this is bbc news i'm ben brown. the headlines at 11. calls for an independent inquiry after the new years‘ honours data leak — in which the addresses of celebrities, politicians and police officers were published online. it is a serious and indeed extraordinary breach so this is a well—established process that has gone on and been the same way for so i think an urgent investigation are certainly needed. five people are stabbed in new york during hanukkah celebrations at the home of an orthodox rabbi. the mayor of sydney says the new year fireworks display will go ahead as planned — despite a petition calling for it to be cancelled because of nearby bushfires. in tennis — former world number one andy murray says he's gutted to be

missing next month's australian open — after pulling out because of injury. and at 11.30 — dateline london takes a look at what's in store for the year ahead. there are calls for an independent inquiry after a data breach — which saw the addresses of more than a thousand people on the new year honours list made publicly available online. the files included the details of celebrities, senior police officers and politicians — one of those affected, iain duncan smith, called the leak a "complete disaster". katharine da costa reports. more than 1000 people will be

honoured, among them celebrities, sport sports, and politicians, including musician sir eltonjohn, cricketer ben stokes, former tory party leader iain duncan smith, and former director of public prosecutions alison saunders. there are also security, counter—terror, and justice personnel, as well as chief co nsta bles. but a list containing their home addresses was accidentally published by the government on friday evening. iain duncan smith, who is due to be knighted, described the data breach as a "complete disaster". he told the sunday times... new data protection laws were brought in last year, giving regulators more power to penalise those who fail to protect personal data. the cabinet office confirmed the list was only visible for an hour.

in a statement, it said... the former head of the civil service, lord kerslake, is leading calls for an independent inquiry. the cabinet office says it has report the matter to the information commissioner's office and is looking into how this happened. but privacy campaigners have expressed concern at what they say is an inexcusable mistake. data experts warn the government could face legal action, notjust from the data watchdog, but from those who've seen their personal details leaked. information many may have wanted to keep private. katharine da costa, bbc news. earlier i spoke to the former head of the civil service, lord bob kerslake, and i asked him what his reaction was, when he first heard about this data breach.

i was very shocked. it is a serious breach and that deserves to be taken very seriously. i found it quite extraordinary because this is such a well established process, it happens regularly of course and there are well—recognised processes for handling it so for this to have happened is quite extraordinary. and it does need careful examination not just as to who was responsible and how it happened but how much worse that properly trained, and were there proper understandings of the expectations on this? it is crucial to the whole honours process that personal data is handled sensitively including when something has gone seriously wrong like here. iain duncan smith described it as a disaster. how dangerous could this be in terms of all the celebrities

and politicians whose addresses have been made public. it's not good for anybody‘s personal details to be released in this way but there were, included in that list, police and security personnel where there are potentially serious ramifications and i'm sure they are being looked at now in considerable detail. but that is a significant issue in its own right so it's not just the famous people, it is people that won't be known and shouldn't be known truthfully. what do you think should have gone wrong. including not very well trained staff, this is something that does happen every year, you would say it's a pretty well oiled machine when it comes to the new year's honours. it certainly was in my experience a very effective team, a small team that handled the work with great professionalism so it's important we must not condemn everybody in this process. it looks like a human error.

someone has posted more information than they should have done ahead of the announcements and that's something we can see but what he cannot see as to what extent was it the checked as to what extent was it properly checked and were staff trained and how much were they aware of the consequences of data breaches which are now very serious following the european regulations that have been implemented in this country. the cost can be significant here. several people are reported to have been injured in a mass stabbing at the house of a rabbi in the united states. it happened during a menorah lighting ceremony in monsey, an area with a large population of ultra—0rthodox jews. courtney bembridge has more details — and a warning this report contains flashing images. witnesses told police

the house in monsey, north of new york city, was hosting a hanukkah celebration when the attacker burst in brandishing a machete. at least five people were stabbed. the orthodox jewish public affairs council says one of the victims was stabbed at least six times. the attack came a day after new york city police said officers were stepping up patrols injewish districts after a spate of anti—semitic threats and attacks. we were scared. but we were not surprised because this is not the first incident in new york. this is not the first incident in rockland county. it is horrible. my parents were survivors of the concentration camps and they told me how fearful it was to be jews. and they always said we can't let it happen again, but i am scared that it is happening again. the word is coming out that this

happened in a house of worship, extremely troubling and it is the principles of our country were founded on. you can worship freely. we cannot be intimidated, we have to be one voice, saying enough is enough, we have to take action. attacker fleet ina carlater have to take action. attacker fleet in a car later taken into custody. the motive is not clear. of mogadishu yesterday morning. more than 90 people were also injured. so far no—one has claimed responsibility for the attack.

