people have been queuing to visit the grotto inside it, which is believed to be the exact site wherejesus was born. earlier the archbishop of the latin patriarch ofjerusalem and the most senior roman catholic official in the middle east, arrived at manger square ahead of religious services. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. it'll get colderfor more it'll get colder for more of the country overnight tonight. the of that, we've seen some showers today, particularly over southern parts of england and wales, some heavy, early on rumbles of thunder, a scattering of showers further north, and still quite cold early this evening in the north—east of scotland. mild further south across england and wales where we have stronger winds. they should blow away those heavy showers this evening. the wind direction to a north—westerly come pushing showers from the irish sea over the midlands

and north of england, but after a while they will fade. skies are clearing, the wind is dropping, so it'll be cold overnight, there will bea it'll be cold overnight, there will be a touch of ground frost. some mist and fog patches. some showers to clear away early doors from northern scotland. otherwise christmas day is dry and sunny. cloud later for northern christmas day is dry and sunny. cloud laterfor northern ireland. temperature six or seven across northern part of the uk, cooler than recently down south. fog will be developing across northern england down through the midlands and into east anglia. that should be lifting by the time we get to boxing day where we have more cloud, stronger wind, and outbreaks of rain.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... the duke of edinburgh has left hospital — in time to spend christmas with the queen at sandringham. the queen will use her christmas day message to say the past year has been "quite bumpy," adding that "small steps" can heal divisions. thousands of volunteer fire fighters will spend christmas day battling wildfires that are still ravaging australia. a warning from nhs england to parents — keep button batteries, the type found in toys, festive lights, and musical

christmas cards away from children. now a look at the global make—up industry. what makes lipstick glossy and foundation smooth? 70% of make—up products contain palm oil — so what are our beauty products doing to the planet? emmy burbidge has been finding out. what helps make our lip gloss shiny and colourful? our face cream soft and our foundation smooth? in many cases, it's palm oil. it's in 70% of beauty products. some people say it should be banned, but why? it's just like mountains literally everywhere. my name's emmy, and 28, and i'm a make—up artist. and i'm going to the other side of the world to see where palm oil comes from. people don't want you to know the real story, and that's very obvious.

nobody sees this. we don't appreciate kind of what goes into putting things on our face or what we use to, like, wash with, and this side of it should be shown more. is tearing down the world's rainforest and destroying people's homes... there is no hope for a future for them. that's it for him and his family. i want to know if there's a better way to make my make—up. i grew up here in frome, i went to school and college, and now i run my own beauty salon. i just fell over. sorry. i use quite a wide range of brands. i'm going to be using some liquid

foundations, a lot of highlighters. we're going to be kind of looking at more of a radiant look. i remember being young and looking at my mum in the mirror, watching her do her make—up, and just copying, you know. it's amazing. what would we do without it, really? if you've got a spot, cover it up. just relax your lip. that's it. i don't know what i would do without mascara. if i was on a desert island, that's one thing i would take, because i'd look like a mole. make—up is a massive part of my life. it can transform you, it can make you feel good about yourself, and it's creative. i really notice more and more of my clients asking if the products i use are cruelty—free, and what they're made of. i've tried to ethically source a good brand for our salon that is cruelty—free and vegan. it's becoming so much

more asked about. is it? yeah. do you know that palm oil is in so many products? mostly things like lipsticks and more oilier products, so foundations probably mostly. there's a human in my forest and i don't know what to do. last year, palm oil made the headlines after this iceland advert was banned from being shown on tv. the supermarket decided to stop using palm oil in all its own label products. it's in foods like peanut butter, biscuits and instant noodles, and what interests me the most is that it's also in 70% of cosmetics. so, should i give up on my make—up or is there a better way? it's quite hard, because there's quite a few things that i'd like to take, and obviously it's hard to know if there is palm oil actually in them. and i did a bit of research about that, and it's really hard to find out if it's in it, because it's hidden under

so many different names. so, itjust makes it so hard to be able to know if it's definitely in it or not. we approached loads of cosmetics companies to be in this film. only one agreed to take part. palm oil if it's done in the right way is definitely the best solution, but under the condition that it is done in a sustainable and responsible way. palm oil if it's done in the right way is definitely the best solution. it was a huge surprise for me to hear that. i'm heading out to papa new guinea to find out where palm oil comes from. excited. and how we can make it more sustainably. i've never flown further than europe before, so this is a huge adventure for me. just so many new palms that have been planted. a huge area. a huge, huge area. and here's the thing.

