this is bbc news. the headlines at 5pm... a woman has been killed — and thousands have been left without power as storm malik batter northern parts of the uk, and as forecasters warn storm corrie will bring further high winds tomorrow. as the ukraine border crisis continues, borisjohnson is to travel to eastern europe — and telephone the russian president in the coming days. senior conservative mps join the opposition in calling for the report on downing street parties, during lockdowns, to be published in full. a more detailed study is under way after initial research finds some people with long covid may have hidden damage to their lungs. ash barty wins the australian open tennis to become first home winner in 44 years

and, the cold water swimmers who swear that a dip in the icy sea does wonders for your mental health. that's in we are england, here on bbc news. welcome to bbc news. a woman has been killed by a falling tree as strong winds from storm malik batter northern parts of the uk. police scotland confirmed that the 60—year—old woman was fatally wounded by an uprooted tree in aberdeen. rail services have also been disrupted across scotland and the north of england. well this was the scene facing fishermen off the coast of aberdeenshire.

these pictures were recorded in the north sea, to the north west of peterhead, where gusts of over 70 knots were felt. meanwhile, a cyclist had a narrow escape in the village of apperley bridge near bradford, when a tree fell onto his van while he was in it. he's been speaking to our correspondent, phil bodmer. i was in the back of the van, just getting changed after a bike ride, and a tree fell on it. were you in the vehicle at the time? yeah, i was sat between the two back seats, just crouching down, really. yeah, it pushed me further down, and then i lay down on the floor, my friend pulled me out the back of the van. this is a remarkably lucky escape. just looking at that wreckage there, it could have been an awful lot worse. yeah, i'm a very lucky man, very lucky man. obviously, i looked to the side and i could see the van absolutely decimated. it was just really lucky, we are both really fortunate. the evidence is there for you to see yourself.

and were you aware that when you came out this morning? i mean, what were the conditions like? to be honest, i didn't start off too bad, but as we continued around the downhill sections in the woods, there was various debris and detritusjust flying off the trees, a few branches hitting us on the helmet and on the back. to be honest, we thought we were out of the woods, no pun intended, when we got back to the vehicles, and then look what happened. our weather presenter susan powell told me the worst of malik looks to be over — though corrie is due to follow the story. if we take a look at what's going on on the screen behind me, a picture often says a thousand words. if you look toward scandinavia, there is a massive white cloud with a kind of swirling hook there just getting to the coast of norway. that is actually now malik and malik is pulling away and the winds are going to form very light in the short—term, but the worst of malik is over, however, we are not out of the woods yet

and possibly more dangerously, if you look to the atlantic, the left of the screen there is a kind of way to hook pushing its way north. that is an area we are looking at very closely for tomorrow because it looks like we are going to see another system, similar strength, following a similar path, but bear in mind, some trees, for example, will have been disturbed by malik but possibly not felled, and the rainfall will have loosened up the ground, so having another storm, this one is called corrie, following hot on its heels is not good news at all. there is a risk of some very difficult conditions. so we are seeing the cloud in the atlantic. this is saturday. at what point are you expecting it to hit? let's move over to our lovely pressure chart. it doesn't look like much currently because it's going to rapidly deepen, and as it does so, that's when those winds are going to whip up and the impact is likely, the met office warning in force from 1800, 6pm on sunday to midday on monday. between now and then, actually, quite a quiet night to come. the winds will fall light, there will be frost and first thing

sunday, we are thinking it is all over. sunshine, light winds, but later in the day, but later in the day, across scotland and northern ireland, that wind will pick up and it's quite a large northern swathe of the uk that corrie is likely to be a headache into monday. in fact, if i flipped on again, this is the area you may be used to seeing these areas now, this is the area marked out currently by the met office with a warning for the strongest of the winds and the risk of disruption, but a little bit like what happened with malik earlier on today, they do change the warnings as they see systems getting closer and the impact risk getting higher or lower. i wouldn't be surprised if come this time tomorrow, we don't see as we did today and amber area appearing on that map, and it was the amber area where, for example, eastern scotland was that we saw the worst of the winds and the worst of the damage. we've got natalie coupar on the phone, her porch was damaged by the storm and her electricity has been cut off.

