celebrities involved this time around. it's top secret for now other than... hello. the financial expert martin lewis. martin lewis! i don't think everyone�*s ready for martin lewis's singing voice, i genuinely don't, it's so good, in the beginning we had to convince him to start singing and then by the end of it we had to convince him to stop! ladbaby could trump the beatles to have the most christmas no is, but they have tough competition from mariah carey. i've beaten mariah carey before, come on we can beat mariah carey. # we love sausage rolls!# mariah carey likes a sausage roll, apparently. ijust make that up. time for a look at the weather. here's matt taylor.

the impact from the snow yesterday is still ongoing. of you. more widely it has been cold. in braemar in aberdeenshire we saw temperatures down to —16 last night. even now still —10. many struggling to get above freezing. when will attend? the milder and is getting close tomorrow night. that could impact on the weather in the south of the uk. it is not really until next week and there are more signs of a big change. quite misty and foggy as when a seeing ice and snow. the mateas conditions in east wales and a good part of england going further north. a snow flurry in amongst that. it isjust north. a snow flurry in amongst that. it is just cold. north. a snow flurry in amongst that. it isjust cold. some temperatures down below freezing throughout. with an ice risk as we go into tonight, particularly where

you see the wintry weather. the low powered dress north into northern england. again a few snow flurries. more significant snow in the far north of scotland later. before that arrives in aberdeenshire, down 2—15, -16 arrives in aberdeenshire, down 2—15, —16 once again. it should be bright in east anglia. north wales, northern england, northern scotland, a lot of proud and some will struggle with the fog. there could be travel impacts. another cold day. notice plymouth, 7 degrees. the milder air getting close by. look what happens tomorrow night as the rain hits the colder and inland. we could potentially see troublesome snow in the south—west. title clears away. back to northerly whence from mid week onwards. —— that all

players away. really strong whence for 60, 79 and our guests. —— 70 mile an hour gusts. even colder on wednesday given the strength of the wind. laterthis wednesday given the strength of the wind. later this week still low pressure in charge. these weather fronts will work their way and across scotland and the rest of the uk into sunday. there could be snow and travel in packs. check out the latest weather for the week ahead online. you can follow the latest trend on the. that's it, so goodbye from me. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. let's start with some breaking

news in the last hour from the world of snooker, where china's yan bingtao, has been suspended from attending or competing on the world snooker tour with immediate effect. the world number 17 won the masters last year, and has been suspended by the sport's governing body. he's the 7th player to be named as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of manipulating the outcome of matches for betting purposes. speaking at the english 0pen — where bingtao was due to play today — chair of the wpbsa jason ferguson says they're tackling corruption in the game. every sport, there are people behind the scenes in every sport, trying to corrupt live sport every day of the world, every night of the week, it is going on all the time, and that is going on all the time, and that is not about whether you are in the uk or wherever you are, there are various markets around the world where betting goes on and we have seen it in every sport, whether that is football, tennis, cricket, or the

sports have had issues. this is our issue to deal with today and we will deal with it and we will bring it out into the open and suspend players, hence the ongoing inquiry. england's men won the second test match against pakistan in multan — and with it, clinched the three match series 2—0, with a game to spare. the tourists began day 4 with the match in the balance, needing six wickets to win. a fantastic spell from mark wood almost got them there. he took three wickets, before 0llie robinson got mohammad ali out to seal the victory by 26 runs. it's the first time england have won two consecutive tests in pakistan. we all understand what we have achieved today. and to come to pakistan and wayne is obviously very difficult and it turned out to be another down to the wire game —— to come to pakistan and win is honestly very difficult. it could not have gone any better for us in these first two games. it is another great

game to be part of. england's women have continued their great form on their tour of west indies — after winning their one—day series 3—0, they eased to a victory by 8 wickets in the first t20 match. set a target of 106 to win in antigua, they reached it with over 7 overs to spare, opener danni wyatt starred with 59 not out offjust 3a balls. england captain 0wen farrell says the rugby football union's decision to sack eddiejones as head coach was "unbelievably disappointing". farrell had been a key player during jones' seven years in charge, and captained england to the 2019 world cup final. he says that the run of poor results this year is as much down to the players as the coach. it is unbelievably disappointing. that doesn't happen because of one person. it is everyone and eddie has been a big part of england rugby for a long time now. he has been one of