palm is actually the most productive oil around. for the same amount of sunflower or coconut oil, which are the main alternatives, you need up to ten times more land than for palm. so, why does palm oil have so much about reputation? despite being so productive, the main reason is deforestation. it said to have been responsible for the loss of 8% of the world's forest between 1990 and 2008. papa new guinea is home to the third largest rainforest in the world, after the amazon and the congo basin. this is one of the largest palm oil plantations in the country. to make way for it, the forest has been cut down huge chunks at a time. nobody sees this. we don't appreciate kind of what goes into putting things on ourface.

love me. i love. what we use to, like, wash with, and this side of it should be shown more. ijust feel sad. i just feel upset. i just feel sorry. you know, the wildlife, the people, it's all changing. a long hot, bumpy drive into this massive plantation, and i started to hearfrom people saying their lives had suffered because of palm oil. these people signed an agreement with the big oil company. in return for leasing their land, they were promised a lump sum of cash, improved homes and a better school. hello. emmy. emmy, ok. nice to meet you. the company come in, promised... this village elder told me they haven't received the full money they are owed. and the housing and school haven't materialised. bewani oil palm plantations told us

it had paid the right money to various landowner companies, but it was up to them how they distribute the monies. the company also said it had invested in housing and schools in the area. around the plantation, i saw constant reminders of what we are doing to the forest. in other areas we filmed, children were working barefoot on the plantations. there is no rules for children or anything. they bring children here to work in the plant so they will have monies. we also met others, some who were clearly very sick. bewani oil palm isn't a certified sustainable plantation. it told us it acted legally and did not allow child labour. it said the area had been neglected for decades, but it had broughtjobs and benefits and was committed to addressing all the needs of the villagers.

we used to live by forest. our forest was our source of food. it was just like our supermarket. but now the company came, we lost everything. i mean, like, you can hear the difference from the rainforest behind us from the wildlife, but here there is just no sound. so upsetting. it just looks empty. huge areas of papa new guinea's rainforest have been cut down to make way for palm oil plantations, but it doesn't have to be this way. what we decided, and i think also the ngos and everybody agrees on that today, palm oil if it is done in a sustainable way

is a very good oil. the alternative is not to say no palm oil. the alternative is to challenge the whole supply chain to do palm oil in a sustainable way and responsible way. there are a number of companies doing this. they are producing sustainable palm oil, which means agreeing not to cut down any more forests. and treating their workers fairly. i flew to a different part of papa new guinea to see how one company does it. it is half past four in the morning. up nice and early to go on a trip to a palm oil plantation, so that we can see the workers basically starting their work. and super excited to see what's going to happen. a bit of foundation, some eyeliner. it's probably going to sweat off, iwould imagine. going this way? yeah, just go up to the vans. every day the workers gather at first light. heavenly father, we praise

and we thank you for this new day. bless all those helping us through christ, our lord. amen. why are you crying? itjust made me feel emotional about, i don't know, just how they work so hard for what they have. and this is all to bring us a product that... yeah. lipstick. literally. people have no idea where it comes from, how it starts. the forest here was destroyed over 50 years ago, but this palm oil company has said that they won't cut down any more. these guys are the fruit cutters. it's a skilled job and incredibly hard work. they use a 14 metre long extendable metal pole, with a scythe at the end

to harvest the palm. every time one of these bunches landed, i could feel the ground shake. each bunch weighs around 25 kilograms and has hundreds of individualfruits. the bits that fall off are picked up by women known as loose fruit marys. the orange flesh becomes crude palm oil, which is used in cooking, but the white centre is the bit i'm interested in. palm kernel oil is the one that is used in cosmetics more, and it's more expensive to harvest, because there's not a lot of it compared to palm oil. so, it feels a bit like a vitamin e kind of oil. it's just so cool. am i pretty? it's just crazy that this one little fruit produces so much globally. along with promising not to cut

down any more trees, sustainable palm oil companies also have to treat their workers fairly. on this plantation, they are given safety equipment, breakfast and transport. i feel happy, because the company provides water and transport for the children to go to school. i feel one of the most important things is that with palm, you get the most oil from the least land, so growing the alternative like sunflower or coconut here instead of these palms would mean this plantation would have to be up to ten times bigger to produce the same amount of oil. this is the mill where the fruit is turned into oil. get eaten here! i hate flies. i wouldn't survive in the jungle, that's for sure. the centre of the fruit becomes palm kernel oil. on a busy day they produce

6000 tonnes of oil here. it's then pumped into tankers and shipped all the way to liverpool to be processed. then on to the rest of the world to go into food and beauty products. demand for palm oil is growing from cosmetic companies, but how do you get more oil without cutting down more trees? the answer is science. in a lab in the heart of the plantation, i got to see these modified seedlings. they're being crossbred and could eventually produce up to ten times as much fruit on the same amount of land. seeing this today has definitely made me feel like the palm industry isn't as dark as what it's made out to us. all these have to be hand—planted.

because you need to make sure you've got the pinnate facing the right way up. what's a puminal, jamie? puminal, it's the emerging leaf. and if you plant it upside down, that's not real good. but it's easy done. and then 12 weeks this week, so there is 11 weeks at the moment, so one more week in the nursery and... these young trees are then planted where old palms used to be. thank you for obviously showing us around. i think a lot of questions that my clientele would have is how would they find out if palm oil is actually in their product, and how would we go about knowing if it's come from a sustainable company? that's one of the major problems for us, is that we go to a lot of time, trouble in our ethos if you like, the way that we work is to be sustainable, and we get no recognition. unlike, for instance, some of the coffee companies that are rainforest alliance—accredited,

or some of the tea producers, and they can stick the badge on, and everybody has comfort that that's come from a sustainable source, with our industry that doesn't happen. and that disconnect‘s a very big problem. foi’ me as a consumer, it is very difficult to know which products actually contain sustainable palm oil. there is a logo from the roundtable on sustainable palm oil, rspo for short, but it rarely makes it onto our cosmetics labels, so how will we know? local people have lived in and relied on the rainforest for thousands of years. i came to do a bit of exploring. so beautiful.

lots of wet ground. a lot of wet ground, because, you know... shade. this is nick's land. it's about as far away from somerset as you can get. this spider was bigger than my hand. massive spider. bigger than i've ever seen. they won't kill you? they won't kill you. they can try. what if it jumps? it's incredible. it's beautiful. words can't describe this place. so full of noises and beauty. it was really quite overwhelming. what really moved me was how deep the connection to the forest is. nick and his family can grow lots of fruit and veg on their land, and sell what they don't eat, but it's not enough to survive. he told me that he had to cut down a large part of his sacred

forest to plant palm, so that he could support his family. and it's a big family. he's got eight kids and a bunch of grandchildren. you discovered a new blusher, emmy. yeah. i think this is some new rouge, as they call it. cutting down the trees has been the hardest thing in the world for him. it's very beautiful. yeah. i can see why you want to protect it. to destroy the forest and the trees and see the birds flying around, crying around, but i'm sorry for that. we need plants and medicines, so i destroyed my forest to plant that because the money. sorry. just seeing so much corporate stuff, so

it isjust, seeing so much corporate stuff, so it is just, you seeing so much corporate stuff, so it isjust, you don't seeing so much corporate stuff, so it is just, you don't see this side of it, they don't show that side of it. tree falling down there. you feel upset to. yes. thank you. it was so feel upset to. yes. thank you. it was so interesting to hear that this family didn't know anything about what palm oil goes into. i thought i'd show them. in the uk we call this glass and this makes your lips shiny. bat lip gloss. —— pretty. what do you think about that, about seeing this has come from the palm kernel? but it felt

strange, because they don't need make—up here. the boys are going to love you! before i came out here, i never knew the whole story behind palm oil. now i have seen the real impact of it and it has definitely had an impact on me. we take a lot for granted. i think this trip has made me feel very differently about how i see what we are using, the world, how it works, and if i can try and make a change to what i am doing, then hopefully others will follow. we ask some of the biggest and most popular cosmetics brands about the use of palm oil. l'oreal, the body shop and barry m say 100% of the palm oil they use is

