this is bbc news. i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at seven: england footballer martin peters — who scored in the 1966 world cup final, has died at the age of 76. a ‘catastrophic fire warning' is issued for parts of eastern australia, including sydney, amid record—breaking temperatures following months of severe drought. these are very difficult and trying times, we're now up to day 105 of this bushfire emergency across new south wales and the community really is going to have to stay alert and understand what they're going to do if threatened by fires. the government approves the takeover of uk defence and aerospace specialist, cobham, by an american company. a man who confronted the fishmongers hall attacker, with a narwal tusk,

describes his "deep hurt" that he couldn't save the two people who died. prince philip has spent day in hospital in london, to be treated for what's being described as a pre—existing condition. nearly 90 flood warnings in place across england, and the situation could get worse, with heavy rain forecast overnight. and coming up, liverpool are in action in the club world cup in qatar — find out how they're getting on, and more, in sportsday, just after 7.30. good evening. former west ham and tottenham midfielder martin peters, who scored england's second goal in the 1966 world cup final against west germany, has died aged 76.

he'd been suffering from alzheimer's disease. martin peters spent a large part of his career at west ham. the club released a statement on their website announcing his death saying... our sports correspondent napoli pirks looks at back at the life and remarkable career of martin peters. with all eyes on hurst, the danger from martin peters went unnoticed. it is a goal! peters! little wonder they called him the ghost. there's martin peters, the man who scored the goal

which could well win the world cup for england. it didn't of course, geoff hurst claimed that accolade. he had a different take. if i hadn't have scored, we would have lost 2—1. it was an important goal. his journey to world cup greatness began seven years earlier, instead of following his father's footsteps, west ham came calling. he made his debut for the hammers in 63. sir alf ramsay said his style and ability was ten years ahead of his time, but he didn't receive his first cap until the may of 1966. by 1970, his legend at west ham was secure and he left for spurs in a deal that made his britain's

first £200,000 midfielder. with tottenham he won the league cup twice and the uefa cup. he left in 1975, moving to norwich. despite making his debut at the age of 31, he still played more than 200 games for the club. he lived and breathed football. there are fears heading the ball helped cause his disease. like some of his former team mates, he had been suffering from alzheimer's. in the last few years he had withdrawn from public appearances and alzheimer's robbed him of many of his memories, but he remain one of only two english men to know the joy of scoring in a world cup final. it was like being struck by lightning. it was unbelievable. peters left his mark

on footballing history on the day, so the saying goes that, west ham won the world cup. tributes from current and former players have been paid to martin peters. on twitter, martin peters' world cup winning team—mate sir geoff hurst said... earlier we heard from steve perryman, a former teammate of martin peters at tottenham in the seventies. he told us how he will remember him. martin was one of those people that

just deserve the more than being a footballer of high repute, which he was obviously. he did things for charity, he was kind, he was a proper gentleman. when he promised to do something, he would deliver it. therefore, what he did and cup and stuff like that, these days we talk about giving honour to footballers when they get to a semifinal. martin peters actually w011 semifinal. martin peters actually won the world cup for england. i only ever played with two world cup winners in my life, the both were very classy people and intelligent. his conduct with regard to how... you are in a special situation being a footballer at a top class club. because of that, you are like a role model. he took that serious. that he should conduct himself at a certain way. i've heard people speak on the television today about the x

liverpool team being drunk forfive days and therefore not taking the world cup championship seriously. martyn took football very seriously. the way that he came across to the public, that was not an act. that was his way. he was gentle, he was correct, he was proper, he was educated and that is how he lives his life. and a great family man. more than 100 bushfires are raging across australia's most populous state, new south wales. christmas travellers are being urged to delay theirjourneys — as record temperatures of more than a0 degrees — and strong winds — intensify the fires. australia's deputy prime minister, michael mccormack has said his country must step up its efforts to tackle climate change.

here's our sydney correspondent shaimaa khalil. this was said to be one of the worst days australia's most populous state has ever seen, and it's lived up to every urgent warning. huge flames spiralling out of control, moved by strong, unpredictable wind. this is the second time in less than two months that new south wales has seen catastrophic fire conditions. firefighters have been patrolling this area throughout the day. they have been keeping an eye out on the smoke just behind that tree line. this is where villagers have fires at an emergency level and they've been told to evacuate and they're concerned that embers will blow this way. elizabeth maclaren evacuated her house a few hours ago. she packed the necessities and a few other things she couldn't afford to lose. her family's ok, but she worries about those she left behind. i hope my house doesn't burn

down but, ultimately, all of my friends stayed to fight the fires at their house. they can't get out now, so i'm just hoping that they're safe. i can replace my house — i can't replace lives, you know? helen has also evacuated her home, taking all of her dogs and cats with her. where will you stay? in the caragain. at the car park? yes. we did it the other night. it is fine. uncomfortable, but fine. australia's prime minister, scott morrison, has cut short his holiday to hawaii, as criticism continued to mount of his leadership during the bushfire crisis. it's brought the divisive debate about global warning back to the fore. scientists have long warned that a hotter, drier climate would contribute to australia's fires becoming more frequent and more intense. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, mittagong, new south wales. the prime minister has defended

the decision to approve a li—billion pound takeover of the british defence company, cobham, by an american firm. speaking as he visited british troops in estonia — borisjohnson said he was satisfied the deal didn't raise national security issues. lady nadine cobham — part of the family which set up the uk firm which employs 10,000 people — is among those criticising the decision. she called the takeover "deeply disappointing". our business correspondent, katy prescott reports. one of the uk's oldest defence companies. a pioneer of air—to—air refuelling, critical to the uk military. providing high—tech engineering jobs at their headquarters. for the last six months, the government has been grappling with whether to allow its sale to the american private equity firm advent. which aims to buy companies, improve them and sell them on. borisjohnson, having christmas lunch with uk troops, defended last night's decision.

a lot of checks have been gone through to make sure that in that particular case, that all the security issues that might be raised can be satisfied. and the uk will continue to be a very creative and dynamic contributor to that section of industry and all others. cobham started life in the 1930s as a flying circus. shareholders voted for the sale. the daughter—in—law of the founder has been critical. she says... in a heavily redacted document in the run up to the sale, the ministry of defence said this raised national security concerns because of access to information and ongoing defence projects. the home office said that they were concerned

about access to the uk's emergency services radio systems, which they said could prejudice ongoing operations. to allay those fears, the government says advent has agreed to ensure that sensitive government information continues to be protected, to honour the terms of existing contracts and to give prior notice to the ministry of defence and home office if there any plans to sell the whole or any parts of the business. but critics say the sale is a mistake. this is an amazing british company. a world leading british company that has very important nationally sensitive contracts with the ministry of defence. it has taken just a week after the election for conservatives to sell out to donald trump. the government says the agreement with them is legally enforceable. and any breach could be pursued through the courts. the low pound has made british companies attractive to american buyers.

and this is a high—profile example of the latest sale. a mother and her partner have appeared in court in belfast, accused of murdering a 5—year—old girl. nadia zofia kalinowska, was discovered at the family home in newton abbey, in the early hours of last sunday. her mother — aleksandra wahab and stepfather, abdul wahab, were remanded in custody. the man who fought off the attacker at fishmongers hall near london bridge, using a narwhal tusk — has given a dramatic account of how he was able to stop the knifeman, and pin him to the ground. two people died in the attack last month. civil servant darryn frost has described how usman khan was running towards people with knives, raised above his head, and wearing what looked like a suicide vest. this report from rich preston. this is the dramatic moment passers—by attempted to stop

convicted terrorist usman khan. his attack had begun at fishmongers' hall, where he had just killed two people. it was there darryn frost, a civil servant, took on khan, with others attending a prisoner rehabilitation event. describing for the first time what happened, mr frost told the press association that he took a narwhal task to defend himself after hearing a commotion from the floor below. he described the moment khan ran at him with knives raised above his head. he went on to recall chasing khan onto london bridge, where a group wrestled him to the ground, stopping him attacking anyone else, or set off what they thought was a suicide vest. talking about jack merritt and saskia jones, who were both killed by khan, mr frost said he will always feel the deep hurt of not being able to save them. he said he hoped speaking out would urge people to unite against terrorism and raise money for the victims' families.

nearly 90 flood warnings are in place across southern and eastern england, the midlands and yorkshire. a severe warning of more heavy rain is in place across southern england until noon on sunday. motorists embarking on the christmas getaway are being advised to check their routes in advance — with warnings of potential travel delays and flooding — with up to 30mm of rain forecast. the met office have issued a yellow weather warning, for the south of england. the environment agency warn of more rain to come. today, we have got a relatively dry period. but we have more rain coming tonight, possibly up to another 20 mm. although the situation is getting better today, we will see it getting worse overnight and into tomorrow morning. and then after that we have more rain on sunday and more rain on monday. it is not going to get any better. i think the key thing here is it is not going to get to the severe situation where we have a significant numbers of properties.

it will remain high until christmas. but after that we have a dry period. hopefully things will calm down. meanwhile, the met office has confirmed there have been reports of a tornado in parts of surrey. local residents have been posting videos on social media showing the winds hurling debris into the air. in matthew lawson's garden here in chertsey, you can see wheelie bins being knocked over — there have also been reports of damage to houses and cars, and trees being ripped up. the headlines on bbc news: england footballer martin peters — who scored in the 1966 world cup final, has died at the age of 76. of eastern australia, including sydney, amid record—breaking temperatures following months of severe drought. the government approves the takeover of uk defence and aerospace specialist,

cobham, by an american company. the duke of edinburgh is continuing to be treated at a hospital in london — after being admitted yesterday. the queen remains at her sandringham estate in norfolk. 0ur correspondent tolu adeoye is at sandringham. all quiet here this evening. this is where the duke has spent much of his time since he retired in 2017. this is where he left yesterday morning to go to hospital in london. we know around the same time the queen was arriving for her christmas break here. it really is that business as usual, not a huge sense of alarm around the fact that the prince has been admitted to hospital. and the palace has only said that he's been admitted for observation and treatment in relation to a pre—existing condition. they described it as a precautionary measure. the palace has not confirmed he went to hospital in a helicopter. we know when he got there he did walk into the hospital. the palace have not given us any

further details today. of course they would not give running commentary on his condition. one key question that a lot of people want to know is will the prince be ok for christmas day. we know lots of senior royals have already arrived here on christmas day and the queen will host the cambridge‘s and the duke and duchess of cornwall, other senior royals and many of them will be hoping duke is well enough to join them. president trump has signed into a law, the creation of a ‘us space force', the country's first new military service in 70 years. he described space as, "the world's newest war—fighting domain". the force's creation is part of a 738 billion dollar defence bill, voted through by congress last week. there will be a lot of things happening in space because space is the world's newest war—fighting domain.

amid grave threats to our national security, american superiority in space is absolutely vital and we are leading but we are not leading by enough but very shortly we will be leading by a lot. this space force will help us to deter aggression and control the ultimate high ground. facebook says it's removed hundreds of accounts with ties to a conservative news outlet that uses fake profile photos generated with the help of artificial intelligence. researchers said the facebook and instagram fake profiles, generate thousands of personalities who emphasize support for president trump and opposition to the chinese government. peter bowes is following the story from los angeles. it shows what technology can achieve these days. in terms of generating these images, faces that look like the profile shots of ordinary people, but they are fake. they are generated by algorithms.

there is absolutely nothing real about them. they don't represent real people. they have been generated by users in vietnam, say facebook, purporting to be americans. they have removed several hundred of these facebook accounts, as you say, along with instagram sites, and various pages, as well, that carried with them messages which were anti—china, that were pro trump, or generated conversations about family values, or elections, or impeachment, a lot of those important issues which are in the news at the moment. this is an ongoing battle for facebook. it has faced similar problems before going back to the last american election in 2016. the key threat then was from russia but this is coming from a different part of the world. this is in part why facebook have been very open about

revealing what they have found and 110w. revealing what they have found and now. and that they are digging into the technology. they are trying to find out and really get ahead of those people who can generate these kinds of images that the experts have been looking at this say they have been looking at this say they have been looking at this say they have been essentially quite startled at how good they are. how easy it is to generate these images and they have never seen anything quite like it with these artificial faces being used to send out false information in it, this information social media. peter bowes reporting there. christmas celebrations in the uk, often centre on food, drink and family gatherings, but campaigners are warning, that the party season can place additional strain on those living with eating disorders. the nhs and the eating disorder charity, beat, have issued new advice, for people with conditions such as anorexia and bulimia, on how to cope at christmas. stand—up comedian dave chawner shared his story.

when it first started for me, i was 17, and i remember back then, i had got exams, i had got essays, i had research, all of the stresses and strains that most teenagers have. but i didn't have a coping mechanism, i didn't have a way of dealing with it, and actually, focusing on calories, focusing on exercise and weighing myself was something that i could control. so it was something that became really important because when everything felt really unmanageable, those are the things that i could manage. those are the things that i could focus on, and over time, that became an obsession, an addiction, it became a control that, it was something that i could focus on when everything else felt like it was completely unmanageable. one of the misconceptions about anorexia is people think that anorexics don't like food or don't think about food, but that was my every waking thought. because as soon as i say to you, you can't have anything, that is the only thing that

you can think about. so i was constantly thinking about food, i was constantly totting up calories in my brain, i was constantly thinking of excuses or ways i could get out of things. and also something that we see with people with anorexia is they tend to binge and purge a lot. so i was eating whole sausage rolls and stuff, not even chewing them, just getting them down. if you, or someone you know, has been affected by the issues raised in report, contact the bbc action line, via bbc.co.uk/actionline, for details of organisations which offer advice and support. from next month, around 2,000 children with severe epilepsy, will become eligible for a cannabis based treatment, on the nhs in england. the charity ‘epilepsy action‘, said it could be life—changing, as our health editor, hugh pym reports. children with two types of severe epilepsy will be eligible for the cannabis—based medicine. they can suffer with

multiple seizures each day. epidiolex has been shown by clinical trials to reduce the number of seizures by 40% in some children, if used in combination with another medicine. it will be available on prescription on the nhs in england from six january, and is already accessible to patients in wales. epidiolex is still being appraised by regulators in scotland. the medicine contains the cannabis compound cdb, but not the compound thc. campaigners argue only treatment with both constituents will help patients with epilepsy. after lots of campaigning, the law was changed in 2018 so that specialist doctors could write a prescription for medicines containing the cbd and the thc. even though they are unlicensed, they have the right to put those prescriptions out. but shockingly, to our knowledge, since the law changed, not a single prescription has been issued on the nhs for

the medicines that contain both the cbd and the thc. charlie hughes used to have up to 120 seizures a day. but, since he has been treated with cannabis oil, that number is down to single figures. the family, though, has to spend more than £1,300 a month to get the treatment through a private prescription. the latest announcement won‘t help them. we know that for many, christmas can be a lonely time, especially for the elderly. however, this year on merseyside, help is at hand in the form of dinner and drag. josh parry has been to find out more. is the pizza hut thing over there? pizza wheel. billy has been hosting lunches for lonely pensioners for two years. usually, he serves around 30 people, but at christmas time, the number doubles. well, we‘re cooking for 60, cooking enough for 60. best crack on and get us an apron.

so, billy, how long have you been doing this for? one of the ladies who comes in here, i think it was her 84th birthday, or her 83rd birthday. they asked would i do a little surprise birthday party for her? because it was a good day. it was full of pensioners really. 0bviously celebrating her birthday, as such. so that‘s when we said, well, we‘ll do a little thing for the pensioners here once a month. yeah. so, be careful on that butter... i‘m absolutely rubbish at this, by the way, can you tell? i know, but it‘s all right. look at the state of it! we‘lljust have to go and get another 5lb of butter! as i say, we used to do it once a month. and after speaking to one of the ladies who comes in and, as i said before, she hadn‘t seen anyone for 11 days. so, itjust broke our heart. 11 days? 11 days. but no—one had knocked on her door, no—one had come to check on her. it‘s very, very sad.

the fact that they have to sit, they have to sit there on their own, you know. and as i said, all you have to look forward to is what‘s on telly to talk to. and there‘s only so much pointless you can watch. a recent age uk survey found that a quarter of older people are not looking forward to christmas because they‘re lonely. but billy is hoping to change this. but these people, it‘s either eat or heat, or eat, isn‘t it really? so we try to let them be themselves in here and we‘ll give them some sandwiches to take away with them or whatever, so they can have something else tonight. because it‘s christmas, isn‘t it? well, not just that. we should be looking after them all year round. yes. but especially now. karen, there‘s a cat here! as well as cooking lunch, billy also provides the entertainment as his alter ego, kitty kitter. you can take some of this home as well, you know. you can blend it into a pate.

it's notjust coming in for a free meal. i think it'sjust meeting people. it gets people out to meet one another. and we have a good time, as you see. everyone's happy and all talking to one another. they are always asking how you are, they don't leave you out. people say, have you come on your own? i say, i came on my own, but i'm not on my own now. because i'm with everybody. it's the company. and we are all, everyone is so very friendly. can't do enough for you. there‘s a lot of people around christmas time that are quite lonely, aren‘t they? yes. what difference does something like this make? big difference. big, big difference. and for billy, that difference means bringing people together this christmas one drag show at a time. josh parry, bbc news. a whole new meaning to multitasking. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with helen willetts.

thank you. not great weather forecast u nfortu nately for thank you. not great weather forecast unfortunately for those still suffering because of all the rain we‘ve had. around 100 flood warnings to look forward to across england and wales and more rain now following in the southern counties as well. just be aware, we have more rain to come in the weather warnings and flood warnings and details all online. just get more rain on the way. it‘s already been falling steadily across southern areas. a good ten to 15 mm of rain comes eastward. showers following on behind. heading towards the latter pa rt behind. heading towards the latter part of the evening. eventually that will clear the east early hours or the first part of sunday morning. further north, just a few showers more likely to turn quite chilly with the mist and fog returning. quite a lot of fog issues this morning, fog again, very 130°r visibility. it does linger at this time of the year come if you live it till mid—to—late morning it could be around. so any spells her showers tomorrow. brighter and drier for

many of us, still a scattering of showers for parts of scotland and northern ireland but it good to of dry weather and filling fresher than it has done today. more later. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: a chance, a goal — peters. one of england‘s world cup winning heroes, martin peters, who scored their second goal in the final, has died at the age of 76.