the best coaches i have ever had. and for that i massively thankful. as players you look at yourselves and see what you can do and as i said, it is disappointing that it has ended early. sticking with rugby union, and the rfu say they are prepared to be flexible, in the hope of allowing wasps and worcester secure places in next season's championship. they had previously given today's date, the 12th december, as a deadline for those interested in buying the former premiership clubs, who both went into administration this year. they expect to have a decision ahead of christmas, which may allow worcester and wasps to start next season in the second tier of english rugby. and there's more on the bbc sport website on a very lucky escape for david rudisha. the former double 0lympic 800m champion was unharmed after a plane he was flying in crash—landed in kenya. he described it as "a scary episode" and said, "the pilot did an incrediblejob to keep the plane

afloat and stable for long." you can read more you can read more on you can read more on that on the bbc sport website. i will see you again in the next hour. west midlands fire service say it's a "tragedy beyond words". three boys, aged eight, 11 and 12, have died afterfalling into a frozen lake in solihull, in the west midlands. they were rushed to hospital, after being pulled from the water at babbs mill park. a fourth boy who's six, remains in a critical condition in hospital. 0fficers continue to search the lake, but say they have no information, other children maybe missing. supt richard harris and richard stanton from west midlands fire service gave this update earlier this afternoon. 0ur our offices were quick to respond at the scene yesterday afternoon and having worked very closely with colleagues from other emergency services went into the lake itself to help rescue the children and to try and assist them as quickly as we possibly could. we have worked very

closely with our colleagues in the west midlands fire service and also the ambulance service and this has been a realjoint effort. it is incredibly sad that we do not have any better news for you today. regarding yesterday afternoon's incident. that is all i have to say at this moment in time. i will pass over to my colleague from the fire service and then we will be open to questions. service and then we will be open to cuestions. . ~ service and then we will be open to cuestions. ., ~ , ., . ., . questions. thank you, richard. we are deel questions. thank you, richard. we are deeply saddened _ questions. thank you, richard. we are deeply saddened by _ questions. thank you, richard. we are deeply saddened by the - questions. thank you, richard. we are deeply saddened by the death | questions. thank you, richard. we i are deeply saddened by the death of three boys who were rescued by our firefighters — three boys who were rescued by our firefighters yesterday here at the lake in _ firefighters yesterday here at the lake in solihull. the deaths of the boys is _ lake in solihull. the deaths of the boys is a — lake in solihull. the deaths of the boys is a tragedy beyond words and the thoughts and heartfelt sympathies of everyone at west midlands fire service are with their families, _ midlands fire service are with their families, friends and the wider community is at this distressing time~ _ community is at this distressing time. yesterday's incident is a stark— time. yesterday's incident is a stark reminder of the dangers of open _ stark reminder of the dangers of open water, especially during the

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children that were rescued from the lake yesterday. but we have to be 100% certain that there is no one else possibly in the water at this time. it is important to stress, though, that we have had no contact from anybody suggesting there is anybody else missing, but until we are 100% certain we will be carrying on searches throughout the course of today. on searches throughout the course of toda . �* �* , ., ., ., on searches throughout the course of toda. “ , ., ., ., today. bbc news, how long do you exect to today. bbc news, how long do you exnect to be _ today. bbc news, how long do you expect to be here? _ today. bbc news, how long do you expect to be here? as _ today. bbc news, how long do you expect to be here? as long - today. bbc news, how long do you expect to be here? as long as - today. bbc news, how long do you expect to be here? as long as it i expect to be here? as long as it takes. expect to be here? as long as it takes we _ expect to be here? as long as it takes. we have _ expect to be here? as long as it takes. we have got _ expect to be here? as long as it takes. we have got specialist i expect to be here? as long as it. takes. we have got specialist crews and we have got specialist equipment that are in the water and that allows us to see what is in the water so we will be here for as long as it takes and until we are 100% certain there is no one left. can ou tell certain there is no one left. can you tell us _ certain there is no one left. can you tell us any _ certain there is no one left. can you tell us any more about the three iroys? _ you tell us any more about the three iroys? hi_ you tell us any more about the three bo s? �* , you tell us any more about the three bo s? . , ., ., boys? at this moment in time at the reauest boys? at this moment in time at the re . uest of boys? at this moment in time at the request of the _ boys? at this moment in time at the request of the families _ boys? at this moment in time at the request of the families we _ boys? at this moment in time at the request of the families we are - boys? at this moment in time at the request of the families we are not i request of the families we are not going to go into those details but we are working closely with the families and supporting them, as you