very good of you to talk to us, natalie. just tell us what happened to you, because we are looking at a picture, a lot of damage done to that porch. what happened? we live a single story cottage in the middle of the woods, and this morning the power went out, and we knew at that point the wind was picking up and it was getting a little bit scary. i went straight to the bedroom to get something when out of the window i saw one of the massive trees, just over 100 feet, fall down and just as it was coming down, because i had been nagging my partner all morning to take something off the porch, and he managed to kind ofjumped over the sofa, and at that point the porch came completely down, which is a shame because we spent all of last year building it by hand. a big job to do. year building it by hand. a big “ob to do. , , �* , to do. goodness me. i've never seen a tree that — to do. goodness me. i've never seen

a tree that size _ to do. goodness me. i've never seen a tree that size fall— to do. goodness me. i've never seen a tree that size fall over. _ to do. goodness me. i've never seen a tree that size fall over. it _ to do. goodness me. i've never seen a tree that size fall over. it must - a tree that size fall over. it must be very scary. what is it like? is it like it's happening in slow motion? in it like it's happening in slow motion? ., ,. ., motion? in the grand scheme of thins motion? in the grand scheme of things today. — motion? in the grand scheme of things today, and _ motion? in the grand scheme of things today, and other - motion? in the grand scheme of things today, and other has - motion? in the grand scheme of| things today, and other has been motion? in the grand scheme of i things today, and other has been a lot of damage and loss of life, so we are very lucky, this is not a big deal in that context, but a big tree. and as you say, it did happen slowly, you would think it's a big bang, but it is much more of a crunch as it came down, i think a bit of an adrenaline rush as that all happened. it will be interesting to see you tomorrow what the damage looks like and start to get it all cleaned up, hopefully. i’zfe looks like and start to get it all cleaned up, hopefully. i've got to ask ou, cleaned up, hopefully. i've got to ask you. will— cleaned up, hopefully. i've got to ask you, will your _ cleaned up, hopefully. i've got to ask you, will your partner - cleaned up, hopefully. i've got to ask you, will your partner build . ask you, will your partner build that again? i ask you, will your partner build that again?— that again? i have told him absolutely _ that again? i have told him absolutely not. _ that again? i have told him absolutely not. we - that again? i have told him absolutely not. we are - that again? i have told him absolutely not. we are on | that again? i have told him i absolutely not. we are on the that again? i have told him - absolutely not. we are on the phone with insurance today, so hopefully they can come around and have a look. there are lots of otherjobs to do, so hopefully they can do that, but i'm sure he will have a lot of advice to offer them as they

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natalie cooper, as you say, perhaps you are right to see it that it could've been a lot worse, but clearly you have a lot of clearing up clearly you have a lot of clearing up to do there. we wish you well. thank you so much for talking to us on bbc news. thank you so much for talking to us on bbc news-— america's top military general has warned that a russian invasion of ukraine would be "horrific" and would lead to significant casualties. general mark milley described the build—up of 100,000 russian troops near ukraine's border as the largest since the cold war. but the us defence secretary lloyd austin said conflict could still be avoided through the use of diplomacy. the prime minister borisjohnson is due to speak to the russian president vladimir putin and visit eastern europe in the coming days, as the uk steps up its efforts to resolve the crisis along ukraine's eastern border. mrjohnson said he would reiterate the need for russia to step back. ukrainians have long lived with war. dozens of british soldiers here since 2015, not long

after russia first invaded. but with more of moscow's troops and weapons now massed along the border, diplomacy builds, too. next week, borisjohnson's visit to this region takes it up a notch. here in kyiv, there is concern that too much talk of war can be risky, too, but they need their friends. it's a good signal for us, not only for us, not only for ukraine, but also to russian federations, that we have strong partners,

while bringing in military reinforcements and warning about any war. it would be horrific, it would be terrible and it's not necessary and we think a diplomatic outcome is the way to go here. this is what it looks like now. talk so much talk about diplomacy. russia releasing images of its anti—aircraft missiles moving into neighbouring belarus in advance of next month's military exercises and the pentagon saying that they had been fighting more troops massing along another border, so is russia readying for war despite its