homes were evacuated and the bomb squad were called in after a man was arrested over suspected weapons offences in bristol. a 50 metre cordon was put in place after weapons were found at a property in southmead. police said the operation was not terror related, and apologised for the disruption to residents in the area. more than a quarter of a million people have signed a petition demanding that sydney cancels its traditional new year's eve firework display — and spends the money on tackling australia's bush fires instead. dozens of fires are raging across the country — with the largest one on the outskirts of sydney. will batchelor reports. it's one of the biggest and most spectacular parties on earth. sydney's new year firework display. but now the city's authorities are facing growing calls to cancel the event and divert the money it costs, around £3 million,

towards tackling both severe drought conditions and the dozens of bushfires which are raging across australia. close to 300,000 people have signed an online petition, which says the fireworks may traumatise some people who are dealing with enough smoke in the air. sydney's lord mayor has said the show, which is planned and paid for months in advance, must go on. however, there are reports the display could still be cancelled at the last minute because of the risk that it may spark new bushfires. if they do change their mind it won't be the first fire—related u—turn by the australian authorities. the prime minister, scott morrison, has now approved plans to pay in new south wales — an idea he initially rejected. will bachelor, bbc news. well — earlier i spoke to the women behind the petition — linda mccormick. she told me why she started it.

it is the most iconic fireworks in the world and we are the first to see it in part ijust feel it's a sign of respect, they have to have some respect for the people of australia that are really suffering. it's not ideal to send more smoke into the air. i am really getting angry. i understand money has been spent 15 months prior to planning this, so just have some respect for the people who are suffering. you don't have a heart,

as far as i'm concerned. you don't have a heart, you have only got to cancel these fireworks if it is not safe to do so because we will have high temperatures throughout ns wales. i live in north queensland, but have a heart. that's a the sign of respect to show that you care about our fellow australians. in your view, this is not about the costs because presumably the money has already spent on the fireworks. that is correct. let's be world leaders and show a sign of respect for fellow australians. there is so much more technology these days and you could have laser lighting or do all sorts of different things to celebrate new year's eve and the coming year ahead.

we don't need to send more smoke up in the air. the lawyer representing the family of a british father and his two children who drowned in a resort swimming pool in spain on christmas eve wants a more detailed investigation into their deaths. the hotel on the costa del sol insists the pool was working normally — but the mother of the children says all three could swim. helena wilkinson has more. this is gabriel diya with his nine—year—old daughter, comfort. they both died, as did her brother, praise emmanuel. mr diya's wife and the children's mother, 0lubunmi diya, says all three could swim and suggested there was something wrong with the pool. police say there was nothing wrong with it, but the family lawyer has questioned that. translation: if the spanish police can give us a possible cause for this tragic incident, we might do a parallel investigation with experts to find out what happened. it's very rare for three people to die in the centre

of a swimming pool — especially in the case of a tall, hefty man. earlier, the resort where the family was staying issued a new statement, disputing mrs diya's claims. it said they were directly at odds with the findings of the police report and it makes clear, it said, that their exhaustive investigations have confirmed the pool was working normally and there was no malfunction of any kind. it was on christmas eve when the family all went to this pool. mrs diya says her children went in by the steps but found themselves dragged into the middle, where it was deeper. her husband jumped in to help. not long after, all three were underwater. the police have described it as a tragic accident. but the family's suggestion of carrying out their own investigation shows just how dissatisfied they are. helena wilkinson, bbc news.

the headlines on bbc news... calls for an independent inquiry after the new years‘ honours data leak — in which the addresses of celebrities, politicians and police officers were published online. five people are injured in a knife attack in new york during hanukkah celebrations at the home of a rabbi. a quarter of a million people sign a petition calling for sydney's new year's eve fireworks to be cancelled and the money spent fighting nearby bushfires instead. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jane dougall. england are chasing a target of 376 to win their first test against south africa. if they do it they'll make history — it would be their highest successful run chase in test matches. they did look like they were chipping away at the runs but they've just lost a third wicket