can imagine. when they are ready to release those details we will let you know. release those details we will let ou know. �* , ., you know. are they from the same famil ? you know. are they from the same family? i'm _ you know. are they from the same family? l'm not — you know. are they from the same family? i'm not going _ you know. are they from the same family? i'm not going to _ you know. are they from the same family? i'm not going to be - you know. are they from the same family? i'm not going to be drawn| you know. are they from the same i family? i'm not going to be drawn on that at this moment _ family? i'm not going to be drawn on that at this moment in _ family? i'm not going to be drawn on that at this moment in time, - family? i'm not going to be drawn on that at this moment in time, thank. that at this moment in time, thank you. the other boy at the moment is very poorly and we will keep you advised on his condition as it becomes clear to ourselves. still critical? yes. _ 0fficers also answered questions from broadcasters and shared more details on how the rescue operation was conducted. so for my understanding is, yes, two police officers did go into into the water. they were joined by other members of the other emergency services. some of the officers went in waist—deep. one of my officers was trying to punch through the ice to actually rescue the children themselves. that officer, as a result of that, had some mild hypothermia yesterday. i'm pleased to say that he's now been released from hospital,

and he's absolutely fine. everybody within the fire service community will feel that they did everything they could under the circumstances to get into the water, to rescue the four boys and to bring them out to the ambulance service so that they could receive treatment. but you will appreciate they are, you know, deeply disappointed by the news that we've been told today. officers and other emergency services arrived as quickly as we were informed. and at that time, the call which came in to us was at 2:34pm. so it was within minutes with the report coming in that we arrived at the scene. but the exact time of the the children exposure in the water, i don't have that information at this time. it's quite a large lake and it did take some time in order to identify exactly where their point of entry was. but as soon as that was established, firefighters entered the water alongside colleagues and members of the public in order to try and rescue them as

quickly as possible. because when you went in, i i assume you went straight in? the officers went straight in. yes, they were without regard for their own safety. they entered the water in just their normal trousers and shoes, which is what i'm wearing today. so they went in dressed as i am. abu agila masud is set to appear in court later after being arrested over the lockerbie air crash in 1988. he's accused of being the man who made the bomb that made the airliner explode above a scottish village 3a years ago. cbs correspondent jarred hill explains why this charge been brought after all these years. there is, according to american authorities, some new evidence here that really does tie masud to this attack, a lot of it based on fairly new evidence that came in around 2017. us officials says masud admitted

to building the bomb during an interview that he did with libyan authorities after he was arrested for his part in a different plane bombing. american officials say they also have travel records that allegedly link him to the lockerbie bombing as well, so, all of that comes into play here. it was a flight that was headed back to the united states. of the 259 people on board who were killed, more than 190 of them were americans, and the us and scottish authorities have also been working and co—operating pretty closely with this as well. now is the legal process for someone who allegedly physically built the bomb that actually ended up killing those hundreds of people back in 1988. so, there is going to be the beginnings of a trial that will happen here in the united states, he's going to be going into court i believe today for the first time, and then the legal process will move forward, there are a lot of family members of some of the victims of that crash who are saying that this really is a positive step forward for closure and for justice for them.

the headlines on bbc news... west midlands police say three boys aged eight, ten and eleven have died after being pulled from an icy lake in solihull on sunday. snow, ice and fog are causing widespread travel disruption in parts of the uk with hundreds of motorists and air travellers stranded. new figures show the british economy shrank by 0.3% between august and october with the uk expected to be in recession by the end of the year. with the cold weather and longer nights, its peak time for using energy. last night the national grid eso — the electricity operator for the uk — started to prepare some of its contingency plans to help support the network. and with temperatures in the minus figures at the moment, many families will be worrying about rising bills. here's a reminder of some of the best ways to save money

on your energy bills this winter. rachel stonehouse reports. lucy and georgia are third year students in cardiff and worrying about energy bills is a daily issue in their shared house. 0ur bill comes through every month and we are like, "oh, my gosh, we need to stop." so it has really stopped us from putting the heating on, using the oven as much, you know, everything we would normally do has to be thought about now. but living in a really cold house for a long time can impact our physical health and our mental health. so what can lucy and georgia do to keep costs down? here are the bbc�*s five tips which could save as much as £500 a year on a typical energy bill. if you rent, you might need to check with your landlord first. 0ne, turn the thermostat down to 18 to 21 celsius when the heating is on. two, consider reducing your boiler flow temperature to 60 degrees.

