hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... netflix realease the first three episodes of the harry and meghan's highly—anticipated documentary series — the couple say it's an opportunity to tell their side of the story. latest figures show a0 per cent of a&e patients in england face a delay of four hours or more waiting for a bed. we've got a special day of coverage

environmental campaigners condemn a decision to give the go ahead to the uk's first new deep coal mine in 30 years iran announces the first execution of a protester convicted over recent anti—government unrest. temperatures across the uk plummet overnight as millions struggle to heat their homes this winter. the last british survivor of the world war ii dambusters — johnnyjohnson — has died at the age of 101. sport and time for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. and we have news about raheem sterling and his future at the world cup? good morning. we're just two days away from england's world cup match against france and it seems raheem sterling could be returning to qatar — but it may not be in time for him to play in the quarter final. sterling scored in england's victory over iran,

but then missed their 3—0 win against senegal as he had to fly back to the uk following reports of a break—in at his surrey mansion. it's understood sterling has asked the football association to look into him re—joining the england squad and a decision is expected later today. well, much of the talk ahead of this saturday's game has been about how england stops — arguably the best player in the tournament — france's kylian mbappe — who is the top scorer so far in this world cup. however, jack grealish believes england's performances should fill them with confidence. we know that if we do everything right and prepare right and play the way that we have been, i think from our side, we way that we have been, i think from ourside, we can way that we have been, i think from our side, we can beat anyone on our day and i think we have proven that in the last few games. scoring goals, keeping clean sheets, controlling the games and we are going into the game full of

confidence. fifa says it is deeply saddened following the reported death of a migrant worker at a world cup facility in qatar. the filipino national fell to his death whilst carrying out repairs at a resort used as a training base by the saudi arabian team. football's world governing body said it had been made aware of an accident, without giving any details. arsenal are on the verge of reaching the quarter finals of the women's champions league after beating juventus 1—0 last night at the emirates stadium. the only goal of the game was scored by the in—form vivianne miedema, who's recently returned to the squad after taking a break from football. in the women's league cup, manchester city went top of group b with a 2—0 win over liverpool. city were in front early in the second half through filippa angeldahl, before mary fowler added a second late on to extend their winning run to nine games in all competitions. fast bowler mark wood will replace the injured liam livingstone when england line

up against pakistan in their second test which starts in multan tomorrow morning. wood missed the stunning 7a run victory in the first test in rawalpindi, but is now fit to lead the attack. livingstone has returned home for treatment on a knee injury. ollie pope will continue to keep wicket ahead of ben foakes. meanwhile, over in adelaide — australia are taking on the west indies in a day night test, the second and final match of the series. australia won the toss and chose to bat. usmnan khawaja made 62, and marnus labuschagne has continued his impressive form. he made a double century and an unbeaten hundred in the aussies first test victory and he's currently on 77 not out, and australia are 208 for 3 just after tea on day one. the lawn tennis association has been fined a million dollars

by the atp for banning russian and belarusian male players from this summer's grass—court events. that works out to around £820,000, and follows a similar sanction from the women's tour. they fined the lta and the all england club — who organise wimbledon — for doing the same in the wake of russia's invasion of ukraine. more details on all of those stories including the breaking news on raheem sterling. you can find all of that on the bbc sport website. thank you. environmental campaigners have condemned a decision to give the green light to the uk's first new coal mine in 30 years. levelling up secretary michael gove approved the plans to build the new whitehaven coal mine in cumbria. supporters say the project will create jobs and reduce the need to import coal — but critics argue it goes against climate targets. hannah miller reports.

an industry that once sustained thousands of livelihoods is being given a fresh lease of life as the uk is first new deep coal mine or 30 years gets the go—ahead from the government with the potential to unearth millions of tonnes of coal from under the irish sea. the coal produced here will be used to produced here will be used to produce not electricity but steel, and it will mean less will need to be imported from overseas and supporters say it will create investment and jobs for local people. investment and “obs for local --eole. �* , investment and “obs for local --eole. v , people. it's bringing in diversification - people. it's bringing in diversification so - people. it's bringing in| diversification so those people. it's bringing in - diversification so those are jobs that are needed. the area that the mine is in is in a deprived area within copeland, 500 mainly local jobs, another 1500 in the supply chain but it is bringing in millions of pounds of investment here into west cumbria and it is needed investment.— west cumbria and it is needed investment. , ., . ., ,, ., ., investment. the pro'ect approval has been lona investment. the pro'ect approval has been long delayed. — investment. the project approval has been long delayed. last _ investment. the project approval has been long delayed. last year - investment. the project approval has been long delayed. last year the - been long delayed. last year the governments climate change adviser warned it would increase climate

