this is bbc news, the headlines at 6pm: counting the cost of storm eunice — three deaths and more than 190,000 homes across the uk still without power as the big clean—up gets underway. the wind and the rain is hampering efforts to repair storm damage and to restore power to people's homes. ukraine's president says international rules protecting countries from attack, are no longer working, amid growing fears of a russian invasion. translation: the security architecture _ translation: the security architecture of _ translation: the security architecture of our - translation: the security architecture of our world i translation: the security architecture of our world is | architecture of our world is brittle, obsolete. the security rules that have agreed to dozens years ago by the world are no longer working. they are neither catching up working. they are neither catching up with the new flat or overcoming

them. —— new threats. and, as reports emerge of shelling in eastern ukraine, the prime minister issues a new warning about the consquences of any russian invasion. if ukraine is invaded, and if ukraine is overwhelmed, we will witness the destruction of a democratic state, a country that has been free for a generation, with a proud history of elections. and a first medal at the winter olympics for team gb — a silver in the men's curling, losing to sweden in the final. good evening. around 190,000 homes are still without power after one of the worst storms to hit

the uk in decades. three people died in storm eunice yesterday, as fierce winds toppled trees and sent debris flying. there are still yellow weather warnings — in wales and southern england for potentially damaging winds, and in parts of yorkshire, lancashire and the peak district for what could be disruptive falls of snow. and it's been another day of travel disruption. simonjones sent this update from paddington station in central london. well, it's been another really difficult day on the railways. yesterday, 61% of all the services across the railway network were either delayed or cancelled, largely due to the storm, and that pattern has continued into today. now, many rail operators, like the one running trains from here down to the south—west, are urging passengers not to travel at all. but despite that, paddington is extremely busy because i think many people were caught out yesterday when services were stopped

and they got stranded in london and they've been desperately trying to get home, but there haven't been that many trains, so when a train arrives, people desperately rush onto the platform to try and get on board. sometimes they don't succeed and have to come back onto the concourse and wait for further trains, and that can be quite a long wait. why is it taking so long to sort things out? well, i think so many trees came down yesterday in the storm that network rail engineers have had to spend the time checking the track for debris and also for damage. that is taking time, plus, of course, still some warnings in place for wind for the whole of southern england, the south—west, and large parts of wales. so once again, the advice is don't travel unless you have to, but certainly people here are keen to make journeys. earlier we spoke to a family in essex, a 200—year—old oak tree

came crashing down onto their house on friday morning. we were sitting in the house working. all of us were working from home. it was at about 11:30 yesterday morning, probably the height of the wind speed, i would say. we just felt the house move and that was a big gust of wind. and seconds later, the tree just crashed into the house and we were covered in dust and just general debris, and we ran outside to see what had happened and we were confronted with what you can see behind us. and, sven, i mean, it must have been pretty scary, wasn't it? yeah, it was absolutely terrifying. i was actually working in the room just there below where it hit and i was on a conference call as well and ijust heard this creak and then this huge bang and you could feel the whole house vibrating. at that point, just sort of picked up, ran underneath the doorway and then sort of... i mean, you're in absolute shock at something like that. you don't really know

what's going on. iran outside, see my carjust completely destroyed and then ran upstairs to my bedroom, which had no walls anymore. it'sjust amazing. something like that can happen in the flash of a moment. and tom, i think this tree, this oak is a few hundred years old. had you been worried about it in the storm, did you think it might come crashing down? no, no. it's old. i mean, it's we've measured the base of it some time ago and we calculated it's probably about 300 years old or thereabouts. it's well known, lovely tree, and it's a feature of the house and whenever people come to the house, they generally comment on what an amazing tree we've got, so quite a surprise to see it snapped in two by the power of the wind. well, the good news is you're all, you're all 0k, you're all fine, but obviously a lot of damage to the house. any idea how much it is going to cost to repair that and presumably a big insurance claim? i've got absolutely no idea what it's... i'm not a structural engineer or a builder, so we're waiting

for the loss adjuster to turn up on monday. we'll have a conversation and put it in their hands and and take it from there. but yeah, it's going to... i think it's going to take a long time to to rebuild the house, to be honest, because i think the damage probably extends quite far into the house. if you see the chimney stack behind me, i think that's taken the full force of the tree coming down, which is a pretty structural element of the house. structural element of the house, so we'll see, we'll see on monday

good evening. after one of the worst storms to hit the uk in decades, around 190,000 homes are still without power. three people were killed in the ferocious gales of storm eunice yesterday. tonight there's still major disruption to train services across the country, and the severn bridge remains shut.