three, turn your radiator valves down. turning down the radiators, not having them on full blast when we have the heating on was a new idea to me. other things you can do to keep your costs down — draught proofing your doors and windows. keep your showers to under four minutes if you can. and you can also get an energy efficient shower head which costs around £10 to buy. for a girl, it's not realistic to have a four minute shower! but in the times we're in now, i feel as though we are going to have to try and do that. for washing your hair and stuff like that, it's going to be varied. research shows that younger people and those in shared housing are less likely to have made energy saving changes to their homes. so, will lucy and georgia make any of these permanently? i think it's something we can probably keep up. but at the moment, we have been finding it a bit more difficult. i think those sorts of tips would be quite useful. rachel stonehouse, bbc news.

now on bbc news, it's time to take a look at some the headlines from our newsrooms across the uk. this was the scene at stansted airport. its runway was closed overnight due to the bad weather with flights cancelled or delayed. it's reopened now but passengers are being urged to check their flights with their airline before travelling to the airport. there were long delays on the roads too. anna damski from suffolk was stuck for at least two hours trying to get

on the m11 to essex last night. parts of the m25 in hertfordshire and south essex were also shut because of snow and jack—knifed lorries. national highways says all motorways have now reopened but says drivers should plan theirjourneys carefully. gemma rydqvist from bedford was stuck on the m25 overnight. what would have been an hour and a0 minute journey took more than 12 hours door to door. i've never seen snow like it. i left colchester, went down the a12, it was a little bit slow, then as soon as i hit the m25, it was just chaos. and commuters in stevenage this morning were left wondering if their trains would arrive. the british will make it in wherever they need to go, but it is a shame that the snow is stopping public transport. but you can see they are doing everything they can really to try to get us on our way. but of course snow isn't all bad news. vanessa stagg from houghton regis in bedfordshire sent us this video of pumpkin starting the day with snow for breakfast. and these children in papworth made the most of the opportunity

to have a snowball fight! jenny kirk, bbc look east. national highways, the government body that manages england's major the road network, has defended smart motorways after a software failure meant that stranded vehicles were at risk of being driven into. in an exclusive interview with look north, their director of operations, duncan smith, said there will be further outages. spencer stokes reports. smart motorways, roads with the hard shoulder has been removed to create more capacity, radar signs and cctv then added to improve safety. but on october 26th, that safety net disappeared, software failure saw staff lose control of the signals on smart

motorways for nearly four hours. they couldn't close any lanes with the red x symbol, putting drivers who had to stop on the motorway at potential risk of being driven into. for the first time, national highways has spoken about what happened. in that period, our ability to set red xs was switched off, that wasn't an ideal situation, but one we managed through other measures such as extra patrols on the network. but it wasn't just switched on and off again, it was off nearly three hours — a long time. when we brought the system back—up, we experienced some unexpected faults, that is why it turned into four hours. the outage led to outrage from rotherham's mp. motorists are 100% playing roulette with their lives every time they go on a smart motorway. the latest data shows in 2020, conventional motorways with a hard shoulder carried 60% of traffic and accounted for 4.5% of all fatalities. in comparison, smart motorways

carried less traffic, just 3.3%, but were safer, accounting for 0.64% of fatalities. but the figures are disputed, with critics arguing the data needs to simply address whether the absence of a hard shoulder was a factor in a death or it wasn't. it is difficult to ascertain the decision—making of drivers when there is and not a hard shoulder whether what their behaviour would have been if the hard shoulder was there. what i feel personally is that smart motorways provide a level of assurance to be as a motorist that overrode stone. but that extra level of assurance is only there when the technology works, and it will continue to be switched off for maintenance at quiet times. drivers aren't told when. i'm not wanting to give the impression we switch it off for any other reason than essential