— ben stokes forjust 1a. in the morning session england had only added 18 runs before rory burns fell for 8h. then joe denly went for 31 lbw off the bowling of dwane pretorious. and in the last few minutes, ben stokes has gone forjust 1a. 168 runs to win. meanwhile over in melbourne, australia crushed new zealand in their second test, beating them by 2117 runs. tom blundell impressed making 121 but the kiwis were dismissed forjust 240 as nathan lyon claimed four wickets. the win gives australia an unassailable 2—0 lead in the three—match series. three time grand slam winner andy murray is out of next month's australian open. he had only recently returned from almost two years of hip problems, and then a pelvic injury troubled him towards the end of the season. although murray is back

on court, he's decided not to travel to australia. instead he'll continue rehab and preseason training with a view to playing an indoor event in france at the start of february. football and david moyes is meeting with west ham today and is said to be almost certain to take over after the club sacked manager manuel pellegrini. west ham are just above the relegation zone following their defeat at home to leicester city. pelligrini's dismissal ends a turbulent 18 months at the london stadium, as patrick gearey reports. long before the statement was published, you could see this decision coming. you could hear it in the full—time boos, as west ham lost their 9th match in 12. by evening, manuel pellegrini's departure was announced. west ham's co—chairman david sullivan said:

this black—and—white fate came courtesy of a man named gray. commentator: it's demarai gray! 2—1 leicester! that winner for leicester left west ham just one point above the bottom three. the prospect of playing second—tier football in the former olympic stadium unthinkable for the owners. they planned so much more when they hired pellegrini, who won the premier league with manchester city in 2014. he spent big on the likes of felipe anderson and led the hammers to tenth in the table last season. but after a promising start, the bubble burst by late autumn. speaking yesterday, he acknowledged the fans had reasons not to be cheerful. they deserve a better performance. we are trying to find which is the way to do it. i think that the players want to do it, but i admit the pressure and the lack of confidence and the lack of results is difficult. it's the time of year for taking stock of where you are and where you're going. as well as soul—searching, west ham will be looking for a new guide.

patrick geary, bbc news. the busy festive schedule continues today with a london derby at two o'clock. arsenal — who are 12th — host fourth place chelsea. liverpool — who are ten points clear at the top of the table are at home to wolves at four, while defending champions manchester city host sheffield united at six. the scottish premiership has its final round of games before the winter break today. and what a way to finish 2019 — the old firm derby. celtic host rangers, first versus second. a win for celtic would be a 12th league victory in a row and would take them eight points clear. really delighted with them. really delighted with the run of wins. no matter who they've played, no matter no matter where we've been, no matter what the context has been, conditions, it's been a heavy month, they've played absolutely brilliantly at times and played with a bit of a swagger and won the games. they're in the spotlight all the time. everyone's looking for a chink in the armour but they find ways to win games.

in the main, they've won the games really well. that's a big plus for the players. that's all the sport for now. but there's a full fixture list for the scottish premiership on the bbc sport website and all the build up to today's premier league and championship matches. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. denmark will start using live video to help people who call the emergency services in and around the capital, copenhagen. anyone with a camera phone will be able to stream video direct from the scene to call handlers without installing an app. there's been a year—long trial, which the authorities say was successful. karl riley reports. denmark's main emergency call centre

where dispatchers give critical advice to callers as ambulances make their way to the scene. from the start of 2020, callers here may be asked to share live video as a trial of the technology becomes permanent. translation: it makes a big difference. we find we use the video calls a lot where there is a lot of panic or when people are having difficulty understanding the instructions that we're giving over the phone. in the year—long trial of 700 video calls, more than 40% of the emergencies were re—categorised once dispatchers could see the scene live. so, how does it work? operators can send an sms to mobile callers with a link that opens up their camera and shares video from their device, but only if there's another person at the scene to administer the first aid. translation: it's a way to guide the patient since we can monitor the situation. so, someone can help put an unconscious person in position. if it's a cardiac arrest, are you pumping the right place at the chest? are you pumping deep enough? all this happens when the ambulance is on its way, as fast as possible. the scheme has already been credited

with saving one live. with saving one life. jan had a heart attack and was helped by colleagues on a video call. he's welcomed the roll—out, saying he's sure it will help many others. carl riley, bbc news. the authorities in the philippines say 41 people are now known to have died as typhoon phanfone devastated several islands. tens of thousands of residents are still sheltering in evacuation centres where many celebrated christmas. a dozen people are missing. it's 11.22. here in the uk, it's been more than two years since big ben's famous bongs were paused to allow for essential maintenance work to be carried out. but new year's eve just wouldn't feel right without those iconic chimes. so, for one night only, they will return to ring in the new decade in london. tim muffett reports.