insurance payouts for damage could reach up to £350 million, according to one estimate. and there are more weather warnings in place for tomorrow — a less—severe yellow wind warning for most of the uk, with heavy rain also expected in north—west england. danny savage has the latest. it has been a day of assessing storm damage, right across the country. in brentwood in essex, a 400—year—old oak tree came crashing down on a family home, causing extensive damage. mil family home, causing extensive damaue. �* ., , ., ~' family home, causing extensive damaue. �* ., , ., ~ ., damage. all of us were working from home, and about _ damage. all of us were working from home, and about 1130 _ damage. all of us were working from home, and about 1130 yesterday - home, and about 1130 yesterday morning, probably the height of the wind speed, i would say, we just felt the house move, and that was a big gust of wind, and seconds later, the tree just crashed into the house, and we were covered in dust and just general debris, and we ran outside to see what had happened and

we were confronted with what you can see behind us. 1m} we were confronted with what you can see behind m— we were confronted with what you can see behind ne— see behind us. 140 miles away in gloucestershire, _ see behind us. 140 miles away in gloucestershire, near _ see behind us. 140 miles away in i gloucestershire, near tewkesbury, one of many places which has been without power since yesterday afternoon. the storm didn'tjust knock over one tree. it destroyed a whole coppice, and when the bigger ones came down, they took out that electricity wire, knocking out power for everyone around here. itjust went like that. this all happened in pauline's garden.— pauline's garden. very bad. i have never seen — pauline's garden. very bad. i have never seen the _ pauline's garden. very bad. i have never seen the tree _ pauline's garden. very bad. i have never seen the tree is _ pauline's garden. very bad. i have never seen the tree is moving - pauline's garden. very bad. i have never seen the tree is moving like | never seen the tree is moving like they were yesterday. i shouted to my husband, look at the trees, and i walked back into the kitchen, and said, they are going, they are going, it's gone. it said, they are going, they are going. it's gone-— going, it's gone. it was at the needles on — going, it's gone. it was at the needles on the _ going, it's gone. it was at the needles on the isle _ going, it's gone. it was at the needles on the isle of - going, it's gone. it was at the needles on the isle of wight i going, it's gone. it was at the - needles on the isle of wight were a gust of 122 mph was recorded yesterday, as the storm moved across the country. numerous trees were uprooted. and vehicles were blown

over on the roads. passengers at preston station were typical of those trying to travel today. it those trying to travel today. it is absolutely _ those trying to travel today. it is absolutely awful, _ those trying to travel today. it 3 absolutely awful, carnage. those trying to travel today. it is| absolutely awful, carnage. those that not absolutely awful, carnage. those that got on _ absolutely awful, carnage. those that got on at — absolutely awful, carnage. those that got on at the _ absolutely awful, carnage. those that got on at the first _ absolutely awful, carnage. those that got on at the first stop - absolutely awful, carnage. those that got on at the first stop got l absolutely awful, carnage. those that got on at the first stop got a j that got on at the first stop got a seat but — that got on at the first stop got a seat but it— that got on at the first stop got a seat but it was standing for a lot of people — seat but it was standing for a lot of people all the way down. we were sort of on a — of people all the way down. we were sort of on a train _ of people all the way down. we were sort of on a train and _ of people all the way down. we were sort of on a train and just _ of people all the way down. we were sort of on a train and just grateful. sort of on a train and just grateful to gel— sort of on a train and just grateful to get home _ sort of on a train and “ust grateful to get homeh sort of on a train and “ust grateful to get tenet sort of on a train and “ust grateful toethome. , , _ to get home. wales was badly hit by the storm also. _ to get home. wales was badly hit by the storm also. in _ to get home. wales was badly hit by the storm also. in newport, - to get home. wales was badly hit by the storm also. in newport, today i the storm also. in newport, today was about assessing damage and making things safe for the time being. the weather was still causing issues in some areas. snow fell across parts of northern england. storm eunice may have gone, but the problems caused by it are very much still with us. danny savage, bbc news. let's talk to our transport correspondent katy austin who's at paddington station in london. things are nowhere near back to normal, are they? that's right. it's not as bad as it