upgrades, and those are by exception rather than the norm. smart motorways remain controversial, safety data overfive years is being measured before new ones are constructed. national highways say they are the safest type of road, but drivers remain unconvinced. earlier this year, 0xford became the first place in the country to introduce a zero emission zone in the city centre, with a daily charge for all petrol and diesel vehicles. other places haven't gone quite as far, but still hope their clean air zones will signficantly reduce emissions. it's now a year since portsmouth brought in its own clean air zone — but is it making a difference? south today's paul clifton reports. cars and lorries chuck harmful emissions out of their exhausts, shown here by a heat camera. this contributes to the early deaths of tens of thousands

of people each year, almost entirely in urban areas. so, a year ago, the city started charging the most polluting commercial vehicles to use its roads. portsmouth city centre exceeds national pollution limits. some local people are still confused about it. did you know there was a clean air zone? no, not really. what does it mean to you? i don't know. i know it's an area where you are a taxi or certain businesses you have to pay. it means stopping the pollution or reducing. the pollution from vehicles. the city is monitoring the impact but says one year is not long enough to draw meaningful conclusions. we meaningful conclusions. don't know if it is having a effect. we don't know if it is having an effect. it might be, it might not be.

we think air quality is getting better but we won't know until we have all the data in and that won't happen for another few months yet. fewer than one tenth of 1% of all vehicles paid the charge in september and october. broadly, that is 44 vehicles a day. on average, 1a penalty notices a day are issued. low emission zones are not consistent across the country, taking an old diesel car into london incurs a daily charge of £12.50. in bristol, it is £9. their zone launched in late november. whereas here, even the oldest most polluting banger of a private car costs nothing at all. portsmouth council believes air quality is improving steadily, regardless of the charge. it hopes that within a handful of years the system can be turned off.

now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. the snow may have had impacts across some southern areas into today, but it's been the cold that's felt more widely. coldest start to a day since january 2021. coldest of all braemar in aberdeenshire, —16 as we began the day. so, how long is this cold spell going to last? we notice the blue colours remain in force throughout this week. a little blip of milder air very close to the south. that could have some impact tomorrow night. but it isn't until this weekend, especially sunday, we could see a wholesale pattern change. 0ut there, back here and now,

we've also got to add to the cold, some mist and fog around still lingering. a murky day across parts of central eastern england. that drifting a bit further northwards. a lot of sunshine elsewhere, a few wintry showers in eastern northern ireland, some in the very far north of scotland. but for most it is colder there. some not getting above freezing all day long. temperatures dropping again this evening and with it, a significant ice risk, especially where you've seen the wintriest of the weather through the past couple of days. so into tonight, to go with that ice risk, a few snow flurries midlands into north west england. a limited amount of impacts, one or two to the east of northern ireland, but more especially in the very far north of scotland, drifting around in some strengthening winds. but —15 again, possibly in aberdeenshire. and east anglia, south east, a cold night tonight, we see some clearing skies and some hazy sunshine for tomorrow. now, tomorrow, the snow is going to be mainly across northern scotland, drifting its way down through eastern areas, could make it into the north east of england by the time we hit tomorrow evening. a lot of dry weather, a lot of sunshine. sunshine hazy across the south, another very cold day. but that little blip of milder air i mentioned, that's this rain here getting close to the southwest later in the day and into the night.

the thing is, that's going to push into colder air, and that could give some more significant snow across parts of devon, cornwall, somerset, dorset, especially as we go through tuesday night and into wednesday morning. could be a bit further south. we'll keep an eye on that for you. but once that clears through, midweek onwards, the northerly winds are back, meaning better visibility. snow mainly to the north and east of scotland, and to a limited degree, in the north east of england. however, through wednesday, winds will strengthen — 60—70mph gusts, blizzards across 0rkney, shetland and the north of the mainland. a lot of dry and bright weather elsewhere. but with that wind, don't even think about those as your temperatures. it's going to feel much, much colder in the wind. and then, to see the week out, we've got that northerly to begin with. still some further wintry flows in the north. this is what will bring the more significant change on sunday. and you can follow all those changes where you live on the bbc weather app.

this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at 2:00: west midlands police say three boys aged eight, ten and 11 have died after being pulled from an icy lake in solihull on sunday. some of the officers went in wasted, one of my officers was trying to punch through the ice to actually rescue the children themselves. snow, ice and fog cause widespread travel disruption in parts of the uk with hundreds of motorists and air travellers stranded. the government will hold an emergency cobra this afternoon on how to deal with a wave of strikes — including in the nhs and on the rail network. new figures show the uk economy shrank by 0.3% between august and october —

with the country expected to be in recession by the end of the year.