the guy was did not know what state the guy was in. luckily he was completely fine but we had no idea, we could just see the side of the car and we got out and he was really shaken, he messaged me last night to say he is 0k. messaged me last night to say he is ok. but it wasjust mad. a spokesperson for royal mail said we are very concerned about this incident, we sincerely hope nobody was hurt and are investigating as a matter of urgency. police said they had attended the scene, spoken to those involved and no arrests had been made. lizo mzimba, bbc news. d—day veteran john jenkins has died at the age of 100. as a sergeant in the royal pioneer corp, he landed on sword beach 75 years ago. he starred in this year's d—day commemorations in portsmouth, where he received a standing ovation from world leaders. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos.

thank you very much, jane. it has been nature restart for much of the country, and dry, with some sunshine. —— it has been a chilly start for much of the country. the fog has been quite dense across parts of northern, western england, into the midlands and parts of northern ireland. this is in between those dry and cold weather systems. this feature across the south—east has brought a really wet night to parts of south—east england and east anglia. we are looking at further rain moving on, as you can see across central and southern income. showers with snow on the hills across scotland easing through the afternoon and becoming more confined to the north—east mainland and the northern isles, one or two showers across the irish sea coast, wales and west in england. a largely dry day away from the south east corner budget will once again be chilly. into tonight, with light winds, clear skies. turning quite cold,

perhaps one or two showers. sub zero values for many central and northern areas with a return to some extent fog but not so cold across the south—west because we have rain and wind arriving. a drier picture for the south—east of england, some sunshine, a cold and bright day with mist and fog sending to lift into low cloud as the wind picks up but it will be cold, especially when you add the breeze later in the day. wet and windy in the south—west with gusts of a0 or 50 mph and turning milder. that said some scene, this low pressure takes over and brings a speu low pressure takes over and brings a spell of wet and windy weather across all areas during wednesday night, some transit snow across scotla nd night, some transit snow across scotland initially but the cold air pushes northwards is much milder air feeds from the south. that will be quite noticeable on thursday but because of the strength of the south and south—west winds and outbreaks of rain, it might not feel so mild. sunshine in central and northern

areas but lots of showers across the south, particularly southern counties of england and wales. but look at the temperatures, double figures for all, 13 degrees or so in the south. wet and unsettled for thursday, further pulses of rain especially across the south and south—east, warnings and force for rain falling day on day there, there could be some risk of localised flooding by the end of the week. an u nsettled flooding by the end of the week. an unsettled end fairly mild for most of us through friday did to saturday, double figure values, turning cooler further north, saturday, double figure values, turning coolerfurther north, a mixture of sun, showers and treatments. thank you, stav. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. hello, i'm jane dougall. it'sjust after 1.30pm

and here's your latest sports news: ac milan are the latest club to condemn a new serie a anti—racism campaign, which uses mages of monkeys with painted faces. milan say they "strongly disagree" with the posters and weren't consulted about them. anti—discrimination group fare say the campaign is like a "sickjoke", but the artist behind it has defended his work. to answer the question i heard first, why monkeys? "an initiative against racism and you are using monkeys?" yes, at some point it is inconceivable to say it is bad to call someone a monkey because he is black. maybe it will teach them that we are all monkeys? turn the concept around? in my view, the monkey becomes the spark to teach everybody that there is no difference. it is not like someone is a man and someone else a monkey. if some people really care

about telling a black person they are a monkey, we are all monkeys. could arsenal and everton both have new managers by the time they meet in the premier league this weekend? arsenal are in talks to bring in mikel arteta who is currently pep guardiola's assistant at manchester city. he finished his playing career at arsenal where he was captain. guardiola has said he won't stand in arteta's way if he wants to take the top job at the emirates. everton meanwhile have made carlo ancelotti first choice to be their new manager. the italian was sacked by napoli last week, but previously had great success at chelsea. everton are expected to step up their efforts to bring him in this week. it'll be a strange night for liverpool as they play aston villa in the quarter finals of the league cup, but their entire first team squad are out in doha for the club world cup. they play the mexican side monterray tomorrow live on bbc two, so their youth team will play the carabao cup game.