denials? let's cross to glasgow to join our guests, a research fellow and lecturer in central and eastern european studies at the university of glasgow. welcome.— european studies at the university - of glasgow. welcome._ you of glasgow. welcome. thank you. you have studied — of glasgow. welcome. thank you. you have studied very _ of glasgow. welcome. thank you. you have studied very closely _ of glasgow. welcome. thank you. you have studied very closely both - have studied very closely both russian and ukraine military formations. when you look at what russia has massed along the border now both in terms of troops and heavy weaponry, are they ready if they wanted to carry out a full frontal assault? they wanted to carry out a full frontalassault? in they wanted to carry out a full frontal assault?— frontal assault? in order to understand _ frontal assault? in order to understand this _ frontal assault? in order to understand this question, | frontal assault? in order to l understand this question, we frontal assault? in order to - understand this question, we will have to analyse what's military capacity russia actually has at the moment that the ukrainian border. these 100,000 troops that russia currently has on its western borders, most of them, approximately 80,000 of them are actually already stationed at the ukrainian border since the start of conflict in 2014.

if we look qualitatively at this, these are young and 18—19 years old who have been draughted to serve in the russian army. they have no combat experience and have relatively basic military training. the situation has started to change that in september of last year when russian started to bring tactical unions to the border. they have participated in this exercise at belarus and the decision was made by both president putin and the leader of belarus, alexander lukashenko, a great portion of this will remain on western borders, and the borders with ukraine in order to participate in this february two stage of military exercise. what we see now is russia and are not only using those troops, but it's also moving additional tactical units,

contact base service personnel to belarus to participate in this exercise. what we don't know is whether... i exercise. what we don't know is whether- - -_ exercise. what we don't know is whether... ., ., ., whether... i am wondering, the world is wondering. — whether... i am wondering, the world is wondering, ukraine _ whether... i am wondering, the world is wondering, ukraine most _ whether. .. i am wondering, the world is wondering, ukraine most of- whether... i am wondering, the world is wondering, ukraine most of all, - is wondering, ukraine most of all, if it did come to a bigger or smaller military contest, how would ukrainian armed forces fare against russia? ,, . ::' ., ~ ., ., russia? since 2014 from ukrainian armed forces _ russia? since 2014 from ukrainian armed forces are _ russia? since 2014 from ukrainian armed forces are modernised - russia? since 2014 from ukrainian i armed forces are modernised heavily and this is absolutely a different army than what ukraine had in 2014. we have to remember when russia interfered in the september and august of 2014, when it sent troops to the ground to dumb bass to make sure the separatist government does not collapse, the russian troops have only been able to they have been able to deter ukrainian offences, but they haven't captured as much territory as was expected at

that time, so even back in 2014, ukrainian forces performed much better than where expected, and as of today, they ukraine has much more armed forces and potential mobilisation, nearly100,000 ukrainians mobilised to join the armed forces. so ukraine still has this enormous mobilisation presents in terms of conflict.— in terms of conflict. indeed, indeed, many _ in terms of conflict. indeed, indeed, many ukrainian - in terms of conflict. indeed, indeed, many ukrainian say| in terms of conflict. indeed, - indeed, many ukrainian say they are ready to fight if it comes to that. doctor, there is so much more we could ask you, but i'm sure we will come to you again because this crisis isn't going to go away anytime soon. there you have it. an expert assessment of the balance of forces along the border is at the same moment as diplomacy intensifies to avoid any kind of direct confrontation.

the headlines on bbc news... thousands have been left without power as storm malik batteries parts of the uk. as forecasters worn storm corrie will bring further high winds tomorrow. as the ukraine border crisis continues, borisjohnson is to travel to eastern europe and will telephone the russian president in the coming days. senior conservative mps joined the opposition and calling for the report on downing street parties during lockdowns to be published in full. the report by civil servant sue gray into lockdown parties at number ten is due to be delivered to downing street and published in the coming days. as opposition parties and conservative mps continue to wait for the results of the investigation, our special correspondent it thomas has been to macklesfield to gauge how the voting public are feeling about the reports of rule breaking at the heart of government.

