motoring offence — drivers have been fined, sent on a awareness courses or prosecuted in court. a similar scheme is now being set up in england and police from hong kong and japan have also met go—safe staff to learn more about the project. more than 100 people a year die on welsh roads. operation snap aims to act as a deterrent, to encourage responsible driving and improve safety for all road users across wales.

a restaurant owner injapan has paid a record $3.1 million for a single pacific blue fin tuna. the hammer came down on the winning bid during an auction at the world‘s largest fish market, in the country‘s capital, tokyo. from there, 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 time for a look at the weather. tello. the first weekend of 2019 is proving to be a rather grand affair. extensive cloud cover across much of the uk.

but it is quiet. it is mainly dry. here and there — a few breaks in the cloud, particularly to the east of the pennines, the east of the cumbrian fells and more to the eastern side of scotland. we will keep some clearer skies here for a time. however to the north and the west — some changes afoot. here‘s our area of high pressure across much of the uk. this frontal system will introduce some outbreaks of rain, initially into northern ireland and the western isles of scotland through this evening. this will then slowly slide its way south and eastwards overnight, but as it runs into that area of high pressure, much of the rain will tend to peter out. a few clear spells behind it for the northwest of scotland, into the night. some breaks ahead of it as well across southern parts of england. if the cloud does break for any length of time then temperatures getting closer to freezing. where the cloud is stubborn to go holding up between 1—5dc. the cloud could be thick enough tomorrow morning to bring some drizzle across parts of northern england and north wales, the midlands. elsewhere a dry and mainly cloudy day. the best of any sunshine probably across north scotland through tomorrow afternoon. equally there will be a few holes in the cloud to allow a few bright or sunny spells, feeling a little bit milder tomorrow.

temperatures up to nine or 10 celsius in some places. then to the northwest of the uk. this deepening area of low pressure as we go into monday, it is going to bring some outbreaks of rain but notice a squeeze in the isobars. some very strong winds as well. particularly across scotland. here we will see some outbreaks of rain through monday morning, extending across into northern ireland. then moving into parts of northern england. maybe the far north of wales. ahead of it, mainly dry, some bright or sunny spells but it is the strength of the wind we are most concerned about on monday afternoon. this is an idea of gusts on monday. but for parts of northern scotland, we could well see those gusts touching 70 may be locally 80 miles an hourfora time. briefly it is a bit milder. ten or 11 celsius on monday afternoon but not for long, because as our bands of rain move their way southwards and tend to fizzle out behind it, we‘ll see some colder air. that could bring a few wintry showers to the northern isles of scotland through tuesday, slowly those winds start to lose some of their strength by wednesday. further south it is going to be in mainly dry. there will be some spells of sunshine on tuesday and wednesday but after that brief milder spell, things get much colder again midweek.

that is all from me. bye— bye. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the family of lee pomeroy, the 51—year—old man fatally stabbed on a train in surrey yesterday, say it was a "pointless attack". a man‘s been arrested in connection with the murder. an investigation has been started after a 31—year—old man was shot dead by police in coventry. officers had gone to an address near the city centre as part of a pre—planned operation. amid the government shutdown, president trump threatens declaring a national emergency, in order to build a border wall without congressional approval. smokers and problem drinkers admitted to hospital in england