it's the start of a very busy period of fixtures for the european champions. managerjurgen klopp says he's focussed on winning in qatar, despite the fixture congestion that the tournament has caused. i'm excited about it no because we are here. we are a huge win the tournament, we will see we can do not, but it about that. as always, we will make the best of it. in the specific moment, preparing for the next game, we are 100%. that is good you are going to see. england's women have won the first of three t20 matches against pakistan in kuala lumpur. 0pener amyjones top scored with a half century as england reached 15a for four from their 20 overs. in reply pakistan were all out for 125. and sprinter adam gemili says he's fully focussed on winning a medal at next year's 0lympics, despite disappointment at this

year's world championships. gemili started well and was leading at the bend in the final in doha in october, but faded badly to come fourth. he says he's put that disappointment behind him and is focussing on getting it right in tokyo. i was gutted with my performance and gave an intense interview afterwards because i felt it was amateurish. i was upset and emotional. it showed me that i can still mix it with the world's best. people were reminded that i could still run. that's what i could do with the full year of training so i will show you what i can do with two years of training at tokyo. that's all the sport for now, more from us on afternoon live.

a teenager who stabbed a popular lawyer to death as he walked through a shopping centre to get home after a day at work has been jailed for a minimum of 15 years. 18 year old ewan ireland — who was 17 at the time stabbed lawyer peter duncan to death with a stolen screwdriver at the entrance to newcastle's eldon square shopping centre in august. as we've been reporting, the next archbishop of york will be the current bishop of chelmsford — stephen cottrell. he takes over from john sentamu, who steps down in 2020. he has been talking to our religion editor — martin bashir — and he spoke about how he longed to see people come together again after the divisions of the brexit referendum. the tragedy of the post—brexit

britain has been that we have started defining each other by how we all voted on one day in 2016. that is actually a very un—british way of doing things. i really hope we can put that behind is no and i think the message of the gospel about loving neighbour and, even, much more uncomfortable, loving enemy, can draw us back together again. i pledge myself to be part of that. i think one of the things i would want to be able to do as the archbishop of york is have the opportunity to speak more with national situations, particularly in the north, a lot of northern constituencies have returned, for the first time ever, conservative members of parliament. so there is a lot of change going on. more than 8,000 students currently at university have no relationship with their parents.

many of these so called "estranged students" are being missed by the care system, have severe financial difficulties, suffer loneliness, and have nowhere to go in the holidays. alice porter reports. during my summer, ijust ended up couch surfing just trying to survive. cereza is one of the many thousands of students in the uk that don't have any contact with their pa rents. my childhood was very difficult. i think me leaving the nest to leave for university really tore my family apart. when term ends, she has no home to go back to. i moved houses eight times, just trying to carry suitcases everywhere. i stayed in my friend's university room in her halls one christmas and ate kfc and we just

tried to make christmas something nice because neither of us had anywhere to go to. the reasons that the students are not in contact with their families are often very complicated. it can be abusive parents or a clash of ideology. not being recognised as lgbt is very common. this university is trying to lead the way in supporting those from unstable homes. we work with all of our students to make sure they have access to appropriate accommodation all year round. we can make sure that students don't have to get money together for their deposits. people would usually fall back on the bank of mum and dad but we have additional finance for those people that can't. the amount of money these students are entitled to

varies across the uk but they have to prove they are an estranged student, which can be difficult. they need evidence that they haven't contacted their parents for about a year. connor is a third—year student and was 13 years old when he was moved out of his family home. i was not put through any official care service, i have no realfiles, so the government don't know that i am estranged. when it comes to the student loans company, i have to fill out a form every year and there is a box on that form asking for every detail on my estrangement. that is an invasion of my privacy. the government is increasingly under pressure to take action for this

disadvantaged group. when we gather the evidence, we will be making recommendations to the government to make this right. 0n ucas forms next year, applicants will be able to declare whether they are estranged, which will highlight the number of students facing similar challenges. its a month since high tides struck venice, causing devastating flooding. the city 5 mayor estimated the damage at more than a billion euros. a system of floodgates should have prevented the disaster. the project is called mosay and its barriers are designed to close off the venice lagoon at three points, to protect it from the high tides of the adriatic. but it's been delayed and mired in corruption for years. from venice, our italy correspondent, mark lowen, reports. last month, venice lived its nightmare. the worst flooding in half a century, a hellish vision of its future. will an ambitious and controversial

engineering project be venice's salvation or its curse? welcome to mosay. this is the special barge we have used to install the 78 floodgates to protect venice from the high tides. most of these are experimental mechanical models. it also refers to moses, no? yes, because we have to be saved against the sea. so, here we are. 12.7 metres below sea level. below sea level, yes. when we have to raise up the gates we use... we pump air through these pipes so they raise up. the float. then when it is finished in the event of high tide we extract the air through that pipe, so they lower down to their initial position. the reality is that mosay has been a catalogue of