sustainable. the company that owns rimmel say 20% of the palm oil they use is sustainable and they say they wa nt to use is sustainable and they say they want to make that 100% by 2022. chanel, estee lauder and lush didn't respond. so what can we do as consumers? some environmental groups like greenpeace and the wwf site boycotting palm isn't the way to go because so many people's incomes rely on it and the alternatives could be worse. but we can start checking the ingredients and what we use and look out for products that contain sustainable palm oil. if done sustainably it's helping the environment, and it's also helping the people that work for the company to live a better life. and if your favourite brand doesn't use sustainable palm oil, you could put pressure on them by asking them why not? palm oil isn't going away anytime soon, so it's up to us to decide what we do about it. since

the palm oil trip and learning about what goes on behind—the—scenes, i think that has made me more conscious to actually look at what i am using, but also for the salon as well, that is really important, i would never have done that before. this time last year i was just may be looking into cruelty pretty bacon and now it is like i am trying to mixer i am looking into what i am actually using. it's so difficult, i still find it difficult to actually find out if it is in my products, so i have written to the company which i use skincare for in the salon, so iam i use skincare for in the salon, so i am still waiting to hear back, haven't heard back, nearly a month. yes, it is a big deal to go and write to the company, but i think it's really important. once you start doing that, other people will

start doing that, other people will start doing that, other people will start doing it, so i hope that is what will happen. if you can find out if it is sustainable, then shout about it, do something about it. —— can find out. we are not expecting a white christmas but we are expecting a blue christmas day. before then we are seeing a few showers around today. certainly a good day for chasing rainbows. a few heavy showers earlier on across south wales, south—west england, some thunderstorms also. those heavy showers continuing to get blown towards the south—east of england. we keep a few showers for the north as well. still cold as we head into the early evening in the north—east of scotland. still mild and blustery across southern parts of england and

wales. the wind direction will change overnight. more of a north—westerly. it will push the showers down through the argosy into north—west england, part of the midlands and north wales for a while. a lot of those showers will by the way to stop the winds will drop. skies were clear. it will get colder overnight. these are the temperatures in towns and cities. at the very least a touch of ground frost. sparkling start to the day christmas day. it looks like we will have lots of blue skies and sunshine. one or two early mist and fog patches first thing. and a few showers stuck to clear away from the far north of scotland. otherwise a dry day, sunny for the most part, northern ireland perhaps crowding over a little bit later on. the winds will be quite late for the northern half of the uk. temperatures again six or seven. further south a little bit cooler thanit further south a little bit cooler than it has been over the past few days. if you are going to be travelling on christmas day evening, we are likely to find some fog developing. particularly across northern england, the midlands, east anglia. that could be dense for a

while overnight. it should have lifted by thursday because of all this cloud coming in. the wind is picking up. a spell of rain pushing its way eastwards briefly, some snow over the tops of the pennines. perhaps into the methods of scotland. with the blustery winds beating in worse showers for northern ireland, wales and the south—west where it will be particularly milder. boxing day looks very different to the weather on christmas day. if we look further ahead, we end up with high pressure over continental europe, low pressure in the atlantic. these weather fronts trip across the north—west the uk. our area is coming all the way from the azores ona coming all the way from the azores on a cell to south—westerly wind is that that means it will be very mild. at the moment it looks like as we head into the weekend most of the rhine will be towards the uk and even though it is going to be quite cloudy, temperatures as high as 13 or 14.

this is bbc news, i'm julian worricker. the headlines at apm: the duke of edinburgh leaves hospital for treatment of a pre—existing condition and arrives in sandringham to spend christmas with the queen. the queen will use her christmas day message to say the past year has been "quite bumpy", adding that "small steps" can heal divisions. thousands of volunteer firefighters will spend christmas day battling wildfires that are still ravaging australia. a warning from nhs england to parents — keep button batteries — the type found in toys, festive lights, and musical christmas cards — away from children. and coming up in half an hour — from the cricket world cup to a game—changing summer for women s sport —