was yesterday, but there have been plenty of delays and cancellations today stop a lot of people who wanted to travel yesterday and couldn't have had to rearrange plans again. services have resumed, but a number of train companies including great western railways, south—western railway and greater anglia in the east of england have been asking people not to travel. the reason there is such a knock—on impact is, there has been lots of clearing up the do of trees and other debris that went onto the tracks during the storm. there have been repairs to do to some overhead power lines. and there's the question of getting the trains and train crews back into the right places so that normal services can eventually resume. some of the trains that are running are likely to be very busy, and the general advice remains, to check before you travel. the prime minister has warned that any russian invasion of ukraine would see the destruction of a democratic state. borisjohnson said that nato, a group of 30 nations in a military alliance,

were united at "a moment of extreme danger". the prime minister has warned that any russian invasion of ukraine the ukrainian president has said his country is determined to protect itself from russia, with or without the support of western allies. paul adams has the latest from kyiv. no need to panic yet. the country already at war for eight years still somehow taking this crisis in its stride. i am not scared but my friends, some of them nervous a little, but i don't think that we will have a war. but some say conflict is coming. in areas controlled by pro—russian separatists, civilians are being evacuated to russia, temporary housing set up to receive them. men of fighting age being told to stay back. my husband is a reserve officer. the men were warned to stay

where they were and children over 18 years old are not allowed out so that everyone is in place. the situation in the east of the country is increasingly alarming, with more shelling along the front lines and the russian— backed separatists saying they are mobilising for an expected attack by ukraine. the government here says it has no such plans and won't be provoked. in munich, a conference dominated by russia's challenge to european security. borisjohnson warning that ukraine cannot be abandoned. if ukraine is overwhelmed, we will witness the destruction of a democratic state. a country that has been free for a generation with a proud history of elections. but ukraine's president there too, undiplomatically accusing the west of allowing all this to happen. translation: now that the world is talking about the threat of a big war, it begs the question,

is there anything left to pick up? the security architecture of europe and beyond is almost destroyed, it's too late now to talk about fixing it. it's high time for a new one. but russia seems intent on building one, on its terms. itsjoint drills in belarus, just to ukraine's north, to end tomorrow. a vast display of firepower sending an unambiguously muscular message to the watching world. pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. a french modelling agent who was a close associate of paedophile jeffrey epstein, has been found dead in his prison cell in paris. 76 year old jean—luc brunel was facing rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment charges, and had been in custody since trying to flee to senegal back in december 2020. time to bring you the sport now, here's john watson at the bbc sport centre.

thanks, victoria, good evening. 0n the penultimate day of teh winter olympics, great britain have won their first medal of the games. it came in the men's curling. they had to settle for silver in the gold medal match as scottish skip bruce mouat and his team lost 5—4 to sweden following a dramatic extra end in beijing. laura scott reports. bittersweet smiles, knowing only too well what could have been. if sweden hadn't been on fire, on the ice. this would be a fabulous shot if it comes off. this had been billed as a clash of curling's titans. on to that one, onto the other one, oh, and he's done it! but, anything britain could do, sweden could do better. he has done well, very well. splitting these familiar rivals was, at points, too close to call. time to bring in the curling compass. a shot to great britain, it was close. but whether in the smash—up job... it is like the demolition derby, when he comes to play. ..or the cagey game of chess, the swedes just had the edge.