it's one of the world's most familiar and regularly misnamed buildings. but for two years, the elizabeth tower, which houses the giant bell, big ben, has been surrounded by scaffolding. repairs that have left big ben itself largely silent. here it is, big ben. here it is, big ben, yes, indeed, all 13 tonnes of it. it's been quiet largely for the last few years. feels a bit odd? it does feel very odd. it's been way too quiet for my liking. this is, what, the biggest refurbishment project that's ever taken place since it was first built. so, the clock mechanics are taking apart every single small piece and then putting it all back together, which hasn't been done before. so, a massive challenge for them. it's that clock mechanism which, for more than 150 years, activated the hammer that strikes big ben. so, for special occasions during the repairs, such as remembrance sunday and new year's eve, a new device has been needed. what we've got here is a tolling — automatic electric tolling motor, which obviously wouldn't have been available when this was first built.

this produces the power needed to then lift the big ben hammer, which is, as i say, very heavy, 300, 400 kilograms, and strike it 12 times. last new year's eve, all went to plan. big ben bongs. are you nervous in the run—up to midnight? i think there's always got to be a bit of nerves because it shows, one, that you care, and also, that it's obviously a really, really big moment. cheering. the new speaker of the house of commons, lindsay hooyle, has said he won't stand in the way if mps vote for big ben to also be struck on january the 31st, the day the uk's set to leave the eu. during a tumultuous time in british politics, hidden from view, this four—year refurbishment has continued. all of the stone that we put onto the tower is hard—carved, which is a phenomenal thing to see, brilliant, and it may take them between three and four weeks to produce a carving such as this crown that you can see along here.

so, a real labour of love. so, this is the eastern clock face, high up the elizabeth tower, and the most striking thing is the colours. it's not the black paint we're familiar with, but gold and blue. so, we found that as we scratched back through the layers, we were scratching, basically going back through time, and found that this was the colour that it was originally. so, it's really exciting to find that blue colour as we went back through the layers. and it's prussian blue. prussian blue, yeah. this is gold leaf. and we've reglazed the whole of the clock face with hand—blown opal glass. even standing here, on a rainy day, surrounded by scaffolding, you see that — that's one of the faces of elizabeth tower...big ben. it's so iconic. to actually be able to stand here and — i won't touch the gold, but i will touch in between — it's — not many people can do that. in 2021, the scaffolding will disappear and the world's most famous bell will again be heard not just on special occasions, but every hour, every day. tim muffett, bbc news.

now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. after a very mild night, some exceptional temperatures today in parts of northern scotland and to the north of northern ireland. elsewhere, more in the way of sunshine as we pull in some drier airfrom the continent to england and wales. you can see from the amber stripe here on the graphic behind me northern ireland and scotland in the warmest depths all the way from the tropics and a south—westerly wind direction more warming too. perhaps 16 degrees around the moray firth. wet in the north—west of scotland, drier and brighter further south and east. weather front to the north, a slowing future will push further a slowing feature will push further into the north—west of scotland. the central part of scotland and the north of northern ireland

through the second part of the day, england and wales, dry story and some sunny spells.

hello this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines... a former head of the civil service has called for an urgent inquiry into the new year honours data breach in which the addresses of celebrities, politicians and police officers were published online. a man has stabbed five people at the home of a rabbi in new york state. eyewitnesses said the attacker entered with his face covered, wielding a large knife. the mayor of sydney says the new year fireworks display will go ahead as planned, despite a petition calling for it to be cancelled because of nearby bushfires. and former tennis world number one andy murray has pulled out of next month's australian open because of a pelvic injury.

now on bbc news in dateline london shaun ley and his guests look to the year ahead. hello, and welcome to dateline london, the programme that brings together some of the uk's leading columnists with the foreign correspondents who file their stories for the folks back home with the dateline london. it being a reflective time of the year, we're looking back on 2019 — when britain backed boris to get brexit done, when donald trump was impeached, when street protests felled one north african dictator and shook governments from western europe to hong kong. with me are david aaronovitch, columnist with the times,

janet daley, from the sunday telegraph, the russian broadcaster alexander nekrassov, and michael goldfarb, host of the podcast the first rough draft of history. very good to have you all with us to look back at 2019. with one electoral bound, he was free. borisjohnson spent his first few months as uk prime minister at the mercy of a house of commons he could not command, making promises he couldn't and didn't keep. the first december election in nearly a century was a bitter one for labour, experiencing under jeremy corbyn its worst defeat in more than 80 years. the nationalists triumphed in scotland, setting up a fresh battle for independence. northern ireland elected more nationalists than unionists for the first time. david, we know the results of the election, huge tory win. how do you think we should interpret that result? not as some kind of huge endorsement of borisjohnson, because essentially the opposition were gulled into having an election when there didn't need to be one.