emissions and our international reputation but the government insists this mine will aim to beat net zero and have a broadly sero— neutral effect on the global release of greenhouse gases. environmental campaigners are not convinced. we cannot campaigners are not convinced. - cannot afford to allow a new fossil fuel developments if we are serious about meeting are legally binding climate targets and limiting global temperature rises to 1.5. they cannot go together. in temperature rises to 1.5. they cannot go together. in whitehaven, a mixed resnonse _ cannot go together. in whitehaven, a mixed response from _ cannot go together. in whitehaven, a mixed response from those _ cannot go together. in whitehaven, a mixed response from those who - cannot go together. in whitehaven, a mixed response from those who live | mixed response from those who live here. we mixed response from those who live here. ~ , . , here. we need it, it is coal, it is here, here. we need it, it is coal, it is here. we _ here. we need it, it is coal, it is here. we need _ here. we need it, it is coal, it is here, we need jobs. _ here. we need it, it is coal, it is here, we need jobs. it - here. we need it, it is coal, it is here, we need jobs. it is - here. we need it, it is coal, it is i here, we need jobs. it is important here, we need “obs. it is important for the here, we need 'obs. it is important for the steel— here, we need jobs. it is important for the steel industry, _ here, we need jobs. it is important for the steel industry, why - for the steel industry, why shouldn't we have it here? we cannot see it being — shouldn't we have it here? we cannot see it being viable. _ shouldn't we have it here? we cannot see it being viable. we _ shouldn't we have it here? we cannot see it being viable. we had _ shouldn't we have it here? we cannot see it being viable. we had a - shouldn't we have it here? we cannot see it being viable. we had a huge i see it being viable. we had a huge pit and _ see it being viable. we had a huge pit and they— see it being viable. we had a huge pit and they closed _ see it being viable. we had a huge pit and they closed it. _ see it being viable. we had a huge pit and they closed it. this - see it being viable. we had a huge pit and they closed it.— see it being viable. we had a huge pit and they closed it. this may not be the end — pit and they closed it. this may not be the end of— pit and they closed it. this may not be the end of the _ pit and they closed it. this may not be the end of the debate _ pit and they closed it. this may not be the end of the debate with - pit and they closed it. this may not be the end of the debate with the l be the end of the debate with the government said to be expecting a

challenge to its decision from those who believe our reliance on coal should remain firmly buried in the past. hannah miller reporting. the winter of walkouts is set to escalate — with border force staff at several airports the latest group of workers to announce industrial action over the christmas period. it comes as ministers say they're considering new laws to restrict strike action. nurses, paramedics and rail staff are also set to walk out in the coming weeks. mark lobel reports. this christmas more turbulence this christmas. add to the list of those already taking industrial action this month, a thousand borders border force staff, at one of the busiest times of the year for travel, with disruption expected to affect many thousands of passengers flying into birmingham, just cardiff, glasgow, gatwick, heathrow and manchester, for eight days from the 23rd of december, throughout christmas, until new year's eve.

i've never seen a build—up to the festive season that looks so bleak. millions of people are going to have their christmas travel plans on the trains wrecked by the many days of strikes. and if you manage to get it to an airport, well, you could find that your flight is disrupted because of the uk border force strike. all i can say is, good look everybody. good luck everybody. heathrow has warned passport checks may take longer on strike days, as around three in every four officials that check your passport are likely to strike. their union boss says the action is necessary. we, like nurses and teachers and paramedics and other people in the public sector, have no option other than to take industrial action, because our members currently are skipping meals, not being able to put the heating on at home because of the poverty they are living in. the issue at the heart of the strikes is pay and working conditions. and, as the cost of living crisis deepens, with rising food and heating costs,

striking border staff, nurses, paramedics, railworkers and royal mail employees all want their wages to keep up. the prime minister is now considering tougher, new laws which would see some public worker staff, such as firefighters and paramedics, banned from going on strike, or more limited in their impact, similar to outright bans already in place for police and prison guards. but any new proposals aren't expected to take effect any time soon, and will be unlikely to prevent disruption to services before christmas, including for anyone needing to visit a hospital, take a flight, train, or send a letter. mark lobel, bbc news. you can find out how the forthcoming strikes may affect you by heading to the bbc news website, just search for bbc.co.uk/news as we heard, four in ten a&e