delay, corruption and overspending. construction began 16 years ago. it was due to be completed in 201a and could have saved venice from these floods if so. that has now been pushed back to 2022. as for the cost, that should have been 1.6 billion euros. but it has risen to five and a half billion. it has been a den of legal problems. 35 people have been arrested for corruption in relation to the project, including the former mayor of venice. mosay has often been drowned out by protests. critics say a rise in sea levels higher than previously predicted could make the system obsolete. mosay‘s delay has failed some of venice's most famous artisans. the glass blowers. this man filmed as the floodwaters reached

just below the glass ovens, millimetres from destroying everything, his craft and his livelihood. translation: we really hope mosay is what saves us from the flooding. the water keeps ruining the raw components that we use. we cannot go on like this. venice's heart wasn't spared either. medieval mosaic floors were lifted as the water flowed in. priceless tiles now held together by gauze. mosay mayjust be a temporary fix for a city that scientists now predict could sink by the next century. at sta ke ? whether venice survives orjust becomes an underwater theme park. a us firm is hoping to reduce american dependence on china for rare earth metals. it's secured the rights to mine a hill in west texas which is said to contain a considerable supply. china produces nearly all rare earth elements,

which are essential to most defence and consumer technology. samira hussein reports. what here, 25 miles from the beckham border, this hill is a big stake in the power play between the americans and china. this man has secured the mining rights for this mountain. and china. this man has secured the mining rights for this mountainm is basically the big thing in my career. this hill contains mineable elements called rare earth, very much needed in the building of weapons. fuelling his confidence is

the us government. trump administration has said it is absolutely critical to boost trade. without this, technology would be the same as it was in the 19605. we will be doing with the chinese military ever 215t—century and we would be in the 19605. military ever 215t—century and we would be in the 1960s. if he pulls this off, this could make his company very rich. it could also 5olve company very rich. it could also solve the national security issue for united states. but mining is a very dirty business. for now, the us only have this one rare earth mine. but for now they are still being sent to china. this genealogical scientist is in his lab and says he found what may be the secret to getting rare earth out of the ground

cheaply. no one in the world has ever been reported to have rare earth ina ever been reported to have rare earth in a highly soluble deposit. there is nothing else like this anywhere? no. but this is still an u ntested anywhere? no. but this is still an untested operation on a large—scale the mine isn't to open up 2022. we finally have a real winner. it is not just looking for a finally have a real winner. it is notjust looking for a real one here, it is big against china for the us. three venezuelan men have been arrested in connection with the death of a british businessman in argentina. northamptonshire businessman matthew gibbard died and his stepson stefan zone was injured when a robbery gang targeted him outside his luxury hotel in buenos aires on friday. the three men were arrested on a bus in the north—east where officials

said they were aiming to cross the border into bolivia. the supreme courtjudge lady hale has finished her final public hearing before she retires from the court. tributes was paid to her this morning during a hearing into a surrogacy case by lord faulks qc, who said appearing before her "was always a taxing experience, but also a collaborative one." lady hale has said that in her retirement she planned to respond to "some of the choice insults that have come my way." the headlines on bbc news... the government is to add a new clause to the brexit bill to make it illegal for parliament to extend the process of leaving the european union beyond the end of 2020. a review of the decline in the number of rape prosecutions and convictions across england and wales says the criminaljustice system is so under—resourced it's "close to breaking point".

and the refugee and migrant children living in camps on the greek island of lesbos — who feel life isn't worth living. the talking scarecrow worzel gummidge returns to tv for an updated christmas special. worzel is played this time by the actor mackenzie crook, who 5 also written the new version as well as directing it. tim muffett went on set to meet him and the cast. that scarecrow came here last night and brought back my phone. what's your name? worzel gummidge. welcome to scatterbrook. a walking, talking, mischievous scarecrow — worzel gummidge is back, a0 years afterjon pertwee first played him on television.