a moment to focus. waiting for answers. reflecting on past sacrifices. we would try to be careful, had all the screens put in. debbie can't believe that, while some partied, her life was on hold. i still have sleepless nights now, worried sick about it, whether we have to go into another lockdown. when you're hearing these stories come out about 10 downing street parties, what have you been thinking? i was brought up in a conservative family. would i be voting for them again? no. i don't think i'm going to be voting for anybody ever again, i don't trust anybody any more. inside woodlands care home, it's been a constant battle against covid. forjudith, the pandemic has taken the heaviest of tolls. i've lost both my parents through covid. my father was in a care home in april, when itjust started. my mum, on christmas day,

she called me to tell me she'd tested positive for covid and she passed away on the 28th of december. you've gone through so much. what are your reflections on where we are right now as a country? we've got a potential war happening in the ukraine, we've got fuel bills escalating, we've got a national insurance increase, which i hope doesn't go ahead, because it's going to impact all of my staff here. we need them to focus on those things, rather than having parties and, you know, whether or not he did have a party. kelly, she loved nothing more i than having fun with her friends. other than having fun with her son. kelly had stage four bowel cancer. lockdown meant her treatment was paused. it's in my lung, it's in my liver, it's in my brain. the bbc filmed her days before she died. terrified. absolutely terrified. i don't want to die.

like, ifeel like i've got so much more to do. kelly passed away approximately 12 weeks after being _ told to self—isolate. you know your life will. never be the same again. when you hear the prime minister's apology for parties and his regret, what is your reaction? it shouldn't have happened. but i don't think that - should be, at this point, the thing we are focusing on. let's get our priorities in order. whatever comes next, it's clear for many, trust and faith in those who lead us needs to be restored. ed thomas, bbc news, macclesfield. earlier i spoke to lord john morris of aberavon who was the former attorney general under tony blair. we are not dealing with a jury trial. we are dealing with a comparatively minor offence, something perhaps a little more important than a parking offence, something dealt with by a moderate, modest penalty.

and i don't think there is a danger of prejudice. if there is, you've got to have a sense of proportion. i think the public interest, and i used to be the final adviser on the public interest, in my view, i would have thought, and i retain that view, that the public interest is the publication, so they should know all that has happened, if anything has happened at all. and i do not see how there could be any serious prejudice in the sense that possibly somebody who is involved might say one thing different to another. but that always happens in any criminal investigation. a man has been found guilty of stalking the number a man has been found guilty of stalking the number ones a man has been found guilty of stalking the number ones tennis player. i spoke to our correspondent who had more details. the

153-year-old _ who had more details. the 19-year-old player, - who had more details. iie: 19—year—old player, who, who had more details. "iie: 19—year—old player, who, of who had more details. i““ie: 19—year—old player, who, of course, shot to fame last year after winning the us open still lives with her parents. last year, at the end of last year, the former amazon delivery driver visited their home in a number of occasions and left her a series of notes. one of the notes read, "nothing to say but that you deserve love." and he also left her a hand drawn map which illustrated what he says was a 23 miles he had walked from his house in edge where to be chair, so this all lead to him being found guilty yesterday of stalking, and he will be sentenced next month. it's thought that 1.3 million people in the uk are living with long covid — and hundreds of thousands of them experience breathlessness. traditional lung scans often appear to be normal though. but researchers in oxford are using a different technique in a clinical trial —

which does show problems in these patients' lungs. they hope that understanding the problem will lead to better treatment options. our health correspondent catherine burns has the story. flo van diemen van thor was never one forjust sitting down inside. but she says long covid has been a horror show. it was not just the breathlessness that was really hard, it was muscle weakness, legs like jelly and just thinking if i try to go down the stairs, they might not carry me. but this is the ct scan of flo's lungs and, like so many long covid patients, everything looks normal and healthy. these are my lungs, i've had them all my life. i know there's something wrong with them. flo is taking part in a study in oxford. breathe in and out. researchers think they're the first in the world to be able to show abnormalities in the lungs of long covid patients.

flo and the other volunteers have an mri scan as they suck in xenon gas. it behaves like oxygen and should cross from their lungs into their bloodstream. the numbers are small so far. 36 patients, 11 who didn't need hospital care when they were first infected but went on to get long covid. it's a very exciting and very encouraging first step. so what we have here is one of the patients from our trial and the ct scan is entirely normal. they have then gone on and had a xenon gas mri. this is the xenon getting through normally into their bloodstream from their lungs and the blacker areas are where the xenon gas or oxygen would struggle to get through. it's early days for this study and there are still lots of questions, including exactly what is causing these abnormal lung scans. in the meantime, there aren't many of these specially adapted mri scanners across the country. if this research proves they are worthwhile, it would take some serious investment and several months to scale them up across the nhs. and breathe out...