patients in england who need a hospital bed face a delay of four hours or more waiting for one to be found. so what's being done to improve waiting times in hospitals? in somerset, health bosses are investing more than £6 million in new government money to try to free up hospital beds, and prevent patients being admitted — and that includes treating up to 300 patients in their own homes rather than in hospital. our health correspondent matthew hill reports hello. guy is in a&e and in considerable pain. he is the only patient on a trolley but he has been here for over ten hours. everyone has been really kind, i have been triaged really quickly and they have allowed me to lay down because sitting is more painful. the latest figures for october showed more than half of all patients had to wait more than four hours before being sent elsewhere. today is busy with about 70 patients in the department.

it would be unusual if you went back a few years but it's becoming increasingly normal for this winter. we've got someone in the corridor today waiting to be admitted to a bed. this happens intermittently, we've had many patients this winter in the corridor. there are 569 beds here at musgrove park and of those, today 95 have got patients in who are fit to be discharged but they cannot find places in the community for them. little wonder at the moment there are six ambulances queueing outside and many of them with patients in who need admission. with an ageing population, somerset demand for hospitals will only go up. in somerset, there is a 17 year gap between life expectancy which is 84, and healthy life expectancy so what we need to do going forward is to provide more support for people in their communities, in their homes, so they can live healthier lives for longer. the push is on to find

ways of helping to keep people out of hospital. southwest ambulance was the first to bring in mobile gps. doctor matthew booker gives ambulance crews on the ground a second opinion if they are in doubt as to whether to admit a patient. we have got some of our blood testing equipment. this is effectively a portable laboratory. where we can run patients' blood samples and often the types of tests that would be done in the emergency department, we can do on the vehicle. we carry a portable ultrasound unit, we can perhaps go further with a diagnosis than some of our paramedic crews and we carry a range of extended treatment options and medications to try and keep people at home if possible. hi, david. how are you doing? another idea is also helping, making sure only the worst cases have to go. the first thing we've got to do is take some bloods. this is a virtual ward. it should help patients like david stay at his home.

at the moment, we've got 16 patients on the virtual ward in somerset, people receiving treatment at home who would otherwise be in hospital and our hope in the next year is to get up to around 300 people looked after at home rather than being in hospital. to make sure people who are well enough to be discharged from hospital but not quite well enough to go home alone, money is being invested in care homes like this one near taunton. in the space of six weeks, an old barn has been converted into an reablement centre providing nursing staff and therapy so patients can live and they will be home within six weeks. where we have a home like this that you are in today, we make sure there is therapy that works alongside us and there are social workers that's part of this because if you have the therapeutic environment, that reablement environment, people will go home. all these ideas are costing around £6.5 million to fund in somerset, they are being paid for by the increase in national insurance contributions but health bosses hope people will accept the rises so beds are there

when they need them and stays for others are shorter. matthew hill, bbc news. you have been in touch about this. one reviewer says his mother waited 0ne reviewer says his mother waited all day for an ambulance that never came. his partner got his mother into hospital and they sat in accident and emergency until 9:30am the following morning until she was allocated a bed and properly assessed. that story chiming with the latest data and we want to hear your stories today. if you or a loved one, a friend, has gone into accident and emergency or has waited accident and emergency or has waited a long time for an ambulance and then waited in accident and emergency, especially if they needed to be you needed to be admitted, please get in touch with your story.

the headlines on bbc news... netflix realease the first three episodes of the harry and meghan's highly—anticipated documentary series — the couple say it's an opportunity to tell their side of the story. latest figures show a0 per cent of a&e patients in england face a delay of four hours or more waiting for a bed. we've got a special day of coverage temperatures across the uk plummet overnight as millions struggle to heat their homes this winter. a let's stay with the cold weather now. temperatures have been plummeting across the uk. it's been as cold as minus four celsius overnight. tim muffett spent yesterday evening with outreach workers in london hoping to offer some warmth to homeless people. if you're working, you've got a wage coming in. you don't know how bad it gets,

how cold you can get, how hungry you can get. i think there's real desperation. i think there's real panic. it is absolutely freezing. a bitterly cold wednesday night in south london. rosie and the outreach team from holy trinity church in clapham are hoping to spread warmth when there's not much around. we have a lot of people living locally who really struggle with being able to heat their homes and keep themselves warm. hello, sir. how are you doing? some don't have homes to heat. it could be so many different reasons why that has happened. and somebody is now in a situation of complete and utter crisis. just out inviting people to breakfast club. rosie and her team are part of the warm welcome campaign. how are you? i'm all right. 3,000 venues across the uk that are opening their doors as temperatures plunge. it's warm and you get some porridge, something hot.

we are seeing an increase in people, evenjust this week. so what you do is stay awake all night. - terry was homeless for six years. i mean, you would use paperto keep warm. i you would wrap yourself up and put under your clothesl to keep warm at night. he now has accommodation, but often visits the church in clapham to warm up. coming to these centres helps. getting breakfast, getting company, getting advice. | people reaching out— to you helps give you some hope of actually surviving it. severe cold weather is expected across the uk. snow and ice warnings are in place in scotland, wales, northern ireland and the east coast of england. and this cold snap is coming off the back of a very mild autumn. this year, it's come earlier in the year. it's come at a time when we're suffering with things to do with cost of living and people are trying to save money. so they don't want to put their central heating on. and then on top of that,

we are expecting this cold snap to last longer than just a day. we're looking at maybe four or five days. heat is a big attraction right now. as well as the warm welcome campaign, many other venues are encouraging those vulnerable to lower temperatures to come inside. cosy wednesdays now take place at the university of bath. the union corner community centre in plymouth is now open for three days a week, offering company away from the cold. people are generous and they are very hospitable. they're very kind and that's what's needed in this world, i think. in london, the severe emergency weather protocol has been activated, meaning more shelters will be made available to the homeless. it's thought the number of people either sleeping rough for the first time or living on the streets rose by around a quarter in london betweenjune and september, compared to the same period last year. during those four months,

it's thought that more than 3,600 people slept on the streets. rosie and her team will continue to offer a place in the warmth to as many as possible. they're gearing up for a busy winter. tim muffett, bbc news. basketball continues to be a male—dominated sport — but one woman in africa is hoping to help change that. sarah chan is the first woman to manage african scouting for a team in the nba — the world's top professional basketball league. she has been featured on this year's bbc 100 women list. ashley lime went to meet her at a mentoring session in kenya. come on! on the hunt for the next big story. as the manager of african scouting for the toronto raptors. it is sarah's job to spot emerging talent and support their development

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in shorts, was a taboo. she played basketball at university in the - basketball at university in the united states and competed professionally in europe and across africa. but it was during a coaching session in cannes yet that an nba executive spotted her and she landed herjob executive spotted her and she landed her job with executive spotted her and she landed herjob with the raptors. she now also mentors players through her own foundation. i also mentors players through her own foundation. . , , ., foundation. i have been spat on the face for the — foundation. i have been spat on the face for the colour _ foundation. i have been spat on the face for the colour of _ foundation. i have been spat on the face for the colour of my _ foundation. i have been spat on the face for the colour of my skin - foundation. i have been spat on the face for the colour of my skin in - face for the colour of my skin in different countries for i have experienced racism and more ways than i would like and that's why i love mentoring because without the foundation, what my family instilled in me, i would not have been able to withstand all of that. one, two, three live this the future of girl's and basketball on the continent is very bright. in fact, it is my hope that it gets to the point where there will be an african women's league, there will be a platform like it is now for the men, that is my dream for these girls, they are not limited by culture and can chase

their dreams. not limited by culture and can chase their dream-— their dreams. encouraging a new generation _ their dreams. encouraging a new generation of— their dreams. encouraging a new generation of female _ their dreams. encouraging a new generation of female players. . the first 50 pence coins bearing the image of king charles will enter circulation today. five million are being distributed to post offices and will be given out to customers. the sculptor martinjennings used pictures of king charles on his 70th birthday to create the image. he said it is his smallest piece of artwork to date. the last surviving dambusterjohnnyjohnson has died at the age 101. he was part of the 617 squadron, which destroyed key damns in the heartland of nazi germany in world war ii. jon kay looks back at his life.

dambusters theme. they were the raf�*s 617 squadron, but they will be forever known as the dambusters. and among them, 22 george leonard johnson. his mates just called him johnny. their daring mission was famously recreated for the big screen. in 1943 they dropped their bouncing bombs to attack german dams and hit the country's industrial heartland. it was a thrilling experience. no other way to describe it. 0ur briefing was to fly across the dam to drop the bomb as near as possible to the centre of the dam. so, it was practice, practice, practice. born in lincolnshire in 1921, johnny lost his mum when he was only three years old. he joined the raf as a teenager. and for years he rarely talked about the dambusters. but when he was in his 90s, johnnyjohnson returned to germany with a bbc film crew.

he met locals who remembered the raids. hundreds of civilians were killed, as well as 53 ofjohnny's comrades from bomber command. i am lucky, yes, to still be alive. i'm lucky i had the right crew in the right place at the right time. and i feel privileged and honoured to have taken part in that raid. i think it was a great raid. i think it was a tribute to all those who took part, particularly those who gave their lives in pursuing their target. they were honoured at the time with the distinguished flying medal. it wasn't until 2017, after a high—profile public campaign, thatjohnnyjohnson was awarded the mbe by the queen. she said, nice to see the dambusters still around.

i thanked herfor the honour, and how pleased and honoured ifelt meeting her for the second time. as the last of the dambusters, johnny became well known. but he insisted he was only doing hisjob in 1943, and always said his public appearances were his way of honouring all the men involved in one of the most decisive moments of the second world war. jon kay, bbc news. that wasjohnny that was johnnyjohnson who that wasjohnnyjohnson who has died at the age of 101. some breaking news. a major air and sea search is under way of the west coast of jersey after a reported collision. we understand this is between a freight vessel, the commodore goodwill, the freight company has confirmed that as the vessel involved in a collision with a

fishing boat with three crew on board. the fishing boat is the jubilee beacon, an 18 metre long fishing vessel. a major air and sea search is under way off thejersey coast, the west coast of the island, at around 5:45am this morning. jersey coastguard put out a call for assistance after what they say was a collision and several lifeboats have joined localfishing collision and several lifeboats have joined local fishing vessels and search aircraft in the major air and search aircraft in the major air and sea search. we will bring you more details as we get it. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. last night was the coldest night of this season so far, with temperatures in pershore in worcestershire falling to —7.3 celsius. so we started off with some ice and we're likely to have some icy patches this week. sharp frosts as well, some snow showers and it's getting colder.

you can see the air is coming straight down from the arctic. all these blues representing the cold air right the way across our shores, notjust today, but tonight and tomorrow and into the middle of next week anyway. if it's snow that you're interested in, the lowest chance of snow is through the central swathe of england, out towards the west and the east there will be some snow showers in the risk of ice, but the heaviest snow still was likely to be across the far north of scotland, where in higher ground we could have up to ten centimetres as well as icy stretches. and that snow will be blowing in the strong winds and through the day sinking south, getting into northeast england. in some of the showers in the west as well as the east there'll be a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow and in between, a lot of dry weather and also a fair bit of sunshine as well. but do watch out for these icy stretches. temperatures today below average for the time of year. we're looking at roughly between one and about seven degrees. but when you add on the wind chill, especially in the north and the east, for many it will feel

subzero against your skin. now, as we head on through the evening and overnight, you can see this line of rain, sleet and snow pushing steadily southwards. there is some freezing fog forming across the south east of england, maybe some in some sheltered parts of scotland. and these are our temperatures, below freezing once again. so we're looking at a harsh, widespread frost with once again the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. the freezing fog will be slow to clear from the southeast. any of the wintry mix, though, pushing down towards the south. more snow coming in across the north of scotland and in some of the showers getting into the west. and if you're in the east, they too could have a wintry element to them, temperatures 2 to 5 degrees. so once again, it is going to feel cold. and as we head on into the weekend, it will be even colder. the wind will drop out through the course of the weekend. so any freezing fog will tend to remain, which will hold back the temperature. if you want to know what the weather's going to be like, where you are or where you're heading don't forget to check

out our bbc weather app. this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the first parts of the much hyped harry and meghan series are released. in it, harry says he has a duty to uncover what he describes as "exploitation and bribery within our media" it is duty and service, and i feel it is my duty to uncover this exploitation and bribery that happens within our media. i am not standin: happens within our media. i am not standing for — happens within our media. i am not standing for something, _ happens within our media. i am not standing for something, they - happens within our media. i am not standing for something, they asked destroying us. latest figures show 40 % of accident & emergency patients in england face a delay of four hours or more waiting for a bed.

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