after nearly three hours of tactics and tension... it's got to hit that red. ..the red stone in the house brought the gold medal home for sweden. sweden have won the gold medal. heartbreak for the british team after the narrowest of defeats. not the golden moment they so badly wanted, but once the obvious disappointment subsides, this team will celebrate a silver medal that finally put team gb on the medal table on the penultimate day of these games. that's pretty special for all of just to know that team gb are leaving with some sort of medal. and hopefully the girls can go one better than us, tomorrow. and if there was a medal for crash of the day, british skier gus kenworthy would surely be a contender. how did he walk away from this? laura scott, bbc news, beijing. newcastle united boosted their hopes of avoiding relegation

from the premier league after a 1—1 draw with west ham. the club, taken over by a saudi—led consortium last year, extending their unbeaten run to six matches. joe willock with the equaliser at the london stadium, given after a review by goal—line technology — it leaves them two points clear of the bottom three. liverpool temporarily trimmed the gap to league leaders manchester city after a 3—1win over norwich, who actally took the lead at anfield. new signing luis diaz with his first goal for the club. city can re—establish their nine— point advantage when they face tottenham in the late kick—off. over on the bbc sport website this evening news on eilish mccolgan's record breaking run after she beat paula radcliffe's 21—year—old british half marathon record. that though is all from me for now. back to victoria. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. i'm back with the late news at ten past ten.

hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. the post office scandal has been in the headlines all week after a public inquiry started hearing from those who suffered wrongful convictions and financial ruin. more than 700 branch managers were convicted and thousands of others lost their businesses when the post office's faulty accounting software made it look as though money was missing from tills. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. it's not easy to explain what happened at the worst moments of your life. each victim has shared memories they'll never forget, for treatment many feel they can never forgive. this inquiry will last a year or more, with 40 people sharing their stories these first two weeks, their evidence covering all corners of england and wales, from devon to derbyshire, the heart of london, the home counties and

the yorkshire moorlands. the inquiry is then moving to cardiff, then leeds, with plans afoot to hear evidence in scotland and northern ireland too. for every witness, the financial cost has been huge, with many losing everything. when i went to the doctor, i was diagnosed with depression because i had just felt worthless. i felt absolute... i've got a wife and children at home — i couldn't provide for them. when they'd gone to bed or gone to school, ijust... i didn't know what was going to happen, i didn't know what i was going to do, i didn't know how we were going to keep the house. in the 40 or 50 years we have run the post office, what have we got to show? nothing. we couldn't even get

our children married. we couldn't look after them. we couldn't do anything for them. i feel a failure myself. as the first witness, baljit told the inquiry that there had been times he had considered taking his own life, a psychological impact echoed by many giving evidence this week. at that point, i also considered... please take a moment if you need. at that point, i also considered ending my life. and i talked to myself and i thought about my family and i thought about graham, and i knew i had to return and face whatever they were going to find and i didn't know what they were going to find. i still don't feel i am the same - person and i do get angry at times. ijust don't trust anybody any more. it is really difficult. it nearly killed me, you know. and for people to say

it is all right, it doesn't matter — it does matter. it devastated our lives. for many, the impact on their children is the most painful consequence. we were still very close, but again, it was hard, because he went through a lot and people were attacking him in the street, verbally, because of me. i had a call because he had taken an overdose and he was crying to me on the phone. susan explained that when police came to question her, she was worried how her nine—year—old twins would get home from school. they said i couldn't go and collect the children from school, they would collect them in the police car and they would take them to the station and they would have to stay there until they finished questioning me. now what mother wants that for her children, to be taken to a police station, to sit there worried,

frightened, while their mother is being questioned for...? they wouldn't have known why. all victims called for better and faster compensation, answers from the post office and realjustice. i would like a better apology for what they've done to me| than this rubbish from tim parker. it is the most feeble - apology i've ever received for anything in my life. who knew? i can't believe alarms weren't going off between the bottom, the investigators, the auditors, the top, the board. who signed all these prosecutions off? did nobody ever say, "this isn't right?" i can still hear it to this day, the sound of that cell door slamming behind me. i want someone on the other side to be charged and jailed like i was.