worzel gummidge, the original books, were written nearly 90 years ago and i thought it was about time to resurrect him and introduce him to a new audience. we have written this climate change fable and it is all about looking after the natural world. how old are you? i'm all manner of ages. my head is one age, my feet are another, so on and so forth. he is trying to show kids our age what things are happening in the world and what we can do about them. so, worzel and susan go on adventures and they save the planet. last christmas, a new version of watership down was shown on tv. it, too, had been a book adapted for the screen in the ‘705 before being remade once more but, for some viewers at least, it would have been better to have left it alone. 0ur version and the ‘705, ‘805 version are so different that they can exist together. he wasn't part of my childhood and i think that is one of the reasons why i'm doing it now. i think, if i had watched it,

i would be more wary of it perhaps but we were one of those old—fashioned families that only watched the bbc channels, and commercial television was still very much frowned upon. you are just saying that because we are on the bbc! it is true, though! children even thought they were scarecrows, too. matter of fact, i did when i first met them. i play the green man, he's actually the man who makes the scarecrows. he is a hedge layer so he's an expert at laying hedges and all that. he is the sort of archetypal countryman. ifeel i have been here before, many, many times! in fact, the first python shot we ever did was the man coming out of the sea and he dragged himself up the beach and saying, "it's..." people talk about the age of television which we're in now. some people think it is a golden age. others say, no, it was better as it was. as someone who has been there and done that, where do you think we are now when it comes to the state of the television industry? there is a much, much wider range of television being produced now

than when i was in python and even doing the early travel shows and all that, and that should be a good thing. you just have to make sure that there is a quality in the things you are doing. i wish to register a complaint. when we were doing python, we did not think of knocking down barriers. suddenly, things were very much more relaxed in the ‘605. suddenly, it was open season, whatever you wanted to do. some scenes, like the parrot sketch, are considered all—time tv classics. hello, polly! po—o—olly!! if the bbc commissioned a show, they would just let you go and do it. and that would not happen today, would it? i don't think it would. a scarecrow gathering always ends in pandemonium... if monty python was untouchable, it is hoped this new worzel gummidge can give an old favourite a new lease on life. tim muffett, bbc news.

worzel gummidge: the scarecrow 0f scatterbrook premieres on boxing day at 6.20pm on bbc one. we are unable to talk about mariah carey and her festive we are unable to talk about mariah carey and herfestive hit. mariah carey's classic festive hit ‘all i want for christmas is you' has finally topped the us charts — 25 years after it was mariah carey's classic festive hit ‘all i want for christmas is you' has finally topped the us charts — 25 years after it was first released. when the song made its debut in 199a it was as an ep and not a single, meaning it wasn't allowed to compete in billboard's hot 100. rule changes saw the song first enter the chart in 2000 and in recent years it has edged closer to the top spot. in celebration, mariah carey tweeted

"we did it" with a string of emojis to convey happy tears. it is now yourjob to figure out whether that song is a classic. now, it's time for the weather. hello there. it has not been a bad start for many others. it has been chilly. top and tail of the country, we have low levels of pressure. there are showers in scotland. it looks pretty damp is well down south, a pulse of rain pushing it the south east this afternoon. further north, the showers will move away from mainland scotland. you can see the odds are on the irish coast. it is mainly just

see the odds are on the irish coast. it is mainlyjust chilly. for this evening a similar picture. it is mostly dry. the rain is pushing away from the south east. most places will be dry and cold. there will be missed and forked developing in the midlands. it is less cold in the south—west, with increasing wind and cloud as the night progresses. wednesday will be called but with sunshine as it starts. the breeze will pick up. as the wind and rain sta rts will pick up. as the wind and rain starts to sprout in, it will be ten 01’ starts to sprout in, it will be ten or 11 degrees in the south—west. gusts will reach up to a0 or 50 mph. there will be a little bit of transience no up in scotland, but it will turn back to rain for all areas. a milder picture for

thursday, with showers and long spells of rain, mainly across the south end of the country. a little bit of sunshine further north with wind. the temperatures are in double figures for most. a5 wind. the temperatures are in double figures for most. as we had three thursday night into friday, we continue with blustery showers. the heaviest and prolonged will be in southern areas. there will be a slight risk of flooding. it will tend to be mild, particularly across england and wales across filey and into saturday. —— friday and saturday.

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hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at two: you ain't seen nothing yet, folks. boris johnson meets his cabinet for the first time since the election — he says he's determined to lead a people's government. the voters of this country have changed this government and our party for the better. and we must repay their trust now by working flat out to change our country for the better. half a million hotpoint and indesit washing machines in uk homes are to be recalled, as manufacturer whirlpool faces a fresh scare over risks of fire. firefighters in australia are battling to prevent raging bushfires from threatening a major power station in new south wales.