lovely, really good. flo says this was the turning point for her, learning breathing techniques with a respiratory physiotherapist. ijust want you to try and slow... it might take her longer to recover after exercise now, but she's moved up a level in karate. she's not back to normal yet, but thinks she will get there. catherine burns, bbc news. the singer—songwriter says she will remove her music from the streaming service spot if i in a row about coronavirus misinformation on a podcast. in coronavirus misinformation on a odcast. ., , ., ., podcast. in a statement on her website, podcast. in a statement on her website. she — podcast. in a statement on her website, she stood _ podcast. in a statement on her website, she stood in - podcast. in a statement on her| website, she stood in solidarity with neil young who withdrew his music this week and warned that lies are costing people their lives. joe rogan, who is podcast appears exclusively on spot if i can has been criticised for interviewing and infectious disease specialist who is critical of covid vaccines.

changes to the highway code come in today, aimed at boosting safety for vulnerable road users like pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders. however, there are concerns that not all drivers are aware of the new rules — as our transport correspondent, katy austin, reports. if you're out and about on the roads from today, there are some major updates you need to be aware of. updates to the highway code. one example is, if you're driving and want to turn at a junction, you should give way to any pedestrians waiting to cross, as well as those already crossing, even if there's traffic waiting behind you. other updates include that cyclists going straight ahead atjunctions have priority over traffic wanting to turn, and in some situations such as slow traffic, they're advised to ride in the centre of a lane to be clearly visible. cyclists are reminded they can ride two abreast, which can be safer, for example, in large groups, and drivers are told to leave at least 1.5

metres when overtaking. and what about horse riders? drivers and motorcyclists are advised to leave two metres when overtaking them, and pass at less than ten miles per hour. paula thinks many don't realise the risks. there have been some major incidents. the main cause is people arejust driving too close to us. we've had a glazier�*s van that hit a horse, took the stirrup from the horse, and dragged the horse backwards with the rider on it. i've been hit as well, it was a delivery van that came around the corner and hit my leg when he was driving past. the highway code is amazing, it's a really good start, we now need to keep the momentum going. the government is planning an awareness campaign about the updates. critics say there hasn't been enough advance publicity, which could lead to confusion. a significant change is setting out a so—called "hierarchy" of road users,

so quicker or heavier modes of travel have the greatest responsibility to reduce the threat they could pose. this video was taken by cyclist phil in sheffield, the second serious crash he's had involving a vehicle. every single journey, i would say, i worry about whether it's going to be my last day on earth. he welcomes the hierarchy. it helps make people aware of those who are more vulnerable than them on the roads, and i think that's a good thing. never go alongside a truck round a roundabout, stay behind. but this haulage firm fears it will make lorry driving a less attractive job, and the boss says his industry has strict safety rules. they're strongly controlled, and there's big penalties for not complying with those things. the emphasis should be on making people that are at risk think about themselves more, rather than passing the burden of that risk to someone else. motoring groups say it's vital people take time to understand updates which are aimed at driving safer roads for everyone. katy austin, bbc news.

now it's time for a look at the weatherm here's susan. hello. stormy times for the uk this weekend. saturday has seen northern britain being battered by malik. tomorrow, corrie heading our way. there's malik off into scandinavia overnight. this is corrie set to continue deepening as we move through the next 36 hours. meanwhile, we've got a ridge of high pressure sitting between the two to get us through the evening and overnight. it becomes very still outside, frost likely to the east, perhaps temperatures just above in the west. a cold, crisp but bright start to sunday with some widespread sunshine and just light winds. but here comes corrie through the afternoon, deepening all the while. rain into northern ireland and scotland, some snow for the mountains, definitely a colder feel to sunday. we will see that rain sinking south overnight sunday. it's the low centre that's going to be the biggest cause for concern, running across northern scotland and diving down into the north sea on monday.

these the areas the met office is most concerned about at the moment, but do stay up. the headlines...

a woman has been killed and thousands left without power store malik batters the uk and forecasters warned the next dawn will be more trouble. borisjohnson telephones the russian —— borisjohnson is to visit eastern europe as tensions increase and both telephoned russian president in coming days. report downing street party is not down is to be bullish and fun. more detailed studies under way after initial ensure the shirts hosts from people with long covid may have hidden damage the lungs. the smack initial research shows some people with long covid may have hidden damage the lungs. ash barty wins the open. now on bbc news we follow three people from tynemouth who have taken up cold water swimming and say it is doing wonders for their mental health.