colletta smith, bbc news. let's get more on the situation in ukraine. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet joins us now from munich. that is where world leaders have been gathering to talk about the growing threat of a russian invasion. what is the mood of there? how worried are they, and do they think, likejoe biden seems to think, likejoe biden seems to think, it is going to happen, it is pretty imminent? the mood even in the last 24 hours _ pretty imminent? the mood even in the last 24 hours has _ pretty imminent? the mood even in the last 24 hours has darkened here in munich while yesterday they were talking about diplomacy, today they are still talking about diplomacy, but a sense of that time is running out. and yet it is only president biden who is saying in public that he is convinced president putin has made a decision, that there will be an attack on ukraine in the next few days. a borisjohnson, when he spoke, seemed to leave open the possibility that president putin could pull back from the spring, but

of course they are still talking. you might be able to see behind me, the foreign secretary, liz truss, with her delegation. we expect they will soon be leaving munich to head... borisjohnson werejust will soon be leaving munich to head... borisjohnson were just in the lobby, liz truss nowjust leaving. she was speaking at the munich security conference, emphasising the same points we heard from the prime minister that there was an urgent need for western unity, western resolve, in a morning rush of the consequences, boris johnson talking about a generation of bloodshed. that if there was a lightning strike, perhaps an incursion into eastern ukraine where tensions have been rising, the consequences would be far—reaching and amass a very long time. so a consequences would be far-reaching and amass a very long time. so a lot of talkint and amass a very long time. so a lot of talking still _ and amass a very long time. so a lot of talking still amongst _ and amass a very long time. so a lot of talking still amongst nato - of talking still amongst nato leaders, but when president zelensky of ukraine came to the conference where you are and made a speech come a very powerful speech, he was saying, actually, all that talk from nato has not been enough. he wants a

date when ukraine canjoin nato. yes, an extraordinary moment with president zelensky. the hall in this grand hotel was absolutely electric. the president zelensky got a standing ovation. everyone in that revenue that us officials had been warning him, now is not the time to leave your country, it is not bias. he came here, flew in for the day, he has already left, but he wanted to send a signal, the situation in his country was under control and even though he showed gratitude for the support of the west, he made it clear ukraine had been doing more than its shield, a buffer between you and rush are saying, ukraine could not continue to play this role and even though —— between you and russia. he knows that this is the red line for president putin that ukraine should notjoin nato, he came out and said, we want a

guaranteed definite timeline to become a member of the western alliance. , , ., ~ , ., , . alliance. lyse, thank you very much indeed. alliance. lyse, thank you very much indeed- lyse _ alliance. lyse, thank you very much indeed. lyse doucet, _ alliance. lyse, thank you very much indeed. lyse doucet, chief- indeed. lyse doucet, chief correspondent at the munich security conference. time for a look at the weather with louise lear. hello there. it's a case of sunny spells or heavy rain to look out for on sunday and the winds are going to be a feature once again. plenty of isobars on the chart, as you can see, and a series of weather fronts pushing in off the atlantic. so to begin with on saturday, the rain should be fairly light and patchy across england and wales, but we're expecting some heavier bursts to move into northern ireland, gradually drifting their way into northern england and north wales. and all that is going to spread its way eastwards through the afternoon. for scotland and northern ireland, it's a case of sunny spells and squally showers, driven along by some pretty gusty winds once again. inland, 40—50 mph quite widely. 0n exposed coasts, we could see in excess of 60 mph once again. but it will be relatively mild with it, particularly

across england and wales, with top temperatures peaking at 13 celsius. the winds remain strong sunday night into monday, slowly dying down through the day on monday, leaving a trail of sunny spells and scattered showers to follow behind. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... counting the cost of storm eunice. three deaths and more than 190,000 homes across the uk still without power, as the big cleanup gets underway. the wind and the rain is hampering efforts to repair storm damage and to restore power to people's homes. ukraine's president says international rules, protecting countries from attack, are no longer working, amid fears of a russian invasion.

translation: the security architecture of our world i is brittle, obsolete. the security rules that have agreed to dozens years ago by the world are no longer working. they are neither catching up with the new flat or overcoming them. and as reports emerge of shelling in eastern ukraine, the prime minister issues a new warning about the consquences of any russian invasion. if ukraine is invaded, - and if ukraine is overwhelmed, we will witness the destruction of a democratic state, - a country that has been free for a generation, l with a proud history of elections. and a first medal at the winter olympics for team gb. a silver in the men's curling, losing to sweden in the final. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday.